Review Article

Role of CT Perfusion in Monitoring and Prediction of Response to Therapy of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Squamous cell carcinoma of hypopharynx in a responder patient: CT scan (a) obtained before chemotherapy shows the lesion involving the right piriform sinus. On the same section, functional maps of BF (b), BV (c), MTT (d), and PS (e) are automatically generated by the software, showing the values calculated in each pixel of the image in a color scale. CT scan obtained in the same patient after chemotherapy and radiotherapy showing a complete disappearance of the tumour (f).
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