MRI of head injury using FLAIR

被引:130
作者
Ashikaga, R
Araki, Y
Ishida, O
机构
[1] Department of Radiology, Kinki University, School of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka 589, 377-1, Ohnohigashi
关键词
brain; injury; fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) magnetic resonance imaging;
D O I
10.1007/s002340050401
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
We studied the utility of fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) MRI in the investigation of head injury. We examined 56 patients with head injuries with T2-weighted spin-echo (SE) and FLAIR sequences. In all cases, the sensitivity of FLAIR images to equal or superior to that of conventional SE images to the traumatic lesions. In 9 cases, central diffuse axonal injury of the fornix and corpus callosum could be seen only on sagittal FLAIR images.
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