Main description:

This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on Update in Head and Neck Imaging, and is edited by Dr. Girish M. Fatterpekar. Articles will include: Spectral CT: Technique and Applications for Head and Neck Cancer; State-of-the-Art Perfusion Imaging for Head and Neck Cancer; PET-CT in Head and Neck Cancer: Where Do We Currently Stand; Neck Imaging Reporting and Data System (NI-RADS) for Head and Neck Cancer; CT vs MR in Head and Neck Cancer: When to Use What and Image Optimization Strategies; Practical Tips for MR Imaging of Perineural Tumor Spread; High-resolution Extracranial Nerve MR Imaging; Diffusion-weighted Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer: Technique, Limitations, and Applications; Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer; Update in Parathyroid Imaging; PET-MR Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer: Current Applications and Future Directions, and more!

Contents:

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics

State-of-the-Art Imaging of Head and Neck Tumors

Foreword

Preface: Advanced Imaging in Head and Neck Tumors

Spectral Computed Tomography: Technique and Applications for Head and Neck Cancer

Perfusion and Permeability Imaging for Head and Neck Cancer: Theory, Acquisition, Postprocessing, and Relevance to Clinical Imaging

PET-Computed Tomography in Head and Neck Cancer: Current Evidence and Future Directions

Neck Imaging Reporting and Data System

Computed Tomography Versus Magnetic Resonance in Head and Neck Cancer: When to Use What and Image Optimization Strategies

Practical Tips for MR Imaging of Perineural Tumor Spread

High-Resolution Isotropic Three-Dimensional MR Imaging of the Extraforaminal Segments of the Cranial Nerves

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer: Technique, Limitations, and Applications

Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer

Update in Parathyroid Imaging

PET/MR Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer: Current Applications and Future Directions