Cheng-Chieh Cheng1, Chun-Jung Juan2,
Hsiao-Wen Chung1, Yee-Min Jen3, Hing-Chiu Chang1,4,
Su-Chin Chiu1, Cheng-Yu Chen2, Chun-Jen Hsueh2,
Yaoh-Shiang Lin5, Guo-Shu Huang2
1Graduate Institute of
Biomedical Electronics & Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University,
Taipei, Taiwan; 2Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General
Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 3Department of Radiation Oncology,
Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; 4Applied Science
Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Taipei, Taiwan; 5Department of
Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital,
Taipei, Taiwan
Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI and diffusion-weighted (DW) MRI are common techniques adopted for clinical diagnoses, and were utilized in investigations of irradiated parotid glands. To the best of our knowledge, the relationship between parotid perfusion and diffusion properties has not been investigated yet. In this study, we attempted to disclose the connection of parotid gland perfusion and diffusion characteristics, before and after radiation therapy. Our results suggest that the extravascular extracellular space plays a major role in the ADC measurements.