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Gradient-echo pulse sequences are a valuable adjunct to the standard spin-echo sequences used for MR imaging of the brain and spine. Gradient-echo techniques enhance the signal of flowing fluids and increase the conspicuity of vascular lesions. They also increase the sensitivity of MR for chronic hemorrhage and calcification. Finally, steady-state techniques produce a myelographic effect to help evaluate degenerative diseases of the spine.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA

    J. R. Hesselink & J. F. Martin

  2. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. R. Edelman

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Hesselink, J.R., Martin, J.F. & Edelman, R.R. Fast imaging. Neuroradiology 32, 348–355 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588468

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