Imaging modalities for the evaluation of neck pathology.
CT and MRI are the primary imaging modalities used to evaluate patients with neck pathology. The lack of good surface coils is a major limitation in the use of MRI in the evaluation of the portion of the neck between the hyoid bone and the thoracic inlet. Most radiologists prefer to use CT for the evaluation of pathology in the infrahyoid portion of the neck.
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009333:Neck / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed