High signal intensity of the infundibular stalk on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MR

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-93

  Araki, Yutaka ^a   Ashikaga, Ryuichirou ^a   Takahashi, Satoru ^b   Cleda, Jun ^a   Ishida, Osamu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance, technique; Pituitary gland, magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFUNDIBULUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031024718     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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