Thin-slice three-dimensional gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging of the pituitary gland in health dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1865-1872

  van der Vlugt Meijer, Roselinda H ^a,b   Meij, Björn P ^a   Voorhout, George ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACE Pharmaceuticals BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOG; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SLICE;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION STUDIES; PITUITARY GLAND;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33751230744     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.11.1865     Document Type: Article

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