Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) derived from PET/MRI for lymph node assessment in patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

• Published in: Cancer imaging Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 56 - 12
• Main Authors: Freihat, Omar, Pinter, Tamas, Kedves, András, Sipos, Dávid, Cselik, Zsolt, Repa, Imre, Kovács, Árpád
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.08.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: ADC; Adult; Aged; Benign; Biopsy; Cancer metastasis; Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Diffusion; Diffusion coefficient; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Driving while intoxicated; DWI; Female; Head & neck cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology; HNSCC; Humans; Imaging techniques; Lymph Nodes - diagnostic imaging; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis; Lymphatic system; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Medical imaging; Metastasis; Middle Aged; MRI; Multimodal Imaging - methods; Patients; Positron emission; Positron-Emission Tomography - methods; Squamous cell carcinoma; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck - diagnostic imaging; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck - pathology; Studies; Surgery; Tomography; Tumors; ADC; MRI; HNSCC; Benign; DWI; Metastasis; Lymph nodes

To determine the usefulness of Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) derived from PET/MRI in discriminating normal from metastatic lymph nodes and the correlation between the metastatic lymph nodes with the grade and the localization of the primary tumor. Retrospective study of 90 lymph nodes from 90 sub...