title: Subtraction in magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Subtraction of images recorded with multiple echo, spin echo (SE) techniques was performed in phantom and clinical studies of patients with pituitary adenomas and gliomas. The tissue differentiation was enhanced in the subtracted images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital Physics, Physiology and Medical Biophysics, Akademiska Sjukhuset, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thuomas
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bergström
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ericsson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hemmingsson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sperber
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013382:Subtraction Technique