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Material decomposition using iodine quantification on spectral CT for characterising nodules in the cirrhotic liver: a retrospective study

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العنوان: Material decomposition using iodine quantification on spectral CT for characterising nodules in the cirrhotic liver: a retrospective study
المؤلفون: Shalini Thapar Laroia, Komal Yadav, Senthil Kumar, Archana Rastogi, Guresh Kumar, Shiv Kumar Sarin
المصدر: European Radiology Experimental, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
بيانات النشر: SpringerOpen, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Carcinoma (hepatocellular), Iodine, Liver cirrhosis, Liver neoplasms, Tomography (x-ray, computed), Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, R895-920
الوصف: Abstract Background There is limited scientific evidence on the potential of spectral computed tomography (SCT) for differentiation of nodules in the cirrhotic liver. We aimed to assess SCT-generated material density (MD) parameters for nodule characterisation in cirrhosis. Methods Dynamic dual-energy SCT scans of cirrhotic patients performed over 3 years were retrospectively reviewed. They were classified as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), regenerative or indeterminate, according to the European Association for the Study of the Liver criteria. MD maps were generated to calculate the area under the curve (AUC) and cutoff values to discriminate these nodules in the hepatic arterial phase (HAP) and portal venous phase (PVP). MD maps included iodine concentration density (ICD) of the liver and nodule, lesion-to-normal liver ICD ratio (LNR) and difference in nodule ICD between HAP and PVP. Results Three hundred thirty nodules belonging to 300 patients (age 53.0 ± 12.7 years, mean ± standard deviation) were analysed at SCT (size 2.3 ± 0.8 cm, mean ± SD). One hundred thirty-three (40.3%) nodules were classified as HCC, 147 (44.5%) as regenerative and 50 (15.2%) as indeterminate. On histopathology, 136 (41.2%) nodules were classified as HCC, 183 (55.5%) as regenerative and 11 (3.3%) as dysplastic. All MD parameters on HAP and the nodule difference in ICD could discriminate pathologically proven HCC or potentially malignant nodules from regenerative nodules (p < 0.001). The AUC was 82.4% with a cutoff > 15.5 mg/mL for nodule ICD, 81.3% > 1.8 for LNR-HAP and 81.3% for difference in ICD > 3.5 mg/mL. Conclusion SCT-generated MD parameters are viable diagnostic tools for differentiating malignant or potentially malignant from benign nodules in the cirrhotic liver.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2509-9280
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2509-9280
DOI: 10.1186/s41747-021-00220-6
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/46833e86c0464a319164dca44e391d42
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.46833e86c0464a319164dca44e391d42
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
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تدمد:25099280
DOI:10.1186/s41747-021-00220-6