The Role of Intravoxel Incoherent Motion MRI in Predicting Early Treatment Response to Chemoradiation for Metastatic Lymph Nodes in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

摘要

Pilot studies have suggested potential clinical applications for intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in head and neck cancers. This study aimed to characterize metastatic lymph nodes using IVIM MRI, and to evaluate the role of IVIM MRI in the prediction of the early treatment response of lymph node metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).