The effects of frequency-encoding gradient upon detectability of the margins and height measurements of normal adult pituitary glands

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-64

  Taketomi, Ayakorad ^a   Sato, N ^a   Aoki, J ^a   Endo, K ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frequency encoding gradient; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary; Pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 1342283264     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-0981-5     Document Type: Article

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