Extracranial applications of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are
gaining increasing importance, including in head and neck radiology. The main indications …

A dry mouth or xerostomia is one of the most common complications during and after
radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, because irreparable damage is caused to the …

Purpose: To evaluate the ability of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) to help predict
response to chemotherapy in patients with colorectal and gastric hepatic metastases …

Abstract Diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) is a functional imaging technique that displays
information about the extent and direction of random water motion in tissues. Water …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The surgical approach to parotid tumors is different for
benign and malignant neoplasms, but the clinical symptoms do not correlate well with …

Diffusion-weighted MRI has become more and more popular in the last couple of years. It is
already an accepted diagnostic tool for patients with acute stroke, but is more difficult to use …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Preoperative prediction of tumor malignancy is clinically
very important, because this information strongly influences the surgical plan. We evaluate …

There is an increasing awareness that the evaluation of tumor response to oncologic
treatments based solely on anatomic imaging assessments face many limitations …

Imaging of salivary gland tumours is a major challenge for radiologists due to the great
variety of differential diagnoses. This article gives a short overview on the anatomy of the …

Applications of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging outside the brain
have gained increasing importance in recent years. Owing to technical improvements in MR …