Preoperative assessment of cervical lymph node metastases in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: Incremental diagnostic value of dual-energy CT combined with ultrasound.

Jimin YoonYangsean ChoiJinhee JangNa-Young ShinKook-Jin AhnBum Soo Kim

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Compared to US features alone, combination with DECT-derived quantitative parameters improved diagnostic performance in predicting metastatic cervical LNs in patients with PTC.

Keyphrases

dual energy
lymph node
computed tomography
image quality
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
sentinel lymph node
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
patients undergoing
lymph node metastasis
positron emission tomography
mass spectrometry
early stage