Dual energy computed tomography for detection of metastatic lymph nodes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

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Table 1 Quantitative parameters [median (P25, P75)] for metastatic vs non-metastatic lymph nodes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Parameter		Metastatic (group P)	Non-metastatic (group N)	P-value
Maximal short axis diameter (cm)		1.25 (0.90, 1.80)	0.60 (0.50, 0.80)	< 0.001
IC (mg/mL)	AP	10.46 (9.41, 11.36)	8.64 (7.62, 9.82)	< 0.001
	PP	22.70 (19.08, 26.35)	13.26 (9.91, 16.26)	< 0.001
	DP	19.03 (16.18, 21.34)	14.09 (12.14, 15.71)	< 0.001
NIC	AP	0.12 (0.10, 0.13)	0.08 (0.06, 0.11)	< 0.001
	PP	0.54 (0.37, 0.82)	0.10 (0.07, 0.18)	< 0.001
	DP	0.57 (0.49, 0.77)	0.34 (0.23, 0.44)	< 0.001
λ_HU	AP	0.64 (0.57, 0.73)	0.49 (0.41, 0.58)	< 0.001
	PP	1.53 (1.26, 1.90)	0.87 (0.60, 0.94)	< 0.001
	DP	1.30 (1.15, 1.74)	0.85 (0.71, 1.40)	< 0.001

IC: Iodine concentration; NIC: Normalized iodine concentration; λ_HU: Slope of the spectral curve; AP: Arterial phase; PP: Portal phase; DP: Delayed phase.

Citation: Zeng YR, Yang QH, Liu QY, Min J, Li HG, Liu ZF, Li JX. Dual energy computed tomography for detection of metastatic lymph nodes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(16): 1986-1996
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i16.1986