J Neuroradiology
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Comparative Study Observational Study
Prediction of the consistency of pituitary adenoma: A comparative study on diffusion-weighted imaging and pathological results.
This study aims to evaluate the role of BLADE magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and other traditional MRI parameters to predict pituitary adenoma consistency in combination with pathological results. ⋯ This study revealed that the ADC ratio decreased with increasing collagen content and predicted hard consistency of tumours for ADC<1.077. Correlation between ADC ratio and tumour consistency needs further exploration.