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Intravoxel Incoherent Motion in Normal Pituitary Gland: Initial Study with Turbo Spin-Echo Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

K. Kamimura, M. Nakajo, Y. Fukukura, T. Iwanaga, T. Saito, M. Sasaki, T. Fujisaki, A. Takemura, T. Okuaki and T. Yoshiura
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2016, 37 (12) 2328-2333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4930
K. Kamimura
aFrom the Department of Radiology (K.K., M.N., Y.F., T.Y.), Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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bDepartment of Radiological Technology (T.I., T.S., M.S., T.F.), Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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    Sagittal fat-suppressed T1-weighted image (A), TSE-DWI (b = 1000 s/mm2) (B), and EPI-DWI (b = 1000 s/mm2) (C) of a healthy volunteer. The normal pituitary gland is clearly visualized with minimal image degradation on TSE-DWI (B), while it is not identifiable on EPI-DWI (C). Five ROIs are placed in the pons, the WM and GM regions of the vermis, and the genu and splenium of the corpus callosum (B and C). On TSE-DWI, an additional ROI is placed in the anterior pituitary lobe (B).

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    Bland-Altman plots of D (A), f (B), and D* (C) assessing the intermodality agreement between TSE-DWI and EPI-DWI.

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    Bland-Altman plots of D (A), f (B), and D* (C) obtained with TSE-DWI, assessing the interobserver agreement.

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    IVIM parameters in the anterior pituitary lobe compared with those in 5 brain regions (pons, GM and WM of vermis, and genu and splenium of corpus callosum): D (A), f (B), D* (C). Brackets indicate a significant difference (P < .001).

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    Representative example of TSE-DWI (b =1000 s/mm2) of the pituitary gland (A) and corresponding maps of D (B) and f (C).

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K. Kamimura, M. Nakajo, Y. Fukukura, T. Iwanaga, T. Saito, M. Sasaki, T. Fujisaki, A. Takemura, T. Okuaki, T. Yoshiura
Intravoxel Incoherent Motion in Normal Pituitary Gland: Initial Study with Turbo Spin-Echo Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
American Journal of Neuroradiology Dec 2016, 37 (12) 2328-2333; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4930

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