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Improve the value of quantitative MRI in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck diseases
XIAN Junfang 

Cite this article as: Xian JF. Improve the value of quantitative MRI in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck diseases[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(11): 1-5. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.11.001.


[Abstract] The anatomic structures in head and neck are tiny and complex, but high resolution MRI significantly improve the diagnostic performance of MRI in the demonstration of anatomic structures and lesions in head and neck region. Quantitative MRI plays an important role in the identification, diagnosis, stage, grade, evaluation of treatment response, and prediction of prognosis as well as elucidation of the pathological mechanisms of head and neck diseases, such as optic neuritis, thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, post-laminar optic nerve invasion from retinoblastoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, oropharyngeal carcinoma, laryngeal carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, sinonasal inverted papilloma, pleomorphic salivary adenoma, lymphoma, inflammatory pseudotumor, etc. The problems and the problem-solving strategies are also described. In the future, the study design will be conducted strictly with inclusion and exclusion criteria defined. According to the same criteria of the diagnosis, evaluation, and prediction of the head and neck diseases, national large-sample multicenter prospective researches will be developed so as to establish patient-centered and problem-guided protocols of quantitative MRI of the head and neck diseases. These protocols will further improve the value of quantitative MRI in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck diseases, which will be applied nationwide promoting diagnosis and treatment of head and neck diseases and protecting people's health.
[Keywords] optic neuritis;thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy;retinoblastoma;nasopharyngeal carcinoma;oropharyngeal carcinoma;laryngeal carcinoma;thyroid carcinoma;inverted papilloma;pleomorphic adenoma;lymphoma;inflammatory pseudotumor;glaucoma;magnetic resonance imaging;dynamic contrast enhancement;diffusion weighted imaging;arterial spin labeling;diagnosis;treatment response evaluation;pathological mechanism;prognosis prediction

XIAN Junfang*  

Department of Radiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China

Xian JF, E-mail: cjr.xianjunfang@vip.163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81871340, 82071906, 82202100, 81571649); Special Fund for Clinical Medicine Development of Beijing Hospital Administration (No. ZYLX201704); Special Fund for "Peak Climbing" Plan of Beijing Hospital Management Center (No. DFL20190203).
Received  2022-11-11
Accepted  2022-11-13
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.11.001
Cite this article as: Xian JF. Improve the value of quantitative MRI in the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck diseases[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(11): 1-5. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.11.001.

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