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Application and progress of advanced MRI techniques in differentiating malignant from benign parotid gland tumors
WEN Baohong  CHENG Jingliang 

Cite this article as: WEN B H, CHENG J L. Application and progress of advanced MRI techniques in differentiating malignant from benign parotid gland tumors[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(1): 178-182, 188. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.01.033.


[Abstract] Parotid gland tumors have a wide variety of pathologic type with similar clinical manifestations, but the treatment strategies and prognosis of them usually are markable difference. Therefore, accurate preoperative diagnosis is of great significance. MRI advanced techniques have more and more applications in differential diagnosis of parotid gland tumors. This article has reviewed application and progress of advanced MRI techniques in differentiating malignant from benign parotid gland tumors, the purpose is to enable clinicians and radiologists to understand the application of advanced MRI techniques in parotid gland tumors.
[Keywords] parotid gland tumors;magnetic resonance imaging;diffusion weighted imaging;diffusion kurtosis imaging;diffusion tensor imaging;arterial spin labeling;magnetic resonance spectroscopy;T2 mapping;magnetic resonance elastography

WEN Baohong   CHENG Jingliang*  

Department of MRI, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China

Corresponding author: Cheng JL, E-mail: cjr.chjl@vip.163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Joint Construction Project of Henan Medical Science and Technology Research Program (No. LHGJ20190157).
Received  2022-07-13
Accepted  2022-12-05
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.01.033
Cite this article as: WEN B H, CHENG J L. Application and progress of advanced MRI techniques in differentiating malignant from benign parotid gland tumors[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(1): 178-182, 188. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.01.033.

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