Research Article

Relative Perfusion Differences between Parathyroid Adenomas and the Thyroid on Multiphase 4DCT

Table 1

Overview of the different perfusion values of parathyroid adenomas vs normal thyroid tissue: Blood Flow (BF), Blood Volume (BV), Mean Transit Time (MTT), Tmax, Permeability–Surface area product (PS). ().

CaseBF parathyroid
(mL/100 g
/min)
BF
thyroid
(mL/100 g/
min)
BV parathyroid
(100 g/
min)
BV thyroid
(100 g/
min)
MTT parathyroid
(s)
MTT thyroid
(s)
Tmax parathyroid
(s)
Tmax thyroid
(s)
PS parathyroid (mL/min/
100 mL)
PS thyroid (mL/min/
100 mL)

1391.0270.142.416.76.64.44.15.196.130.6
2491.8257.218.49.52.32.24.35.4113.965.9
3795.7460.726.416.51.92.23.96.478.735.0
4601.4500.031.919.42.52.74.77.015.927.6
5437.5286.515.413.62.23.05.76.031.542.8
6479.2261.217.38.82.42.06.98.455.636.7
7261.0210.412.07.63.92.75.28.637.041.8
8689.6413.226.017.42.32.63.75.058.152.5
9522.4236.037.722.54.86.05.64.156.359.1
10211.2194.031.927.49.38.73.42.962.841.5
11558.1399.222.220.12.63.25.04.576.119.9
12620.7559.621.020.22.02.23.24.734.253.0
13618.8276.724.822.52.55.05.33.979.921.6
14406.4283.414.612.72.23.06.95.657.057.1
15285.5186.814.014.03.37.26.06.312.552.8
16423.4245.523.319.93.66.06.04.652.561.5
17212.8164.328.015.88.65.86.95.753.653.5
18266.3219.223.27.45.42.11.46.22.774.6
19665.0356.428.413.72.62.35.17.269.961.4
Mean470.4304.224.116.13.73.94.95.755.046.8
St Dev171.8112.68.05.52.22.01.41.528.415.4