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Imaging gray brain matter with a double-inversion pulse sequence to suppress CSF and white matter signals

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The design of a double-inversion recovery (DIR) sequence, to selectively image gray brain matter, is described. A suitable choice of inversion times allows the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and white matter to be suppressed, to image the cortex alone. Consistently good results were achieved in a group of normal volunteers using the same inversion times throughout. The DIR sequence was found give clear delineation of the complex folds of the cerebral cortex.

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  1. MRI Centre, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, AB9 2ZB, Aberdeen, UK

    Thomas W. Redpath & Francis W. Smith

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Redpath, T.W., Smith, F.W. Imaging gray brain matter with a double-inversion pulse sequence to suppress CSF and white matter signals. MAGMA 2, 451–455 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01705296

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