MR of the brain using fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequences.

B De Coene, JV Hajnal, P Gatehouse… - American journal …, 1992 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE Results from conventional T2-weighted spin-echo sequences were compared
with those obtained using fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequences in …

Initial clinical experience in MR imaging of the brain with a fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery pulse sequence.

JN Rydberg, CA Hammond, RC Grimm, BJ Erickson… - Radiology, 1994 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To evaluate fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) technique for
imaging brain abnormalities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A fast FLAIR sequence was …

Brain lesions: when should fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery sequences be used in MR evaluation?

T Okuda, Y Korogi, Y Shigematsu, T Sugahara, T Hirai… - Radiology, 1999 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To compare qualitatively and quantitatively the contrast of brain lesions detected
with fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) and intermediate-weighted sequences at …

Use of fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequences in MRI of the brain

JV Hajnal, DJ Bryant, L Kasuboski… - Journal of computer …, 1992 - journals.lww.com
Fluid attenuated inversion recovery pulse sequences with a long echo time (TE) have been
used to image the brain in one volunteer and four patients. The long inversion time used …

MRI of the brain stem using fluid attenuated inversion recivery pulse sequences

B De Coene, JV Hajnal, JM Pennock, GM Bydder - Neuroradiology, 1993 - Springer
Heavily T2-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences with inversion
times of 2000–2500 ms and echo times of 130–200 ms were used to image the brain stem of …

Preliminary evaluation of fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery MR in the diagnosis of intracranial tumors.

K Tsuchiya, Y Mizutani… - American journal of …, 1996 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To report our preliminary results in the application of a turbo fluid-attenuated
inversion-recovery (FLAIR) MR technique to the diagnosis of intracranial tumors and to …

Suppression of cerebrospinal fluid and blood flow artifacts in FLAIR MR imaging with a single-slab three-dimensional pulse sequence: initial experience

DF Kallmes, FK Hui, JP Mugler - Radiology, 2001 - pubs.rsna.org
The authors compared high-signal-intensity flow-related artifacts present with a conventional
two-dimensional (2D) fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequence with those seen …

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

SJ White, JV Hajnal, IR Young… - Magnetic resonance in …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Visualization of intravenously administered contrast material in the CSF on fluid-attenuatedInversion-recovery MR images: An in vitro and animal-model investigation

AC Mamourian, PJ Hoopes… - American Journal of …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The FLAIR (fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery) pulse
sequence has been shown to be sensitive to abnormalities of the subarachnoid space. Our …

Double inversion recovery imaging of the brain: initial experience and comparison with fluid attenuated inversion recovery imaging

K Turetschek, P Wunderbaldinger, AA Bankier… - Magnetic resonance …, 1998 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of the double inversion
recovery fast spin echo (DIR-FSE) sequence for brain imaging compared to the fluid …