title: Use of fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery pulse sequences for imaging the spinal cord.
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.
authors.affiliation: NMR Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Hajnal
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Bydder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis