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From: Performance of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in comparison to conventional computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of bone invasion in oral squamous cell cancer (OSCC): a prospective study

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Flowchart of the study design. When bone erosion or invasion was detected on CBCT, CT, or MRI, a bone resection was performed. The imaging modalities were validated by histological examination of the bone tissue. When no bone erosion or invasion was detected in CBCT, CT, and MRI, normally no bone resection was performed. However, when the tumor had direct contact with the jawbone, a bone resection was performed in some cases, and a histological examination could serve to validate CBCT, CT, and MRI. In cases without any bone resection, a follow-up served to validate the radiological findings

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