title: Head and neck high-field imaging: oncology applications.
abstract: Head and neck imaging has benefited from 1.5 T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, providing faster sequences, better soft tissue evaluation, and 3-axis imaging, with less radiation and iodine-based contrast injection. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved human MR imaging at high-field strength up to 4 T in clinical practice. 3 T MR imaging has become widely available, with the hope of significant advance in the evaluation of the head and neck region. This article reviews the benefits, disadvantages, and challenges of high-field imaging of the head and neck region, focusing on the imaging of head and neck cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor VA Hospital, 2215 Fuller Court, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA. Wessam@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Wessam
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bou-Assaly
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: Suresh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukherji
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*