Computed tomography image characteristics of metastatic lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

While size of the lymph node remains an important factor in the interpretation of a clinically suspicious lymph node metastasis on CT scan images, the distribution of pixel values could not clarify a heterogeneous state. Nevertheless, 'lacunarity' proves to be a more accurate parameter which correlates better to the subjective heterogeneity.