Complementary role of computed tomography texture analysis for differentiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in the portal-venous enhancement phase

Abstract

Our data indicate that CTTA is a feasible tool for differentiation of PNEN from PDAC and also of G1 from G2/3 PNEN in the portal-venous phase. Visual assessment and tumor-to-parenchyma ratios were not useful for discrimination.