Fast FLAIR MRI in childhood white-matter abnormalities.
We compared a fast fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequence with a dual-echo short tau fast inversion-recovery (DESTTIR) sequence in 20 children with white matter abnormalities. Although the overall image quality of DESTTIR images was better, the lesion-to-background contrast was significantly higher with the fast FLAIR pulse sequence and lesion detection was more accurate.
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
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Demaerel
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Bosmans
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Caerts
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Herpels
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Vercruysse
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Verslegers
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Wilms
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Baert
D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity