Recent advances in MR imaging: FLAIR imaging
Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) imaging is a technique that increases the sensi-tivity of magnetic resonance imaging to detect central nervous system (CNS) diseases characterized by an increase in interstitial water con-tent such as brain tumors, cerebral infarcts, and gliotic scars. A role for this technique in subarchnoid disease processes such as hemorrhage and epidermoid tumor is also being revealed.
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Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA