TY - JOUR AU - Jacob, Joseph AU - Alexander, Daniel AU - Baillie, J. Kenneth AU - Berka, Rosalind AU - Bertolli, Ottavia AU - Blackwood, James AU - Buchan, Iain AU - Bloomfield, Claire AU - Cushnan, Dominic AU - Docherty, Annemarie B. AU - Edey, Anthony AU - Favaro, Alberto AU - Gleeson, Fergus V. AU - Halling-Brown, Mark AU - Hare, Samanjit AU - Jefferson, Emily AU - Johnstone, Annette AU - Kirby, Myles AU - McStay, Ruth AU - Nair, Arjun AU - Openshaw, Peter J.M. AU - Parker, Geoff AU - Reilly, Gerry AU - Robinson, Graham AU - Roditi, Giles AU - Rodrigues, Jonathan C. L. AU - Sebire, Neil AU - Semple, Malcolm G. AU - Sudlow, Cathie L.M. AU - Woznitza, Nick AU - Joshi, Indra PY - 2020 DA - August TI - Using imaging to combat a pandemic: rationale for developing the UK National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database JO - European Respiratory Journal VL - 56 IS - 2 DO - https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01809-2020 AB - Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), in Wuhan, China in 2019, the resulting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease has rapidly transitioned into a global pandemic with over 31 000 deaths and 215 000 infections in the UK as of 10 May 2020. Confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection requires reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) testing. Chest radiographic and/or computed tomography (CT) imaging is also central to diagnosis and management. PB - European Respiratory Society UR - https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/ae531565-96be-4018-8ce5-c49d63a1a61d KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19) ER