DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MR-IMAGING OF THE PITUITARY-GLAND WITH FASTSPIN-ECHO TECHNIQUE

Preliminary work has demonstrated that dynamic contrast material-enhan ced 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 sp in-echo technique. This approach allows acquisition of contrast-enhanc ed spin-echo images with high temporal and spatial resolution. The new technique is applied in a small group of patients and control subject s.