From: CT texture analysis: a potential tool for predicting the Fuhrman grade of clear-cell renal carcinoma
Parameter | Grade I–II | Grade III-IV | p value | Adjusted p value |
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Corticomedullary phase | ||||
Mean grey-level intensity | ||||
No filtration | 93.95 ± 36.49 | 81.99 ± 30.21 | 0.14 | 0.29 |
Fine filtration | −0.43 ± 0.23 | − 0.35 ± 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.37 |
Coarse filtration | −0.59 ± 0.37 | −0.47 ± 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.43 |
Standard deviation | ||||
No filtration | 39.17 ± 18.27 | 32.18 ± 15.78 | 0.26 | 0.37 |
Fine filtration | 6.29 ± 2.45 | 4.89 ± 3.11 | 0.10 | 0.26 |
Coarse filtration | 2.43 ± 1.29 | 1.59 ± 1.03 | 0.04* | 0.17 |
Kurtosis | ||||
No filtration | 5.43 ± 8.31 | 10.21 ± 19.33 | 0.18 | 0.32 |
Fine filtration | 5.29 ± 3.99 | 8.12 ± 4.21 | 0.30 | 0.37 |
Coarse filtration | 4.89 ± 4.72 | 10.24 ± 15.19 | 0.04* | 0.17 |
Skewness | ||||
No filtration | −0.11 ± 0.58 | − 0.06 ± 0.64 | 0.87 | 0.90 |
Fine filtration | −0.26 ± 0.61 | −0.28 ± 0.69 | 0.93 | 0.94 |
Coarse filtration | −0.56 ± 0.54 | −0.62 ± 0.60 | 0.69 | 0.74 |
Entropy | ||||
No filtration | 6.92 ± 0.43 | 6.76 ± 0.60 | 0.18 | 0.32 |
Fine filtration | 4.73 ± 0.23 | 4.53 ± 0.29 | 0.003* | 0.04* |
Coarse filtration | 3.10 ± 0.40 | 2.80 ± 0.52 | 0.007* | 0.05 |
Nephrographic phase | ||||
Mean grey-level intensity | ||||
No filtration | 84.33 ± 23.53 | 75.55 ± 18.81 | 0.09 | 0.26 |
Fine filtration | −0.28 ± 0.21 | −0.20 ± 0.19 | 0.27 | 0.37 |
Coarse filtration | −0.40 ± 0.35 | −0.32 ± 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.43 |
Standard deviation | ||||
No filtration | 24.97 ± 17.94 | 19.36 ± 13.85 | 0.29 | 0.38 |
Fine filtration | 4.82 ± 2.54 | 3.39 ± 2.34 | 0.13 | 0.29 |
Coarse filtration | 1.72 ± 1.40 | 1.31 ± 0.69 | 0.08 | 0.26 |
Kurtosis | ||||
No filtration | 6.25 ± 8.66 | 4.97 ± 4.41 | 0.12 | 0.29 |
Fine filtration | 5.14 ± 7.53 | 9.50 ± 11.83 | 0.18 | 0.33 |
Coarse filtration | 5.66 ± 4.67 | 7.48 ± 9.72 | 0.02* | 0.15 |
Skewness | ||||
No filtration | −0.46 ± 1.26 | 0.09 ± 1.88 | 0.13 | 0.30 |
Fine filtration | −0.22 ± 0.73 | −0.94 ± 2.40 | 0.19 | 0.32 |
Coarse filtration | −0.56 ± 0.81 | −0.93 ± 1.60 | 0.20 | 0.33 |
Entropy | ||||
No filtration | 6.52 ± 0.36 | 6.44 ± 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.44 |
Fine filtration | 4.60 ± 0.22 | 4.29 ± 0.29 | 0.006* | 0.04* |
Coarse filtration | 2.76 ± 0.32 | 2.37 ± 0.21 | 0.001* | 0.03* |