Investigation of 3D reduced field of view carotid atherosclerotic plaque imaging

To investigate the feasibility of using CUBE based reduced field of view imaging in atherosclerotic plaque imaging. Twenty-four patients were enrolled in this prospective study (13 males, 11 females, age 63 ±10). All patients underwent MRI exams consisting of 3D TOF, MPRAGE, iMSDE, DANTE, full FOV and reduced FOV CUBE imaging; 18 patients under went contrast enhanced imaging. The resulting images from different imaging sequences were assessed in terms of blood suppression, SNR, motion artifacts and va scular clarity.

Source: Magnetic Resonance Imaging - September 25, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Xueyan Xu, Hai Geng, Qiang Zhang, Jianmin Yu, Yujing Chu, Guang Dong, Jun Wu Tags: Original contribution Source Type: research