Dynamic gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging of pituitary adenomas: Usefulness of sequential sagittal and coronal plane images

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 139-146

  Gao, Ronghui ^a   Isoda, Haruo ^a   Tanaka, Tokutaro ^b   Inagawa, Shoichi ^a   Takeda, Hiroyasu ^a   Takehara, Yasuo ^a   Isogai, Satoshi ^a   Sakahara, Harumi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yaizu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Dynamic MR imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

CORONAL PLANE IMAGES;

RADIOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034842976     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(01)00354-0     Document Type: Article

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