Usefulness of contrast-enhanced CT in the evaluation of depth of invasion in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma: comparison with MRI.
Akira BabaHiroya OjiriSatoru OganeKazuhiko HashimotoTakashi InoueMutsumi TakagiwaTazuko K GotoPublished in: Oral radiology (2020)
Compared to the DOI determined on an MRI scan, the DOI determined on a CECT scan correlated with and better approximated pathological DOI. Therefore, CECT can be useful for preoperative staging of patients with oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- squamous cell carcinoma
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- positron emission tomography
- lymph node
- lymph node metastasis
- image quality
- locally advanced
- optical coherence tomography
- patients undergoing
- pet ct
- radiation therapy
- rectal cancer