Notwithstanding the important role of direct clinical and endoscopic examination in modern management of pathological conditions of the larynx, radiological study the and, more specifically, cross-sectional imaging by CT and MRI make definite diagnostic contributions by virtue of their potential to display superbly the deeper extent of laryngeal lesions. Indeed, remarkable progress has been achieved during recent years in CT and MRI techniques as applied to the neck region. This book sets out to provide a sorely needed update of our knowledge of the diagnostic potential of these cross-sectional methods and constitutes a very welcome addition to our series "Medical Radiology", which aims to cover all important clinical imaging fields of modern diagnostic radiology. It will be of great interest to general and head and neck radiologists as well as to ENT surgeons and radiotherapists. Professor R. Hermans and the other distinguished contributors to this work are internationally renowned experts in the field and they have accumulated vast experi ence and a wealth of radio-pathological knowledge of the larynx over the years. I would like to congratulate them most sincerely for this outstanding volume, its comprehensive contents and its superb illustrations. I hope that this book will meet with the same great success as previously published volumes in the series. I would appreciate any constructive criticism that might be offered.

1 Clinical Evaluation of the Larynx

2 Imaging Techniques, Radiological Anatomy, and Normal Variants
3 Benign Pathology of the Adult Larynx
4 Radiology of Pediatric Laryngeal Pathology
5 Malignant Lesions of the Larynx and Hypopharynx
6 Diagnostic Evaluation of Lymph Node Metastasis
7 Predicting the Local Outcome of Irradiated Laryngeal Cancer: Value of Pretreatment Imaging
8 Imaging After Radiation Treatment of Laryngeal Cancer
9 Imaging After Laryngeal Surgery
10 Positron Emission Tomography in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
11 Recent Advances in Laryngeal Imaging
11.1 Dynamic Imaging of the Larynx
11.2 Virtual Endoscopy of the Larynx
11.3 Functional MR Imaging of Laryngeal Cancer
List of Contributors.