MR of acute subarachnoid hemorrhage: a preliminary report of fluid- attenuated inversion-recovery pulse sequences

• Published in: American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR Vol. 15; no. 10; pp. 1940 - 1943
• Main Authors: Noguchi, K, Ogawa, T, Inugami, A, Toyoshima, H, Okudera, T, Uemura, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oak Brook, IL Am Soc Neuroradiology 01.11.1994; American Society of Neuroradiology
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Aged; Aneurysm, Ruptured - diagnosis; Aneurysm, Ruptured - surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Case Reports; Cerebral Angiography; Female; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; Intracranial Aneurysm - diagnosis; Intracranial Aneurysm - surgery; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Human; Nervous system diseases; Inversion recovery; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Hemorrhage; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Central nervous system disease; Subarachnoid; Technique; Cerebrovascular disease
• ISSN: 0195-6108; 1936-959X

We report preliminary results applying fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) sequences to three patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage. Acute subarachnoid hemorrhage could be clearly demonstrated as areas of high signal intensity on FLAIR sequences in all patients. These preliminary results suggest that with FLAIR sequences one could reliably diagnose acute subarachnoid hemorrhage.