The purpose of this study is to report the significant differences found in the identification of lesions in
cervical spinal cord of two patients with multiple sclerosis when using the BLADE T2-TSE and BLADE T2-
TIRM sequences as opposed to the conventional T2-TSE and T2-TIRM sequences for sagittal acquisition at
1.5 T. In both patients, one more lesion was identified with the BLADE sequences than with the
conventional ones. Consequently, we suggest the use of BLADE T2-TSE and BLADE T2-TIRM sequences in
place of conventional ones for sagittal examination of the cervical spinal cord of multiple sclerosis patients.
The advantages of ΤΙRΜ to reveal the pathology of the cervical spinal cord and the advantage of BLADE
sequences to improve image quality should be combined in a sequence that could be ideal for cervical
spinal cord examinations.