Usefulness of dual-energy computed tomography imaging in the differential diagnosis of sellar meningiomas and pituitary adenomas: preliminary report.

OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively assess the imaging characteristics of sellar lesion in dual-energy computed tomography (CT) imaging for differentiation of sellar meningiomas and pituitary adenomas during the arterial phase (AP) and venous phase (VP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: 51 patients with sellar/paras...

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Main Authors: Lian-Ming Wu, Yu-Lai Li, Yu-Hua Yin, Guo-Qiang Hou, Rong Zhu, Xiao-Lan Hua, Jian-Rong Xu, Zeng-Ai Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3940935?pdf=render