Sphericity of lymph nodes using 3D-CT predicts metastasis in lung cancer patients.
Kazuto SugaiYasuharu SekineTomoyuki KawamuraTakahiro YanagiharaYusuke SaekiShinsuke KitazawaNaohiro KobayashiShinji KikuchiYukinobu GotoHideo IchimuraYukio SatoPublished in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2023)
By using 3D-CT analysis to examine sphericity, we showed that metastatic lymph nodes became spherical. Our method for predicting lymph node metastasis based on sphericity of lymph nodes with a short-axis diameter ≥ 5 mm could do so with higher sensitivity than the conventional method, and with acceptable specificity.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- lymph node metastasis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- contrast enhanced
- papillary thyroid
- small cell lung cancer
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- radiation therapy
- optic nerve
- rectal cancer