Yuka Ishimoto, Satoru Ide, Keita Watanabe, Kazuhiko Oyu, Sera Kasai, Yoshihito Umemura, Miho Sasaki, Haruka Nagaya, Soichiro Tatsuo, Atsushi Nozaki, Yoichiro Ikushima, Tetsuya Wakayama, Kenichiro Asano, Atsushi Saito, Masahiko Tomiyama, Shingo Kakeda
PURPOSE: To evaluate the diagnostic value of T1-weighted 3D fast spin-echo sequence (CUBE) with deep learning-based reconstruction (DLR) for depiction of pituitary adenoma and parasellar regions on contrast-enhanced MRI. METHODS: We evaluated 24 patients with pituitary adenoma or residual tumor using CUBE with and without DLR, 1-mm slice thickness 2D T1WI (1-mm 2D T1WI) with DLR, and 3D spoiled gradient echo sequence (SPGR) as contrast-enhanced MRI. Depiction scores of pituitary adenoma and parasellar regions were assigned by two neuroradiologists, and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) was calculated...
February 19, 2024: Neuroradiology