Andrew J. Patterson1, Andrew J. Degnan1, Victoria E. Young1, Tjun Y. Tang2, Andrew B. Gill3, Martin J. Graves1, Jonathan H. Gillard1
1Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom; 2Department of Vascular Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom; 3Medical Physics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
An ex vivo study of carotid endarterectomy specimens reporting quantitative T1, T2 and T2* relaxation times within plaque tissue at 1.5T using spatially co-matched histology sections to determine tissue constituents. This study found a statistically significant difference in T2 and T2* in core plaque tissues.