title: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography true fusion imaging in clinical head and neck oncology: early experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is a new imaging modality that provides simultaneous functional and anatomic information. Its application in head and neck oncology is still evolving.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five illustrative cases who were scanned with this technique are presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical application and impact on clinical management are described and discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our experience indicates that PET-CT will assume a more important role than either CT, magnetic resonance imaging, or PET alone in head and neck cancer imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT, Hong Kong Adventist Hosital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Yat-Yin
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Yau
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Samman
authors.forename: Richie W K
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Yeung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*