Head and Neck Cancer Imaging
Imaging is crucial in the multidisciplinary approach to head and neck cancer management. The rapid technological development of recent years makes it necessary for all members of the multidisciplinary team to understand the potential applications, limitat
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Series Editors Albert L. Baert Maximilian F. Reiser Hedvig Hricak Michael Knauth
Editorial Board Andy Adam, London Fred Avni, Brussels Richard L. Baron, Chicago Carlo Bartolozzi, Pisa George S. Bisset, Durham A. Mark Davies, Birmingham William P. Dillon, San Francisco D. David Dershaw, New York Sam Sanjiv Gambhir, Stanford Nicolas Grenier, Bordeaux Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Vienna Robert Hermans, Leuven Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Heidelberg Theresa McLoud, Boston Konstantin Nikolaou, Munich Caroline Reinhold, Montreal Donald Resnick, San Diego Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Erlangen Stephen Solomon, New York Richard D. White, Columbus
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Head and Neck Cancer Imaging Foreword by Maximilian F. Reiser
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Prof. Robert Hermans Department of Radiology University Hospital Leuven Herestraat 49 3000 Leuven Belgium e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 0942-5373 ISBN 978-3-642-17868-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-17869-6
e-ISBN 978-3-642-17869-6
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To my wife, Isabelle And our children, Simon, Lies, Thomas and Tim Bob Hermans
Foreword
Cancer treatment in the very complex head and neck region is largely dependant on the nature of the lesion, its local extension and the stage of the tumor. The rapid technological development of imaging, in recent years, provides us with an increasingly detailed and reliable visualization of these pathological features. For the treatment strategy as well as the management of the patient, the role of the radiologist within the multidisciplinary team becomes more and more important. With this second edition of Head and Neck Cancer Imaging, we hope to provide the radiologist with detailed
