Therapy evaluation of laryngeal carcinomas by tyrosine‐pet

Abstract

Dynamic TYR PET is an accurate imaging modality for therapy evaluation in detection of residual and recurrent disease with higher sensitivity (100%) and specificity (100%) for discrimination of tumor status by TYR PET compared with conventional imaging.

Applying the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) to Dysphonic and Nondysphonic Hebrew Speakers

“…Evaluation of voice disorders can be performed using multiple approaches, which include laryngoscopic techniques, such as stroboscopy, 1 electromyography, 2 imaging techniques, 3 aerodynamic measurements, 4 acoustic analyses, 5 subjective listener evaluations, 6 and measures of functional disability that are self-evaluated by the speaker. 7 Although the importance and clinical value of the objective and instrumental measures have been established in numerous studies, there is a growing body of research and clinical work that suggests that these measures fail to assess the level of disability experienced by the speaker as a function of a voice disorder.…”