Preoperative Prediction of Cervical Nodal Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Value of Quantitative Dual-Energy CT Parameters and Qualitative Morphologic Features
Yaoyuan Wu, Chao Wei, Chuanbin Wang, Naiyu Li, Ping Zhang, Jiangning Dong
Abstract
The combination of quantitative DECT parameters with morphologic data improves performance in the preoperative diagnosis of metastatic cervical LNs in patients with PTC.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineThyroid carcinomaMetastasisValue (mathematics)CarcinomaRadiologyNuclear medicinePathologyThyroidInternal medicineCancerMachine learningComputer scienceRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment