PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Joseph V. Hajnal
AU  - Angela Oatridge
AU  - Amy H. Herlihy
AU  - Graeme M. Bydder
TI  - Reduction of CSF Artifacts on FLAIR Images by Using Adiabatic Inversion Pulses
DP  - 2001 Feb 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 317--322
VI  - 22
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/2/317.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/2/317.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2001 Feb 01; 22
AB  - Summary: The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility that some artifactual high signals produced in CSF with fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery MR sequences could be due to inhomogeneity in the amplitude of the initial inversion pulse, and that this problem could be reduced or eliminated by the use of adiabatic inversion pulses. Studies with four volunteers showed dependence of high CSF signals in the posterior fossa on radiofrequency pulse amplitudes and that these signals could be eliminated by the use of adiabatic inversion pulses. Two illustrative clinical cases are included.