Skip to content

Improved assessment of liver metastases using noise-optimized virtual monoenergetic Dual-energy CT in patients with colorectal liver metastases

Evaluation of The Diagnostic Value of Dual-Energy CT in Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer:a Prospective Diagnostic Test Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500100120
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-04-02
Start date
2023-01-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Colorectal disease

Interventions

Gold Standard:MRI+histologically proven colorectal cancer (CRC)
Index test:Quantitative index: Hounsfield units (HU), SD, signal-to-noise (SNR) and contrast-to-noise (CNR) Qualitative index: overall image quality (ranging from 1 = poor overall image quality to 5 =

Sponsors

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age> 18 years old, < 85 years old; 2. Colorectal adenocarcinoma confirmed by colonoscopy and biopsy pathology (including tubular adenocarcinoma, papillary adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, etc.); 3. Able to understand the study protocol and willing to participate in this study, providing written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age 85 years old; 2. Combined with intestinal obstruction, intestinal perforation, intestinal bleeding, etc., requiring emergency surgical resection; 3. History of hepatobiliary surgery; 4. Primary liver cancer; 5. Pregnant or lactating women; 6. Severe mental disorders; 7. Have contraindications to MRI examination; 8. Inability to understand the conditions and objectives of this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Signal-to-Noise Ratio, SNR;Contrast-to-Noise Ratio, CNR;Overall image quality;Lesion delineation;Image noise;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
CT values;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactLie Yang

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University

lie_222@163.com+86 189 8060 2267

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026