Early volumetric changes in major salivary glands

Early volumetric changes in major salivary glands (MSG) after ...

Glands measured during RT (group D) also showed a mean volume reduction of 22% in PG and SG volumes (range 5–48 %) translating to a potential mean rate of ...

Early volumetric changes in major salivary glands (MSG) after ...

The aim of this study was a descriptive assessment of early volumetric changes in parotid glands (PG, n = 129) and submandibular glands (SG, n = 124) due to ...

Age-related relaxo-volumetric changes of the major salivary glands show clear T2 and volumetric age-related patterns for all glands.

Early Changes in Apparent Diffusion Coefficient for Salivary Glands ...

The ADCs of the salivary glands change early during RT. The differences in the ADC increase and increase rate of the parotid glands between 2 weeks after the ...

Early volumetric changes in major salivary glands (MSG) after ...

Request PDF | On Sep 1, 2004, G. Studer and others published Early volumetric changes in major salivary glands (MSG) after curative radiation therapy (RT) ...

The early changes in salivary gland function during and after ...

Pronounced falls in salivary flow and pH are seen once radiotherapy has commenced, particuarly when both parotid glands are included in the treatment volume.

MRI to quantify early radiation-induced changes in the salivary glands

The salivary glands were clearly visible on the anatomical MR images, also on the post-RT images. The delineated volume of both the parotid and submandibular ...

Ultrasonographic changes of major salivary glands in primary ...

Conclusions. Well-defined US changes in the major salivary glands summarized in our novel scoring system were typical of SS patients. Advanced structural ...

For this reason, we studied the normal age-related changes of the major salivary glands using relaxo-volumetric qMRI. The multispectral nature of qMRI ...

Dynamic Three-Dimensional ADC Changes of Parotid Glands ...

Parotid glands are the major salivary glands that are responsible for approximately 60–65% of total saliva production (12). Sparing the parotid ...

Radiation-induced parotid changes in oropharyngeal cancer patients

Both IVIM-DWI and DCE-MRI can help to detect/predict early (during treatment) and shortly after treatment completion the parotid shrinkage.

Ultrasonographic and elastographic biometry in adult major salivary ...

Furthermore, quantitative elastography is a novel technique for examining the stiffness of the major salivary glands. In diseased salivary ...

From birth to early adulthood, all glands increased in size logarithmically. Conclusion: Age-related relaxo-volumetric changes of the major ...

Salivary Gland Volume Predicts Malnutrition in Irradiated Head and ...

However, the volume of the parotid glands prior to therapy appeared to be related to the development of malnutrition. This effect was not observed with the ...

Disease-Induced Changes in Salivary Gland Function and the ...

Dry mouth is the main side effect of this therapy owing to uptake of radioligand by PSMA expressing salivary glands causing salivary gland ...

Parotid gland shrinkage during IMRT predicts the time to Xerostomia ...

Parotid glands were contoured retrospectively on the mid treatment CT scan. For each parotid gland, the percent change relative to the planning ...

Salivary gland - Wikipedia

The three main paired salivary glands. ; The three main paired salivary glands. · Digestive system.

Overview of Human Salivary Glands: Highlights of Morphology and ...

Intercalated ducts are the first structures to receive the initial secretion, which is then conveyed to the striated ducts, where several ...

(ISMRM 2009) T1 and Volumetric Q-MRI of the Major Salivary Glands

Results: All the major salivary glands showed very subtle age-related changes in T1 relaxometry, however showed clear aging growth in volumetry. Furthermore, ...

Embryology, Physiology, and Biochemistry of the Salivary Glands

Parotid glands are first present in mammals. The major salivary glands start to develop as outpouchings of oral ectoderm into the surrounding ...