Open AccessEvaluation of solid pulmonary nodules in patients with bladder cancer with computed tomography based texture analysis method: Is it possible to differentiate metastatic - non-metastatic nodules?
Author(s) -
Hakan Abdullah Özgül,
Canan Altay,
İşıl Başara Akin,
Ozan Bozkurt,
Ömer Demir,
Emine Burçin Tuna,
Kutsal Yörükoğlu,
Mustafa Seçil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tuberkuloz ve toraks/tüberküloz ve toraks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0494-1373
DOI - 10.5578/tt.20219812
Subject(s) - medicine , nodule (geology) , radiology , nuclear medicine , mann–whitney u test , radiodensity , metastasis , cancer , colorectal cancer , radiography , paleontology , biology
Solid Pulmonary Nodule (SPN) is defined as parenchymal radiopacity smaller than 3 cm in diameter. Evaluating the metastatic nature of the SPNs detected in the thorax computed tomography (TCT) examination for staging purposes in cancer patients becomes a fundamental problem for the physician. Invasive procedures, additional imaging or follow-up imaging, are often used to differentiate metastatic and non-metastatic nodules. In this study, we aimed to distinguish SPNs detected in patients diagnosed with bladder cancer (BC) as metastatic and non-metastatic nodules by texture analysis.