Publications by authors named "Fanrong Cheng"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at how well certain scan results from dual-energy CT can help doctors predict if a patient will have early cancer recurrence after esophagus surgery.
- It involved 78 patients with a specific type of esophageal cancer, measuring different qualities of their tumors from CT scans.
- The findings showed that some scan results and tumor characteristics could help identify which patients are at a higher risk of having their cancer come back, helping doctors plan better treatments.
Objectives: The purpose of our study was to objectively and subjectively assess optimal monoenergetic image (MEI (+)) characteristics from dual-energy CT (DECT) and the diagnostic performance for the T staging in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer (EC).
Methods: In this retrospective study, patients with histopathologically confirmed EC who underwent DECT from September 2019 to December 2020 were enrolled. One standard polyenergetic image (PEI) and five MEI (+) were reconstructed.