CT texture analysis in the differentiation of major renal cell carcinoma subtypes and correlation with Fuhrman grade.

Objective: CT texture analysis (CTTA) using filtration-histogram-based parameters has been associated with tumor biologic correlates such as glucose metabolism, hypoxia, and tumor angiogenesis. We investigated the utility of these parameters for differentiation of clear cell from papillary renal cancers and prediction of Fuhrman grade.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed by applying CTTA to pretreatment contrast-enhanced CT scans in 290 patients with 298 histopathologically confirmed renal cell cancers of clear cell and papillary types.

CT texture analysis of pancreatic cancer.

Objectives: We investigated the value of CT texture analysis (CTTA) in predicting prognosis of unresectable pancreatic cancer.

Methods: Sixty patients with unresectable pancreatic cancers at presentation were enrolled for post-processing with CTTA using commercially available software (TexRAD Ltd, Cambridge, UK). The largest cross-section of the tumour on axial CT was chosen to draw a region-of-interest.