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FIG 3. A vestibular schwannoma is demonstrated on multiple images in a 58-year-old woman, including unenhanced conventional FLAIR (A), unenhanced (B) and enhanced (C) FAIS-FLAIR, and T1-weighted (D) images. FAIS-FLAIR shows the tumor in the cerebellopontine cistern more clearly than does T1-weighted imaging. The same lesion is even more visible with postcontrast FAIS-FLAIR imaging. On the FLAIR image, the tumor is depicted, but inflow artifacts in the cerebellopontine and prepontine cistern interfere with interpretation citation. The second scan consists of parameters similar to the first, with the exception that each slice is excited in reverse order. TI* means the interval between 180° inversion prepulse and the excitation pulse of the center slice
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