Abstract #0608

Imaging the Vessel Wall in Major Peripheral Arteries Using Susceptibility Weighted Imaging: Visualizing Calcifications

Qi Yang¹, Jiangtao Liu¹, Samuel Barnes², Zhen Wu³, Kuncheng Li¹, Jaladhar Neelavalli², Jiani Hu², E. M. Haacke²

¹Xuanwu hospital, Beijing, China; ²Wayne State University; ³McMaster University

It is possible to image the vessel wall and calcifications with susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) with no need to suppress the signal from the blood.