Study of the crosstalk effect in Fast Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery Method

Fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery MR of intracranial infections.

PURPOSE To assess the usefulness of fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) MR sequences in the diagnosis of intracranial infectious diseases. METHODS We compared fast FLAIR images with conventional spin-echo images (T1- and T2-weighted) obtained in 20 patients with infectious diseases (six with encephalitis, five with brain abscesses, three with meningitis, two with meningoencephali...

MR of the spine with a fast T1-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence.

PURPOSE To optimize a T1-weighted fast fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequence using computer-simulated data and to study its clinical utility for imaging the spine. METHODS Relative signal intensities and contrast of relevant normal and pathologic tissues in the spine were computed using an inversion recovery equation modified to account for a hybrid RARE (rapid acquisition with...

Fast Fluid - Attenuated Inversion - Recovery MR Image in the Intracranial Tumors : Comparison with Fast Spin - echo Image

Purpose : To evaluate the significance of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) magnetic resonance(MR)images for the diagnosis of intracranial tumors. Materials & Methods : MR imaging was used to study 15 patients with various intracranial tumors and were compared the findings according to fast spin echo and fast FLAIR images . Resu Its : In 12 of 15 patients, tumor signal intensities on ...

Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery now with another acronym: "KRISP FLAIR".

Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images and stroke outcome after thrombolysis.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We investigated if hyperintensities on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences in arteries and parenchyma are associated with poor outcome 3 months after thrombolysis. METHODS Consecutive acute stroke patients with known time of symptom onset who had an MRI before and 1 day after thrombolysis were included in this study. Blinded to follow-up imaging and ou...