Guest editorial: Special issue on imaging-based diagnosis of COVID-19 Articles uri icon

publication date

  • August 2020

start page

  • 2569

end page

  • 2571

issue

  • 8

volume

  • 39

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0278-0062

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1558-254X

abstract

  • The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) began infecting humans in late 2019 and then turned into pandemic in the successive months spreading all over the world. At the beginning of July 2020, the global number of confirmed cases reported by the World Health Organization is above 10 million, with more than half million deaths and a rate of new cases of almost 150 000 per day.