High-Accuracy Nodal Staging of Head and Neck Cancer With USPIO-Enhanced MRI: A New Reading Algorithm Based on Node-to-Node Matched Histopathology

Conclusions We developed a new reading algorithm to differentiate benign from malignant lymph nodes in head and neck cancer patients on the basis of their appearance on high-resolution T2*-weighted USPIO-enhanced MRI. Next steps involve validation of our reading algorithm to further improve the accuracy of neck lymph node staging with USPIO-enhanced MRI in prospective clinical studies with larger number of patients.
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