PMID: 8971115Dec 1, 1996Paper

Spinal cord MRI in multiple sclerosis with multicoil arrays: a comparison between fast spin echo and fast FLAIR

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
M FilippiR Voltz

Abstract

To compare the sensitivity of fast spin echo (FSE) and of fast fluid attenuated inversion recovery (fast FLAIR) in detecting spinal cord lesions in multiple sclerosis. With a 1.5 Tesla machine and a multicoil receiver array, FSE images (with two different pixel sizes) and fast FLAIR images of the spinal cord were obtained from 13 patients with multiple sclerosis. Twenty three lesions (10 cervical, 12 thoracic, and one lumbar) were found in seven patients (54%) using FSE with the larger pixel size. Seventeen lesions (seven cervical and 10 thoracic) were detected in the same seven patients using FSE with smaller pixel size. Nine lesions (five cervical and four thoracic) were found using fast FLAIR in six patients (46%). All the lesions found using fast FLAIR were detected using the other two techniques and all the lesions detected by FSE with smaller pixel size were detected using FSE and greater pixel size. Fast FLAIR sequences detect substantially fewer cord lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis.

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Dec 22, 1999·Journal of the Neurological Sciences·M Rovaris, M Filippi
Dec 22, 1999·Journal of the Neurological Sciences·J C McGowan
Dec 22, 1999·Journal of the Neurological Sciences·R I GrossmanM Filippi
Dec 10, 2008·Neuroimaging Clinics of North America·Joseph C J Bot, Frederik Barkhof
Apr 12, 2007·Journal of Neuroimaging : Official Journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging·Federica Agosta, Massimo Filippi
Mar 28, 2013·Magnetic Resonance in Medicine : Official Journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine·Ayano EnomotoNallathamby Devasahayam
Nov 19, 2020·Brain Sciences·Yongsheng ChenEvanthia Bernitsas

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