Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging of the pituitary gland with fast spin-echo technique.
Preliminary work has demonstrated that dynamic contrast material-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging improves the detection sensitivity for pituitary microadenomas. The authors present a new method of obtaining dynamic contrast-enhanced pituitary images with a short TR/TE fast spin-echo technique. This approach allows acquisition of contrast-enhanced spin-echo images with high temporal and spatial resolution. The new technique is applied in a small group of patients and control subjects.
Davis
W L
WL
Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84132.
Lee
J N
JN
King
B D
BD
Harnsberger
H R
HR
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008536:Meglumine; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*
D003287:Contrast Media; D004338:Drug Combinations; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA