Mensuration of the normal pituitary gland from magnetic resonance images in 96 dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-133

  Kippenes, Hege ^a   Gavin, Patrick R ^a   Kraft, Susan L ^b   Sande, Ronald D ^a   Tucker, Russell L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance; Measurements; Normal; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; DOGS; GADOLINIUM DTPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035293827     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2001.tb00915.x     Document Type: Article

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