ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017
Preliminary study on the diagnostic value of single-source dual-energy CT in diagnosing cervical lymph node metastasis of thyroid carcinoma.
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- Dual-energy computed tomography could reliably differentiate metastatic from non-metastatic lymph nodes of less than 0.5 cm in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate the value of single-source dual-energy spectral CT imaging in improving the accuracy of preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastasis of thyroid carcinoma.
methodsThirty-four thyroid carcinoma patients were enrolled and received spectral CT scanning before thyroidectomy and cervical lymph node dissection surgery. Iodine-based material decomposition (MD) images and 101 sets of monochromatic images from 40 to 140 keV were reconstructed after CT scans. The iodine concentrations (IC) of lymph nodes were measured on the MD images and was normalized to that of common carotid artery to obtain the normalized iodine concentration (NIC). The CT number of lymph nodes as function of photon energy was measured on the 101 sets of images to generate a spectral HU curve and to calculate its slope λ
resultsThere were 136 lymph nodes that were pathologically confirmed. Among them, 102 (75%) were metastatic and 34 (25%) were non-metastatic. The IC, NIC and the slope λ
conclusionsThe measurements obtained in dual-energy spectral CT improve the sensitivity and accuracy for preoperatively diagnosing lymph node metastasis in thyroid carcinoma.
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