Can Parameters Other than Minimal Axial Diameter in MRI and PET/CT Further Improve Diagnostic Accuracy for Equivocal Retropharyngeal Lymph Nodes in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma?

• Yu-Wen Wang,

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, Min-Hwei Junior College of Health Care Management, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chin-Shun Wu,

  Affiliation Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Imaging, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Guo-Yi Zhang,

  Affiliation Cancer Center, Foshan Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Foshan, People’s Republic of China

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• Chih-Han Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Sheng Cheng,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Wei-Jen Yao,

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yu-Kang Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Tsair-Wei Chien,

  Affiliation Department of Medical research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Li-Ching Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Chi-Mei Foundation Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Optometry, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Keng-Ren Lin

  * E-mail: krlin213@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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