title: [Magnetic resonance tomography of pituitary tumors].
abstract: This paper presents a survey of the current status of the diagnosis of pituitary tumors by means of magnetic resonance imaging. It focuses on the clinical and practical aspects. The recommended procedure and the sequences and slice orientations for magnetic resonance imaging of the pituitary gland are presented, and the features that are essential for the diagnosis of pituitary tumors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Radiologie und Pathophysiologie des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gückel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Semmler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Görich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Kaick
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Kernspintomographische Diagnostik von Hypophysentumoren.