ArticleInsights into imaging2023
Evaluation of optimal monoenergetic images acquired by dual-energy CT in the diagnosis of T staging of thoracic esophageal cancer.
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- Differentiation of tumor budding grade in colon cancer using noise-optimized virtual monoenergetic image in dual-energy CT.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Role of spectral CT in quantitative evaluation of pathologic response to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot study.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- Dual-energy CT for distinguishing between T3 and T4 stages of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Thoracic Diseases: Technique and Applications of Dual-Energy CT.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Application of spectral CT in diagnosis, classification and prognostic monitoring of gastrointestinal cancers: progress, limitations and prospects.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of our study was to objectively and subjectively assess optimal monoenergetic image (MEI (+)) characteristics from dual-energy CT (DECT) and the diagnostic performance for the T staging in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer (EC).
methodsIn this retrospective study, patients with histopathologically confirmed EC who underwent DECT from September 2019 to December 2020 were enrolled. One standard polyenergetic image (PEI) and five MEI (+) were reconstructed. Two readers independently assessed the lesion conspicuity subjectively and calculated the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of EC. Two readers independently assessed the T stage on the optimal MEI (+) and PEI subjectively. Multiple quantitative parameters were measured to assess the diagnostic performance to identify T1-2 from T3-4 in EC patients.
resultsThe study included 68 patients. Subjectively, primary tumor delineation received the highest ratings in MEI (+)
conclusionsMEI (+) reconstructions at low keV in the venous phase improved the assessment of lesion conspicuity and also have great potential for preoperative assessment of T staging in patients with EC.
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