title: Interventional computed tomography and MR imaging in the head and neck.
abstract: Many modern surgical techniques have been developed to provide exposure or visualization of the surgical field to perform definitive treatment. The actual therapeutic part of surgery is often a small fraction of the procedure. In obtaining exposure, however, morbidity can ensue. This has led to newer techniques that use minimally invasive treatments, thus substantially decreasing overall morbidity and patient costs. By providing physicians with visualization alternatives, MR imaging and computed tomography, when combined with a therapeutic procedure, can reduce the morbidity of surgery.
authors.affiliation: University of California, UCLA School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anzai
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kangarloo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abemayor
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Lufkin
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006257:Head / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed