Texture analysis of delayed contrast-enhanced computed tomography to diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis

To investigate the diagnostic value of texture analysis to differentiate cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) from other non-ischemic cardiomyopathies (non-CS). Twenty CS patients and 15 non-CS patients who had undergone myocardial CT delayed enhancement (CTDE) were included. A total of 36 texture features were calculated according to the CT attenuation of CTDE. We investigated the diagnostic value to differentiate CS from non-CS. We also assessed the...