Ultrafast magnetic resonance imaging of the brain.

The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic efficacy of single shot fast spin echo sequence (SSh-FSE), and single shot GRASE-sequence (SSh-GRASE) to the conventional T(2)-weighted fast spin echo-sequence (T(2)-FSE) in the imaging of brain disorders. Thirty three patients with high signal intensity lesions on T(2)-weighted images (n = 28), or intracerebral hemorrhage (n = 5), were examined on a 1.0 T MR scanner, with 23 mT/m gradient strength.