What does FLAIR mean in Radiology?

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Fluid Attenuation Inversion Recovery

is a special inversion recovery sequence with a long inversion time. This removes signal from the cerebrospinal fluid in the resulting images 1. Brain tissue on FLAIR images appears similar to T2 weighted images with grey matter brighter than white matter but CSF is dark instead of bright.

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flair, genius(noun)
a natural talent

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