Article Figures & Data
Figures
- Fig 1.
Diagram of DSDE sequences used in this study. Asterisk indicates prepulse gradients for eddy current compensation.
- Fig 2.
ROI placement. Fifteen ROIs were placed at the bilateral caudate head, putamen, thalamus, anterior limb of the internal capsule, posterior limb of the internal capsule, frontal white matter, temporal white matter, and the genu of the corpus callosum on a b0 map (DSDE-TFE, A; EP-DWI, B) and then were copied to the ADC map derived from DSDE-TFE (C) and EP-DWI (D).
- Fig 3.
Sagittal reformatted DWI (A) and ADC map derived from DSDE-TFE (B). The normal anterior lobe of the pituitary gland is clearly visualized without image degradation (arrowhead, A). Three ROIs are placed at the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, pons, and vermis (circles, B).
- Fig 4.
Graph shows the relationship of ADC between DSDE-TFE and EP-DWI (×10−3 mm2/s). There is a significant correlation in ADC measurements between DSDE-TFE and EP-DWI (r = 0.79, P < .0001). ADCDSDE-TFE = ADCEP-DWI × 0.849 + 0.340.
- Fig 5.
Graph of ADCs in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, pons, and vermis (×10−3 mm2/s). The ADCs in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland (1.37 ± 0.13 × 10−3 mm2/s) are significantly higher than those in the pons (1.01 ± 0.24 × 10−3 mm2/s) and vermis (0.89 ± 0.25 × 10−3 mm2/s, P < .01).
