The purpose of this article is to review currently used imaging protocols for the evaluation of
pathologic conditions of the larynx and hypopharynx, to describe key anatomic structures in …

Head and neck surgeons often rely on imaging to determine if a neoplasm is resectable.
Many of the critical issues are outlined in the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging …

Purpose: To evaluate whether proposed diagnostic criteria applied to magnetic resonance
(MR) images of patients with laryngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma may be used to …

PURPOSE: To evaluate eight different diagnostic criteria to help detect neoplastic invasion
of laryngeal cartilage at computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a …

Purpose To evaluate the clinical usefulness of dual-energy computed tomography (CT) with
weighted-average (WA) images and iodine overlay (IO) images in the evaluation of …

Background Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LHSCC) with thyroid
cartilage invasion are considered T4 and need total laryngectomy. However, the accuracy of …

Imaging methods assist in the pre-treatment planning of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal
neoplasms, by better defining the local extension of infiltrating tumours and by detecting …

Background and purpose The goal of this study was to improve target definition by deriving
modality-specific margins for clinical target volumes (CTV) for laryngeal and …

Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer, in particular T4a disease associated with cartilage
invasion and extralaryngeal spread, needs to be evaluated accurately because treatment …

Cross-sectional imaging plays an indispensable complementary role to endoscopy in the
pretherapeutic workup of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer. Both computed …