Fig. 1From: Spectral CT - a new supplementary method for preoperative assessment of pathological grades of esophageal squamous cell carcinomaReceiver operating characteristic curves of each parameter for the differential diagnosis of the poorly differentiated group (82 cases) from the non-poorly differentiated group (109 cases) in the arterial phase and venous phase, respectively. a the arterial phase; b the venous phase. VMI, virtual monoenergetic image; IC, iodine concentration; WC, water concentration; Eff-Z, effective atomic number; λHU, the slope of the spectral curveBack to article page