T2 blackout effect
Last revised by Daniel J Bell ◉ on 24 Jun 2020
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Gaillard F, Bell D, T2 blackout effect. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 02 Oct 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-41768
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- T2 blackout
T2 blackout effect is a diffusion-weighted imaging phenomenon, representing the reverse of T2 shine through. The 'true' diffusion signal (as determined by ADC values) is reduced on DWI images (e.g. b=1000) by the presence of very low T2 signal (on b=0 images).
References
- 1. Silvera S, Oppenheim C, Touzé E et-al. Spontaneous intracerebral hematoma on diffusion-weighted images: influence of T2-shine-through and T2-blackout effects. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005;26 (2): 236-41. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (full text) - Pubmed citation
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