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An optimized 3D inversion recovery prepared fast spoiled gradient recalled sequence for carotid plaque hemorrhage imaging at 3.0 T |
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| Authors: | Zhu David C Ferguson Marina S DeMarco J Kevin |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Radiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;bDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;cCognitive Imaging Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;dVascular Imaging Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA |
| Abstract: | An optimized 3D inversion recovery prepared fast spoiled gradient recalled sequence (IR FSPGR) on a 3-T scanner for carotid plaque imaging is described. It offers clear blood and fat signal suppression at the carotid artery bifurcation and highlights the regions of carotid plaque affected by hemorrhage at 3 T with high contrast and contrast-to-noise ratio compared with other sequences. It can potentially be used to replace the more traditional noncontrast T1-weighted 2D black-blood imaging for hemorrhage detection and offers additional benefits of high-resolution 3D volumetric visualization. |
| Keywords: | 3D IR FSPGR Carotid plaque imaging |
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