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Dual‐energy CT iodine quantification for characterizing focal thyroid lesions
Author(s) -
Lee Do Hyung,
Lee Young Hen,
Seo Hyung Suk,
Lee Ki Yeol,
Suh Sangil,
Ryoo Inseon,
You SungHye,
Kim Byungjun,
Yang KyungSook
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.25524
Subject(s) - nodule (geology) , medicine , iodine , thyroid , thyroid nodules , nuclear medicine , interquartile range , thyroid carcinoma , radiology , cutoff , pathology , chemistry , paleontology , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , biology
Background To determine the usefulness of dual‐energy CT (DECT) iodine quantification to classify the focal thyroid lesions. Methods We retrospectively enrolled a total of 76 cytopathologically confirmed focal thyroid lesions (mean size: 1.9 cm). After drawing a region of interest on the DECT‐derived iodine maps, the obtained iodine concentration values of thyroid nodules (IC_N) and normalized IC_N were compared between 3 groups: papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), benign nodule, and cyst. Results From all lesions, 46, 17, and 13 were assigned to the PTC, benign nodule, and cyst groups. IC_N was the highest in the benign nodule, lower in the PTC, and the lowest in the cyst (median [interquartile range]: 4.3 [3.13‐5.48], 3.15 [2.29‐4.01], 0.60 [0.33‐0.88], all P < .001). Similarly, the normalized IC_N values were all statistically different from each other ( P < .05).The multi‐class area under the curves using the optimal cutoff values were 0.931 for IC_N and 0.918, 0.920 for normalized IC, respectively. Conclusion DECT iodine quantification could be helpful to classify the focal thyroid lesions.

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