Early evaluation of radiation-induced parotid damage in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma by T2 mapping and mDIXON Quant imaging: initial findings

Early evaluation of radiation-induced parotid damage in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma by T2 mapping and mDIXON Quant imaging: initial findings

Abstract Background Radiation-induced parotid damage is a common complication in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated with radiotherapy to head and neck region, which severely reduce the life quality of those patients. The aim of this study was to early evaluate the changes of irradi...

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Main Authors: Nan Zhou, Chen Chu, Xin Dou, Weibo Chen, Jian He, Jing Yan, Zhengyang Zhou, Xiaofeng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Radiation-induced parotid damage
Magnetic resonance imaging
T2 mapping
mDIXON Quant imaging
Quantitative evaluation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-0970-9

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