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Abstract #5398

Diffusion weighted T2-mapping for the determination of tissue characteristics in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Noriyuki Fujima1, Masami Yoneyama2, Eunju Kim3, Takuya Aoike1, Suzuko Aoike1, and Kohsuke Kudo1

1Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, 2Philips Electronics Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 3Philips Healthcare Korea, Seoul, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

We investigated the utility of T2 mapping with the pre-pulse of diffusion gradient (DW T2-map) for the determination of tissue characteristics in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Significant difference in T2-value of tumor tissue between that with and without diffusion gradient was observed. In addition, DW T2-map was suggested to be one of the diagnostic tool for the prediction of tumor histological grade. DW T2-map can be useful tool for the assessment of tumor tissue characteristics with greater detail.

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