Imaging plays an important role in the detection of coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia in both managing the disease and evaluating the complications. Imaging with chest computed tomography (CT) can also have a potential predictive and prognostic role in COVID-19 patient outcomes. The aim of this pictorial review is to describe the role of imaging with chest X-ray (CXR), lung ultrasound (LUS), and CT in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 pneumonia, the current indications, the scores proposed for each modality, the advantages/limitations of each modality and their role in detecting complications, and the histopathological correlations.
Keywords: ARDS; COVID-19; COVID-19 complications; COVID-19 pneumonia imaging guidelines; chest CT; chest CT protocols; chest CT severity scores; chest X-ray; chest X-ray protocols; chest X-ray scoring system; histopathological correlations; lung ultrasound; lung ultrasound protocols; lung ultrasound scoring system.