Comparison of PET-CT, CT and MRI scan in initial staging and management of head and neck cancers.

Shoaib AhmadManish Devendra MairPuteri Abdul HarisAbbas HaiderAndrew BakerPeter ConboyHarriet WalterLakshmiah RajSimon WrightRam VaidhyanathSridhar Thiagarajan

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)

Initial staging PETCT changes management in 36.4% cases. Accuracy of various different imaging modalities have been compared.

Keyphrases

pet ct
positron emission tomography
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
lymph node
high resolution
dual energy
image quality
mass spectrometry
young adults