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  1. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Sarcopenia | OriginalPaper

    Correlation between preoperative CT scan of the paraspinal, psoas, and gluteus muscles and postoperative ambulatory status in patients with femoral neck fractures

    Femoral neck fractures, one of the most common fractures among the older adults, worsens ambulation and also affects mortality. The mortality rate after femoral neck fracture was reported to be approximately 4.0% in the short term (1–3 months) and …

  2. Open Access 30-11-2023 | Neck Pain | OriginalPaper

    CT-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation Targeting the Herniation Edge of the Cervical Disc for the Treatment of Neck Pain: A Retrospective Study

    Neck pain is a chronic pain with clinical manifestations of pain in the head, neck, shoulder and upper limbs as well as pain associated with numbness [ 1 – 4 ]. Neck pain seriously affects physical and mental health as well as the quality of life …

  3. Open Access 01-12-2023 | Positron Emission Tomography | OriginalPaper

    Quantitative and clinical implications of the EARL2 versus EARL1 [18F]FDG PET-CT performance standards in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

    Positron emission tomography (PET) with fluor-18-fluorodeoxyglucose ([ 18 F]FDG) in combination with computed tomography (CT) is increasingly utilized for radiation treatment planning in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

  4. Open Access 06-06-2023 | Neck Dissection | OriginalPaper

    Nodal frozen section + elective neck dissection as an alternative to sentinel lymph node biopsy for the management of cT1-2N0 oral squamous cell carcinoma patients: a viability and accuracy study

    Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) is the sixth most frequent tumour worldwide, and its prevalence is assessed at 3% of all tumours (Bray et al. 2011 ).

  5. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Neck Dissection | OriginalPaper

    CT for estimating adequacy of lymph node dissection in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

    Head and neck malignancies account for approximately 550,000 incident cases and 380,000 deaths worldwide annually [ 1 ]. The majority (approximately 90%) of head and neck malignancies are squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCa), and it has been …

  6. Open Access 13-02-2023 | Sarcopenia | OriginalPaper

    The validation of low-dose CT scans from the [18F]-FDG PET-CT scan to assess skeletal muscle mass in comparison with diagnostic neck CT scans

    Annually, head and neck cancer (HNC) is responsible for almost 900,000 cases and 450,000 deaths worldwide [ 1 ]. More than 90% of cancers of the head and neck region are squamous cell carcinoma [ 2 ], with approximately two-thirds of newly …

  7. Open Access 01-12-2023 | OriginalPaper

    Clinical utility of combined assessments of 4D volumetric perfusion CT, diffusion-weighted MRI and 18F-FDG PET-CT for the prediction of outcomes of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy

    Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most common neoplasm of the upper aerodigestive tract in adults, and nearly two-thirds of patients with HNSCC present at a locally advanced stage. HNSCC has been managed primarily by surgery …

  8. Open Access 04-08-2022 | Computed Tomography | OriginalPaper

    To CT or not to CT: Questioning the Cost-Effectiveness of CT Thorax in Head and Neck Cancers

    Computed tomography (CT) scan has been an integral part of the diagnostic workup for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Our study was designed to find out the incidence of distant metastasis and second primary tumor and to …

  9. 12-10-2022 | OriginalPaper

    CT radiomics nomogram for prediction of the Ki-67 index in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

    Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), which includes cancers arising from the mucosal surfaces of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx, is the most frequent malignancy of the head and neck [ 1 ]. HNSCC shows rapid progression, a high …

  10. 01-04-2021 | Human Papillomavirus | OriginalPaper

    The diagnostic performance of CT and MRI for detecting extranodal extension in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis

    Extranodal extension (ENE), also known as extracapsular or perinodal extension/spread, is defined as invasion of tumor cells beyond the capsule of a metastatic lymph node [ 1 ]. For patients with primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma …

  11. 01-04-2022 | Stroke | OriginalPaper

    Utilization of CT angiography of the head and neck in the era of endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke: a retrospective study

    Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. The subset of ischemic strokes due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) has been shown to contribute to disproportionately unfavorable outcomes, constituting …

  12. Open Access 01-12-2020 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | OriginalPaper

    The value of CT, MRI, and PET-CT in detecting retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

    Tumor metastasis to the retropharyngeal lymph nodes (RPLNs) is as a strong predictor of poor prognosis in head and neck cancer patients [ 1 – 4 ]. The most common primary tumor giving rise to RPLN metastasis is nasopharyngeal carcinoma, for which …

  13. 01-04-2021 | Computed Tomography | OriginalPaper

    Patients with falls from standing height and head or neck injury may not require body CT in the absence of signs or symptoms of body injury

    Falls from standing height and fall-related injuries in the USA are rising as the population ages [ 1 – 7 ]. Falls are the second greatest reason for unintentional injury in the Western world, exceeded only by motor vehicle collisions [ 8 ]. In …

  14. Open Access 01-12-2022 | Positron Emission Tomography | OriginalPaper

    A deep learning pipeline to simulate fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in head and neck cancers using non-contrast CT images without the administration of radioactive tracer

    1. CT-derived radiomic features vary significantly in regions of differing metabolic activity. 2. A deep learning generative adversarial network can be used to simulate FDG uptake. 3. Generated PET images from CT were able to accurately predict …

  15. 01-02-2022 | Angiography | OriginalPaper

    The role of CT angiography and endovascular treatment in acute-massive head and neck bleeding

    Head and neck bleeding is generally managed with conservative or surgical approaches, such as local compression, dressing, packing, primary suturing and surgical ligation. Blood transfusion is performed, if necessary [ 1 ].

  16. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Hip Dysplasia | OriginalPaper

    Accuracy of CT for measuring femoral neck anteversion in children with developmental dislocation of the hip verified using 3D printing technology

    Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is commonly seen in pediatric orthopedics, and pathological characteristics of DDH are shallow acetabulum, enlarged FNA, and deformation of femoral head. In severe cases, the femur can come out of the

  17. Open Access 14-12-2023 | Metastasis | OriginalPaper

    The clinical acceptability of short versus long duration acquisitions for head and neck cancer using long-axial field-of-view PET/CT: a retrospective evaluation

    The principle that glucose metabolism, as measured by the uptake of the positron emission radiotracer fluorodeoxyglucose (2-[ 18 F]-FDG), could be used to measure the proliferative activity of head and neck cancers (HNC) was first established by …

  18. 01-07-2018 | Erratum

    Correction to: Solitary fibrous tumours in the extracranial head and neck region: correlation of CT and MR features with pathologic findings

    Solitary fibrous tumours (SFTs) are rare, mesenchymal neoplasms. The purpose of this study was to analyse the radiological and clinicopathological features of SFTs in the extracranial head and neck region.

  19. Open Access 01-12-2017 | OriginalPaper

    The prognostic value of location and size change of pathological lymph nodes evaluated on CT-scan following radiotherapy in head and neck cancer

    Head and neck cancer encompasses a large number of tumor entities originating from subsites such as the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, hypopharynx and salivary glands. The majority of these tumors are squamous cell …

  20. 01-04-2021 | OriginalPaper

    Usefulness of dual-layer spectral CT in follow-up examinations: diagnosing recurrent squamous cell carcinomas in the head and neck

    Post-treatment follow-up study in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is important because over 50% of patients with advanced HNSCC have locoregional or distant recurrence after treatment [ 1 , 2 ]. CT has been widely used …

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