Assessment of microvessel perfusion of pituitary adenomas: a feasibility study using turbo spin-echo-based intravoxel incoherent motion imaging.

Kiyohisa KamimuraMasanori NakajoTomohide YoneyamaYoshihiko FukukuraShingo FujioYuko GotoTakashi IwanagaYuta AkamineTakashi Yoshiura

Published in: European radiology (2019)

• Assessment of microvessel perfusion of pituitary adenomas based on SS-TSE-IVIM is feasible. • SS-TSE-IVIM helps with evaluation of the vascularity of pituitary lesions. • Pituitary adenomas were characterized by lower D and f than normal pituitary glands.

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