1. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 3T of pituitary gland: advantages and pitfalls
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Nicola Maggialetti, Massimo De Filippo, Pierpaolo Palumbo, Antonio Barile, Alessandra Splendiani, Ernesto Di Cesare, Carlo Masciocchi, Marco Varrassi, Raffaele Natella, Ferdinando Caranci, Flavia Cobianchi Bellisari, Federico Bruno, Varrassi, M., Bellisari, F. C., Bruno, F., Palumbo, P., Natella, R., Maggialetti, N., De Filippo, M., Di Cesare, E., Barile, A., Masciocchi, C., Caranci, F., and Splendiani, A.
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Pituitary gland ,medicine.medical_specialty ,3 Tesla (3T) ,Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) ,Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ,Spectroscopy ,Image quality ,High resolution ,Review Article ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Imaging Tool ,medicine ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Clinical Practice ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Presurgical planning ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Surgery ,Radiology ,Signal intensity ,business - Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the primary imaging tool for the evaluation of pituitary gland pathology. In the last decades, MRI with high-field scanners has become widely used in clinical practice, leading to significant improvements in image quality mainly thanks to a superior spatial resolution and signal intensity. Moreover, several advanced functional MRI sequences have been implemented for pituitary imaging, providing valuable information in diagnostic and presurgical planning of pituitary adenomas. Higher field strength presents however some technical pitfalls to be aware of. The purpose of this article is to review the state of the art of high-resolution MRI of the pituitary gland at 3 Tesla (3T), with a particular focus on the main benefits and the possible limitations of higher field imaging.
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- 2019