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Utility of fat-suppressed FLAIR and subtraction imaging in detecting meningeal abnormalities

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We describe the use of a combination of fat-suppression SPIR (spectral inversion recovery) and subtraction FLAIR imaging to aid in detection of abnormal meningeal enhancement.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, USA

    Alexander McKinney, Chris Palmer, James Short & Charles Truwit

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Sao Paulo, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Leandro Lucato

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McKinney, A., Palmer, C., Short, J. et al. Utility of fat-suppressed FLAIR and subtraction imaging in detecting meningeal abnormalities. Neuroradiology 48, 881–885 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-006-0145-5

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