This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in imaging of the head and neck. The book discusses the role of the standard modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in diagnosing and staging head and neck cancers and in evaluating the effectiveness of various treatment regimens. In addition, the volume provides extensive insight into the role of emerging and exciting technologies such as positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and 3D volume rendering. These new modalities and techniques, in which the authors have extensive experience, promise to influence profoundly the practice of head and neck imaging and will improve the outcome of treatment of diseases of the head and neck in the future.

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A comprehensive overview of the state of the art in imaging of the head and neck. The book discusses the role of the standard modalities such as MRI and CT in diagnosing and staging head and neck cancers and in evaluating the effectiveness of various treatment regimens. In addition, it provides extensive insight into the role of such emerging technologies as positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and 3D volume rendering. All the authors have extensive experience of these new modalities and techniques.

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1 Magnetization Transfer Imaging of the Extracranial Head and Neck D. YOUSEM 2 Interventional Techniques of Head and Neck J.S. LEWIN 3 Magnetic Resonance-guided Therapy of Head and Neck Cancers T.J. VOGL and M.G. MACK 4 MR Spectroscopy of the Extracranial Head and Neck S.K. MUKHERJI 5 Functional MR Imaging and Auditort Activation J. ULMER 6 Functional Imaging on Swallowing K. MOSIER 7 PET Scanning of Head and Neck Cancer P. LINDHOLM, M. LAPELA, S. LESKINEN, and, H. MINN 8 Thallium-201 Imaging the Upper Aerodigestive Tract M. GAPANY 9 Evaluation of Predictive Value of CT and MRI Dependendt Parameters for Recurrence of Laryngeal Cancer After Irradiation Treatment J.A. CASTELIJNS and R. HERMANS 10 New Developments in Imaging of Neck Node Metastases M.W.M. VAN DEN BREKEL,and J.A. CASTELIJNS 11 The Value of Radioimmunoscintigraphy for Detection of Lymph,Node,Metastases,in,Head,and,Neck,Cancer,Patients,, G.A.M.S. VAN DONGEN, R. DE BREE, J.C. ROOS,J.J. QUAK and G.B. SNOW 12 T2-Weighted Gradient Echo Imaging of the Inner Ear and Inner Auditory Canal L.JÄGER 13 Technical Advances in 3-Dimensional Imaging: Applications for Temporal Bone and Skull Base Imaging B. HEMMINGER 14 Clinical Applications of 3-Dimensional Imaging V. CARRASCO 15 Interventional Angiography of Head and Neck T. BELL 16 Imaging and Interventional Procedures for the Lacrimal Duct System A.G. JANSSEN Subject Index List of Contributors