ReviewThe neuroradiology journal2017
Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in head and neck lesions: Pictorial review.
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- Reduced field-of-view DWI outperforms conventional DWI in assessing tumor heterogeneity and HPV status in head and neck cancer.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- An international survey of diffusion and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging implementation in the head and neck.European radiology · 2025Article
- Development of statistical auto-segmentation method for diffusion restriction gray matter lesions in patients with newly diagnosed sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Feasibility of diffusion-tensor and correlated diffusion imaging for studying white-matter microstructural abnormalities: Application in COVID-19.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Cross-sectional imaging evaluation of atypical and uncommon extra-nodal head and neck Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Case series.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2023Article
- Sellar, suprasellar, and parasellar masses: Imaging features and neurosurgical approaches.The neuroradiology journal · 2022Article
- Qualitative and Quantitative Diagnosis in Head and Neck Cancer.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) derived from PET/MRI for lymph node assessment in patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC).Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2020Article
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- Influence of blade width and magnetic field strength on the ADC on PROPELLER DWI in head and neck.The neuroradiology journal · 2020Article
- Whole-Volume ADC Histogram Analysis in Parotid Glands to Identify Patients with Sjögren's Syndrome.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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- Rhombencephalitis in cocaine-induced nasal septal perforation and skull base erosion.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2019Article
- Comparison of Flattening Filter and Flattening Filter-Free Volumetric Modulated Arc Radiotherapy in Patients with Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018Article
- Whole-volume ADC Histogram and Texture Analyses of Parotid Glands as an Image Biomarker in Evaluating Disease Activity of Primary Sjögren's Syndrome.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Head and neck cancers are very common worldwide, causing significant morbidity and mortality. Squamous cell carcinoma originating from the epithelial lining of the upper aerodigestive tract is the most common histology. Many patients with head and neck cancers present with advanced stage disease requiring aggressive treatment consisting of extensive surgery and chemo-radiation. Appropriate treatment planning as well as prognosis of tumors depends to a large extent on accurate histological diagnosis and differentiation of malignant from benign lesions. Routine imaging modalities such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging give volumetric and morphologic information. However, these modalities cannot be reliably used as a substitute for biopsy in treatment planning. However, diffusion-weighted imaging has shown promise in tissue characterization for primary tumors and nodal metastases, differentiation of recurrent tumor from post therapeutic changes, prediction and monitoring of treatment response, and many other clinical scenarios as described later in this article. In this review article, we describe the imaging findings in applications of diffusion-weighted imaging in the head and neck lesions and discuss their added value over anatomic imaging.
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