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ArticleScientific reports2017

Qualitative and Quantitative Imaging Evaluation of Renal Cell Carcinoma Subtypes with Grating-based X-ray Phase-contrast CT.

Margarita Braunagel, Lorenz Birnbacher, Marian Willner, Mathias Marschner, Fabio De Marco, Manuel Viermetz, Susan Notohamiprodjo, Katharina Hellbach, Sigrid Auweter, Vera Link and 5 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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15 authors.

Margarita BraunagelInstitute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Hospitals Munich, Munich, Germany.
Lorenz BirnbacherLehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Physik, Physik-Department &Institut für Medizintechnik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Marian WillnerLehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Physik, Physik-Department &Institut für Medizintechnik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Mathias MarschnerLehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Physik, Physik-Department &Institut für Medizintechnik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Fabio De MarcoLehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Physik, Physik-Department &Institut für Medizintechnik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Manuel ViermetzLehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Physik, Physik-Department &Institut für Medizintechnik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Susan NotohamiprodjoInstitute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Hospitals Munich, Munich, Germany.
Katharina HellbachInstitute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Hospitals Munich, Munich, Germany.
Sigrid AuweterInstitute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Hospitals Munich, Munich, Germany.
Vera LinkDepartment of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Hospitals Munich, Munich, Germany.
Christine WoischkeDepartment of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Hospitals Munich, Munich, Germany.
Maximilian F ReiserInstitute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Hospitals Munich, Munich, Germany.
Franz PfeifferLehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Physik, Physik-Department &Institut für Medizintechnik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Mike NotohamiprodjoDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany.
Julia HerzenLehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Physik, Physik-Department &Institut für Medizintechnik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current clinical imaging methods face limitations in the detection and correct characterization of different subtypes of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), while these are important for therapy and prognosis. The present study evaluates the potential of grating-based X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography (gbPC-CT) for visualization and characterization of human RCC subtypes. The imaging results for 23 ex vivo formalin-fixed human kidney specimens obtained with phase-contrast CT were compared to the results of the absorption-based CT (gbCT), clinical CT and a 3T MRI and validated using histology. Regions of interest were placed on each specimen for quantitative evaluation. Qualitative and quantitative gbPC-CT imaging could significantly discriminate between normal kidney cortex (54 ± 4 HUp) and clear cell (42 ± 10), papillary (43 ± 6) and chromophobe RCCs (39 ± 7), p < 0.05 respectively. The sensitivity for detection of tumor areas was 100%, 50% and 40% for gbPC-CT, gbCT and clinical CT, respectively. RCC architecture like fibrous strands, pseudocapsules, necrosis or hyalinization was depicted clearly in gbPC-CT and was not equally well visualized in gbCT, clinical CT and MRI. The results show that gbPC-CT enables improved discrimination of normal kidney parenchyma and tumorous tissues as well as different soft-tissue components of RCCs without the use of contrast media.

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Antigens, NeoplasmCarcinoma, Renal CellHumansKidney NeoplasmsMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, X-Ray ComputedAntigens, NeoplasmMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMOK protein, human

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PMID28361951
PMCPMC5374440

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