MRI detection of suspected nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

VV Gorolay, NN Niles, YR Huo, N Ahmadi… - Neuroradiology, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Endoscopic biopsy is recommended for diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
(NPC). A proportion of lesions are hidden from endoscopic view but detected with magnetic …

Development of a self-constrained 3D DenseNet model in automatic detection and segmentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma using magnetic resonance images

L Ke, Y Deng, W Xia, M Qiang, X Chen, K Liu, B Jing… - Oral Oncology, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives We aimed to develop a dual-task model to detect and segment nasopharyngeal
carcinoma (NPC) automatically in magnetic resource images (MRI) based on deep learning …

Skull base–related lesions at routine head CT from the emergency department: pearls, pitfalls, and lessons learned

HR Bello, JA Graves, S Rohatgi, M Vakil, J McCarty… - Radiographics, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Routine non–contrast material–enhanced head CT is one of the most frequently ordered
studies in the emergency department. Skull base–related pathologic entities, often depicted …

Convolutional neural network for discriminating nasopharyngeal carcinoma and benign hyperplasia on MRI

LM Wong, AD King, QYH Ai, WKJ Lam, DMC Poon… - European …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives A convolutional neural network (CNN) was adapted to automatically detect early-
stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and discriminate it from benign hyperplasia on a …

[HTML][HTML] Complementary roles of MRI and endoscopic examination in the early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

AD King, JKS Woo, QY Ai, JSM Chan, WKJ Lam… - Annals of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) evades detection when the
primary tumor is hidden from view on endoscopic examination. Therefore, in a prospective …

Cross-site prognosis prediction for nasopharyngeal carcinoma from incomplete multi-modal data

CX Ren, GX Xu, DQ Dai, L Lin, Y Sun, QS Liu - Medical Image Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate prognosis prediction for nasopharyngeal carcinoma based on magnetic resonance
(MR) images assists in the guidance of treatment intensity, thus reducing the risk of …

The contrast-enhanced MRI can be substituted by unenhanced MRI in identifying and automatically segmenting primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma with the aid of …

Y Deng, C Li, X Lv, W Xia, L Shen, B Jing, B Li… - Computer Methods and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Administration of contrast is not desirable for all cases in clinical
setting, and no consensus in sequence selection for deep learning model development has …

Distinguishing early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma from benign hyperplasia using intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted MRI

QY Ai, AD King, JSM Chan, W Chen, KCA Chan… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives MRI can detect early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but the detection
is more challenging in early-stage NPCs because they must be distinguished from benign …

The utility of texture analysis based on quantitative synthetic magnetic resonance imaging in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a preliminary study

F Yang, Y Li, X Li, X Yu, Y Zhao, L Li, L Xie, M Lin - BMC Medical Imaging, 2023 - Springer
Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used for the diagnosis of
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and occipital clivus (OC) invasion, but a proportion of …

Early detection of cancer: evaluation of MR imaging grading systems in patients with suspected nasopharyngeal carcinoma

AD King, JKS Woo, QY Ai, FKF Mo… - American Journal …, 2020 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We evaluated modifications to our contrast-enhanced MR
imaging grading system for symptomatic patients with suspected nasopharyngeal …