Use of fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery pulse sequences for imaging the spinal cord

S J White; J V Hajnal; I R Young; G M Bydder

doi:10.1002/mrm.1910280116

Use of fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery pulse sequences for imaging the spinal cord

Magn Reson Med. 1992 Nov;28(1):153-62. doi: 10.1002/mrm.1910280116.

Authors

S J White¹, J V Hajnal, I R Young, G M Bydder

Affiliation

¹ NMR Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 1435218
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910280116

Abstract

Fourteen patients with disease of the spinal cord were imaged with fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) sequences in which the inversion time was chosen to substantially reduce or null the signal from CSF. Lesions were seen with greater conspicuity than with conventional contrast-enhanced and -unenhanced T1- and T2-weighted sequences in 11 cases.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Ependymoma / diagnosis
Female
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Spinal Cord / pathology*
Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis