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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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Received: 1 April 1996 Accepted: 20 June 1996
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Ashikaga, R., Araki, Y. & Ishida, O. MRI of head injury using FLAIR. Neuroradiology 39, 239–242 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050401
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