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Masticatory muscle index for indicating skeletal muscle mass in patients with head and neck cancer.

Sheng-Wei ChangYuan-Hsiung TsaiCheng-Ming HsuEthan I HuangGeng-He ChangMing-Shao TsaiYao-Te Tsai
Published in: PloS one (2021)
M-SMI assessment in routine head and neck CT scans is feasible and can be an alternative for detecting sarcopenia in patients with HNC.
Keyphrases
  • computed tomography
  • skeletal muscle
  • dual energy
  • contrast enhanced
  • image quality
  • clinical practice
  • positron emission tomography
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • magnetic resonance
  • community dwelling
  • pet ct