Utility of fat-suppressed FLAIR and subtraction imaging in detecting meningeal abnormalities.
We describe the use of a combination of fat-suppression SPIR (spectral inversion recovery) and subtraction FLAIR imaging to aid in detection of abnormal meningeal enhancement.
McKinney
Alexander
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Department of Radiology, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA. mckin022@umn.edu
Palmer
Chris
C
Short
James
J
Lucato
Leandro
L
Truwit
Charles
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013382:Subtraction Technique
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA