TABLE 1:

Incidence of high-intensity CSF artifacts at the basal cisterns in image groups classified according to combinations of pulse sequence parameters

Parameters^*	Mean Patient Age (y)	No. of Patients	No. with High-Intensity CSF Artifacts at the Basal Cisterns	Incidence (%)
+FC/+TRF/2/−I sat	42.3	84	36	42.9
+FC/+TRF/2/+I sat	43.6	39	18	46.2
−FC/−TRF/2/+I sat	41.4	104	72	69.2
−FC/−TRF/2/−I sat	38.2	32	26	81.3
−FC/−TRF/3/+I sat	35.6	48	22	45.8
−FC/+TRF/2/+I sat	44.8	27	12	44.4
+FC/−TRF/2/−I sat	37.4	43	32	74.4

* +FC indicates with FC along section direction; −FC, without FC; +I sat, with inferior inflow saturation; −I sat, without inferior inflow saturation; +TRF, with TRF pulses; −TRF, without TRF pulses; and 2 or 3, the interleaving acquisition factor.