AIforCOVID: Predicting the clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 applying AI to chest-X-rays. An Italian multicentre study

•Early identification of severe outcome risks in COVID-19 patient.•3 AI algorithms using handcrafted features or deep neuronal networks.•Extensive evaluation on a novel dataset including 820 patient’s data.•Presentation of COVID-19-specific signature integrating imaging/clinical data.