Radiology and COVID-19: A Review of an Action

Abstract

The role of Radiology in SARS-CoV-2 infection has been relevant but marginal. Even though it offers important information on pulmonary and vascular involvement in these patients, its contributions should not be considered diagnostic for COVID-19. Although there are characteristic patterns of involvement, these same radiological findings can be observed in other entities. Mainly it should be considered that Radiology contributes to the disease severity gradation, extension, complications, follow-up and in the prognostic evaluation of these patients. In this review, these contributions will be discussed together with the role of imaging in clinical trials and in the evaluation of new epidemic situations through the creation of Medical Imaging Biobanks capable of using the estimating potential of Artificial Intelligence.