Thin-slice reverse encoding distortion correction DWI facilitates visualization of non-functioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET)/pituitary adenoma and surrounding normal structures.

Shuichi ItoSachi OkuchiYasutaka FushimiSayo OtaniKrishna Pandu WicaksonoAkihiko SakataKanae Kawai MiyakeHitomi NumamotoSatoshi NakajimaHiroshi TagawaMasahiro TanjiNoritaka SanoHiroki KondoRimika ImaiTsuneo SagaKoji FujimotoYoshiki ArakawaYuji Nakamoto

Published in: European radiology experimental (2024)

field inhomogeneity and eddy current. • We evaluated the usefulness of thin-slice RDC-DWI in non-functioning PitNET/pituitary adenoma. • RDC-DWI exhibited excellent visualization in the pituitary region and surrounding structures. • In addition, the on-console distortion correction of RDC-DWI is clinically convenient.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
diffusion weighted
growth hormone
high resolution
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
electron microscopy