Topic: pituitary gland

The pituitary gland plays a fundamental role in regulating key physiological processes through complex hormonal interactions. However, its inherent anatomical variability across individuals has posed challenges for comprehensive volume assessments. This study addresses this gap by constructing a novel, standardized volumetric atlas of the pituitary gland in young females. Utilizing high-resolution MRI scans of 26 healthy subjects, we manually segmented the anterior and posterior pituitary lobes. A three-step spatial normalization procedure, incorporating a cost function-masking approach, optim