Dual Energy CT in Liver Tumors
Fig. 5.1 DECT post-processing workflow. (a) 100 kVp dataset, (b) Sn150 kVp dataset, (c) 120 kV mixed image, (d) virtual unenhanced image, (e) color-coded iodine map, (f) virtual monoenergetic image…
ONCOLOGY
Dual Energy CT in Renal Tumors
Fig. 8.1 (a) Conventional noncontrast, postcontrast, (b) conventional, and (c) 80 keV virtual monochromatic nephrographic images in a 45-year-old man with low attenuation intra-parenchymal lesion of the left kidney. In…
Dual Energy CT in Head and Neck Tumors
Fig. 3.1 Virtual monochromatic energies. (a) CT image reconstructed at 40 kev. (b) CT image reconstructed at 60 keV (c) CT image reconstructed at 80 keV. (d) Average weighted image…
Dual Energy CT Postprocessing and Images Analysis Strategies in Oncologic Imaging
Fig. 2.1 80 kVp (a), Sn140 kVp (b) and weighted average (WA) 120 kVp (c) portal venous phase images of the upper abdomen, demonstrating a low attenuation cystic mass in…
Dual Energy CT in Gastrointestinal Tumors
Fig. 7.1 A 69-year-old male with biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma of the stomach shown on axial non-contrast-enhanced CT images (a) and fused color-coded iodine maps (b) (arrows). The DECT shows excellent intralesional…
Effectiveness in Hepatic Malignancies
Fig. 1 a, b Actuarial patient survival after liver resection and liver transplant. Used with permission [33, 38] Table 1 Summary of studies examining liver resection versus liver transplant for early hepatocellular cancer…
Effectiveness in Colon and Rectal Cancer
Author, year Complications due to primary (%) Benoist, 2005 15 Cellini, 2010 67 Galizia, 2008 30 Karoui, 2011 19 McCahill, 2012 14 Muratore, 2007 8.6 Ruo, 2003 29 Scoggins, 1999…
Comparative Effectiveness Research to Improve the Quality of Multidisciplinary Care for Breast Cancer Patients
Fig. 1 Impact of efficacy randomized controlled trials on the surgical management of breast cancer (select trials represented) However, even as we acknowledge the important role of RCTs in defining the…
Effectiveness in Melanoma
Biology Depth Patient Ulceration Positive deep margin Excessive anxiety Lymphovascular invasion Regression Age (younger) Mitotic rate Clark level IV or V Vertical growth phase >0.75 mm Studies have reported an increased…
Effectiveness in Esophagogastric Cancer
Trial N Histology (%) CRT regimen (Gy) Median survival 3 year OS (%) p value Lee et al. [20] 50 S SqCC 100 Cisplatin, 5FU, 45.6 27.3 m – NS 51 CRT…
