Magnetic Resonance Imaging Simulation of the Skull Base, Oral Cavity, Pharynx, and Larynx: Advanced Imaging Protocol for a Radiation Oncology Center
- 1Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealt
Abstract
Head and neck radiation oncology, with its complex locality and epidemiology, requires various imaging techniques to achieve sufficient visualization. Through collaboration with medical physicists, radiation therapists, radiation oncologists, and neuroradiologists, our group clinically implemented a standard set of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences on an MR-simulation scanner for three anatomical regions: skull base, oral cavity, and larynx/pharynx. A total of 41 patients with head and neck cancer and 3 volunteers were scanned on either a 1.5T or 3T MR-simulation scanner. Sequences described include Dixon-based approaches, SPAIR-based approaches, short T2-based approaches, and quantitative imaging methods. We describe and outline the steps to optimize these notable MRI sequences to aid in successful implementation in a radiation oncology clinic.
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BibTeX
@misc{west2026magnetic,
title = {{Magnetic Resonance Imaging Simulation of the Skull Base, Oral Cavity, Pharynx, and Larynx: Advanced Imaging Protocol for a Radiation Oncology Center}},
author = {N. A. West and L. McCullum and J. T. Cheruvelil and V. T. Dinh and Y. Ding and J. Wang and K. Shah and K. Learned and M. Chen and J. Phan and A. Lee and A. Garden and D. Rosenthal and C. D. Fuller},
howpublished = {medRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.64898/2026.10.05.26364781},
url = {https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.05.26364781v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Simulation of the Skull Base, Oral Cavity, Pharynx, and Larynx: Advanced Imaging Protocol for a Radiation Oncology Center
AU - N. A. West
AU - L. McCullum
AU - J. T. Cheruvelil
AU - V. T. Dinh
AU - Y. Ding
AU - J. Wang
AU - K. Shah
AU - K. Learned
AU - M. Chen
AU - J. Phan
AU - A. Lee
AU - A. Garden
AU - D. Rosenthal
AU - C. D. Fuller
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/05
PB - medRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.10.05.26364781
UR - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.05.26364781v1
AB - Head and neck radiation oncology, with its complex locality and epidemiology, requires various imaging techniques to achieve sufficient visualization. Through collaboration with medical physicists, radiation therapists, radiation oncologists, and neuroradiologists, our group clinically implemented a standard set of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences on an MR-simulation scanner for three anatomical regions: skull base, oral cavity, and larynx/pharynx. A total of 41 patients with head and neck cancer and 3 volunteers were scanned on either a 1.5T or 3T MR-simulation scanner. Sequences described include Dixon-based approaches, SPAIR-based approaches, short T2-based approaches, and quantitative imaging methods. We describe and outline the steps to optimize these notable MRI sequences to aid in successful implementation in a radiation oncology clinic.
ER -