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 s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neuroradiology 1998-06, Vol.40 (6), p.355-358
Hauptverfasser:	DEMAEREL, P, BOSMANS, H, CAERTS, B, HERPELS, V, VERCRUYSSE, J, VERSLEGERS, I, WILMS, G, BAERT, A. L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Brain Diseases - diagnosis Cerebral Ventricles - pathology Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Image Enhancement - methods Infant Infant, Newborn Leukomalacia, Periventricular - diagnosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Male Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Nervous system as a whole Neurology Sensitivity and Specificity
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0028-3940 1432-1920
DOI:	10.1007/s002340050598