High-resolution DCE-MRI of the pituitary gland using radial k-space acquisition with compressed sensing reconstruction

MCR Espagnet, L Bangiyev, M Haber… - American Journal …, 2015 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The pituitary gland is located outside of the blood-brain
barrier. Dynamic T1 weighted contrast enhanced sequence is considered to be the gold …

Role of high-resolution dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI with golden-angle radial sparse parallel reconstruction to identify the normal pituitary gland in patients with …

R Sen, C Sen, J Pack, KT Block… - American Journal …, 2017 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Preoperative localization of the pituitary gland with
imaging in patients with macroadenomas has been inadequately explored. The pituitary …

Golden-angle radial sparse parallel (GRASP) MRI in clinical routine detection of pituitary microadenomas: First experience and feasibility

N Hainc, C Stippich, J Reinhardt, B Stieltjes… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and purpose To demonstrate the clinical feasibility of a novel MRI pulse
sequence, Golden-angle radial sparse parallel MRI (GRASP) through comparison to the …

Assessment of pituitary micro-lesions using 3D sampling perfection with application-optimized contrasts using different flip-angle evolutions

J Wang, Y Wu, Z Yao, Z Yang - Neuroradiology, 2014 - Springer
Introduction The aim of this study was to explore the value of three-dimensional sampling
perfection with application-optimized contrasts using different flip-angle evolutions (3D …

Feasibility of high-resolution pituitary MRI at 7.0 tesla

AAJ de Rotte, AG van der Kolk, D Rutgers… - European …, 2014 - Springer
Objectives Since the pituitary gland measures 3-8 mm, imaging with the highest possible
spatial resolution is important for the detection of even smaller lesions such as those seen in …

Role of PROPELLER diffusion-weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient in the evaluation of pituitary adenomas

OM Mahmoud, A Tominaga, VJ Amatya… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between tumor consistency and apparent diffusion coefficient
(ADC) values is controversial. We evaluated the role of the ADC using an advanced …

Application of reduced-FOV diffusion-weighted imaging in evaluation of normal pituitary glands and pituitary macroadenomas

M Wang, H Liu, X Wei, C Liu, T Liang… - American Journal …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: FOV optimized and constrained undistorted single-shot
imaging provides relatively high-resolution images with few artifacts. This study evaluated …

Evaluation of diffusivity in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland: 3D turbo field echo with diffusion-sensitized driven-equilibrium preparation

A Hiwatashi, T Yoshiura, O Togao… - American Journal …, 2014 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: 3D turbo field echo with diffusion-sensitized driven-
equilibrium preparation is a non–echo-planar technique for DWI, which enables high …

Pituitary Macroadenomas: Preoperative Evaluation of Consistency with Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging—Initial Experience1

A Pierallini, F Caramia, C Falcone, E Tinelli… - Radiology, 2006 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To prospectively evaluate use of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance
(MR) images and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps for determination of the …

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging of the stimulated pituitary gland

C Maier, M Riedl, M Clodi, C Bieglmayer, V Mlynarik… - Neuroimage, 2004 - Elsevier
Apoplexy due to infarction and/or hemorrhage is a frequent complication of pituitary
adenoma, occurring either spontaneously or precipitated by several factors, among them …