Personalized biomechanical tongue models based on diffusion-weighted MRI and validated using optical tracking of range of motion.

"Declarations Conflict of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Ethical approvalThis study was approved by the medical ethical committee of the Netherlands Cancer Institute (Ref: N17BTM). Consent to participateWritten informed consent was obtained from all volunteers before inclusion. Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest."

"This study was financially supported by private funding from the Virtutis Opis Foundation (https://www.anbiportal.nl/web/svo), Mr. B. Verwelius†, and Mr. W. de Graaf. The Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery of the Netherlands Cancer Institute received a research grant from Atos Medical AB (Malmö, Sweden, https://www.atosmedical.nl). The funders had no role in study design, data collection, and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."