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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