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Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery
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Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) is a magnetic resonance imaging magnetic resonance imaging sequence with an inversion recovery set to null fluids. For example, it can be used in brain imaging to suppress cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) effects on the image, so as to bring out the periventricular hyperintense lesions, such as multiple sclerosis (MS) plaques.[1] It was invented by Graeme Bydder, Joseph Hajnal, and Ian Young in the early 1990's.[2] FLAIR can be used with both three-dimensional imaging (3D FLAIR) or two dimensional imaging (2D FLAIR).
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