A contrast-enhanced-CT-based classification tree model for classifying malignancy of solid lung tumors in a Chinese clinical population

To develop and validate a contrast-enhanced CT based classification tree model for classifying solid lung tumors in clinical patients into malignant or benign.Between January 2015 and October 2017, 827 pathologically confirmed solid lung tumors (487 malignant, 340 benign; median size, 27.0 mm, IQR 18.0-39.0 mm) from 827 patients from a dedicated Chinese cancer hospital were identified. Nodules were divided randomly into two groups, a training...