Evaluation of Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the Detection of Retropharyngeal Lymph Node Metastases in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients.
Jie ChenJingwen LuoXia HeChenjing ZhuPublished in: Cancer management and research (2020)
The radiologic criteria that should be used for the assessment of RLN metastases in NPC patients are nodes with a minimal axial diameter of ≥6 mm on MR images.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- diffusion weighted
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance
- lymph node
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- positron emission tomography
- dual energy
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- machine learning
- radiation therapy
- early stage
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- patient reported outcomes
- locally advanced
- convolutional neural network