Table 2.
Patients and lesions characteristics on DECT.
| Characteristics | N |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Men | 61 |
| Women | 19 |
| Age (y) | 56 ± 11 |
| Etiology of HCC | |
| Hepatitis B virus | 60 |
| Alcoholism | 1 |
| Hepatitis C virus | 6 |
| Bilharziasis | 3 |
| Cryptogenic | 14 |
| No. of HCC lesions per patient | |
| Single | 23 |
| Multiple | 57 |
| No. of ROIs | |
| ROIs of the TAA | 194 |
| ROIs of the ANHP | 194 |
| ROIs of the TNA | 57 |
The data are represented as the mean ± standard deviation or number of patients. HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; ROIs, regions of interests; TAA, tumor active area; ANHP, adjacent normal hepatic parenchyma; TNA, tumor necrotic area.