Published April 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Contrast change among human brain tissues using various flop angles in the first spin-echo FLAIR method

  • 1. Shitennoji Hospital, Osaka (Japan)

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Fast spin echo-FLAIR method of MRI is used for deletion of flowing spinal fluid. In order to brain images with better contrast while maintaining the merit of FLAIR. Human brain images were taken with narrow flop angles of refocusing pulse. The character of FLAIR images were maintained in the changes of flop angles from 180 deg to 160 deg and decreased at lower flop angles (160-90). On the other hand I found that the image like that of PDWI was obtained by using narrow flop angles near 90 deg. The PDWI like images were taken in shorter time by this method than by usual PDWI. (author)

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Journal Title
Nippon Hoshasen Gishikai Zasshi
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 555-561
ISSN
0287-9395