The application of FLAIR in cerebral disease

Objective To evaluate the application of flow attenuated inversion recovery( FLAIR)sequence in cerebral disease.Methods 63 cases with varied brain disease were studied with FLAIR sequence and FSE MR imaging. The images of these sequences in the detection of cerebral diseases were analysed and compared.Results There were 106 lesions on T 2 -weighted images while 147 lesions were detected on FLAIR images (including 41 lesions only could be seen on FLAIR images).The inter-structure and border of 95 lesions on FLAIR images were showed better than on T 2 -weighted images.Conclusion FLAIR is superior to T 2 -weighted image for detecting the border extent and inter-structure of cerebral lesions.