Imaging Tool for Predicting Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma Fuhrman Grade: Comparing R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Score and CT Texture Analysis

Figure 4

The dotted line is parallel to the midline of the upper and lower lips of the kidney and the solid line is the upper and lower polar lines of the kidney. (a) shows that the right kidney tumor is completely located at the lower pole, with . (b) shows that the left kidney tumor crosses the upper pole of the renal line but does not cross the midline of the kidney and remains mostly still at the upper pole, ; meanwhile, another tumor is partially located between the upper and lower polar lines, .

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