CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID FLOW ARTIFACT - A POSSIBLE PITFALL ON FAST-SPIN-ECHO MR-IMAGING OF THE SPINE SIMULATING INTRADURAL PATHOLOGY

Authors
LARSEN DW TEITELBAUM GP NORMAN D
Citation
Dw. Larsen et al., CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID FLOW ARTIFACT - A POSSIBLE PITFALL ON FAST-SPIN-ECHO MR-IMAGING OF THE SPINE SIMULATING INTRADURAL PATHOLOGY, Clinical imaging, 20(2), 1996, pp. 140-142
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
08997071
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
140 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-7071(1996)20:2<140:CFA-AP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We have noted that fast-spin-echo T2-weighted images of the cervical a nd thoracic regions of the spine can produce low-signal artifacts in t he spinal subarachnoid space which might be misinterpreted as tumor or abnormal vascular flow voids. These are possibly related to complex c erebrospinal fluid pulsatile flow and should be recognized as artifact ual by the radiologist.