Benefits, Open questions and Challenges of the use of Ultrasound in the COVID-19 pandemic era. The views of a panel of worldwide international experts.

Competing Interests: Fabio Piscaglia: Bayer, ESAOTE, La Force Guerbet, GE Healthcare, Bracco, Siemens Healthineers; Federico Stefanini: None; Vito Cantisani: Bracco, Samsung, Canon; Paul Sidhu: Bracco, Siemens Healtineers, Samsung, Hitachi, GE Healthcare, Philips, ITREAS; Richard Barr: Philips, Mindray, Siemens, Canon, Bracco, Hologic, Samsung; Annalisa Berzigotti: none; Maria Cristina Chammas: none; Jean-Michel Correas: Canon MS, Hitachi MS, Philips Ultrasound, Siemens Ultrasound, Supersonic Imagine; Christopher Frank Dietrich: Bracco, Hitachi, Pentax, Siemens Healthcare, Mindray, Supersonic, Jazz, Youkey; Steven Feintstein: Bracco, DIA-Imaging, GE Healthcare; Pintong Huang: Bracco, Philips, Mindray; Christan Jenssen: FALK Foundation, Hitachi, Canon, Bracco and GE; Yuko Kono: Bracco, Lantheus, GE, Canon; Masatoshi Kudo: Bayer, Eisai, GE Healthcare; Ping Liang: None; Andrej Lyshchik: GE Healthcare, Bracco Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, Canon Medical Systems, Elsevier; Christian Nolsoe: None; Xyaoyan Xie: None; Francesco Tovoli: Bayer