Arterial spin labeling and diffusion-weighted imaging for identification of retropharyngeal lymph nodes in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Xiaoduo YuFan YangXue LiuYanfeng ZhaoYujie LiMeng LinLizhi XieYuqing Shang

Published in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2022)

ASL and multi-b-value DWI could help determine the N stage of NPC, while the BF combination with RLNs size may significantly improve the diagnostic efficiency.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
lymph node
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
room temperature
cerebral blood flow
sentinel lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
single molecule
bioinformatics analysis
magnetic resonance