Abstract #0107
High Resolution Inner Volume Imaging of Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque: Impact and Limits of Parallel Acquisition
Paula Montesinos 1,2 , Jonathan R. Polimeni 3 , Berkin Bilgic 3 , Stephen F. Cauley 3 , Manuel Desco 1,2 , Reza Nezafat 4 , Lawrence L. Wald 3 , Elfar Adalsteinsson 3 , and David E. Sosnovik 3
1
Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain,
2
Instituto
de Investigacin Sanitaria Gregorio Maran (IiSGM),
Madrid, Spain,
3
Martinos
Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA, United States,
4
Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School,
MA, United States
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of
parallel acquisition on the imaging of coronary plaque
under conditions of physiological motion and reduced FOV
(inner volume) imaging. Our results indicate that
parallel acquisition can improve the resolution of
coronary plaque morphology due to a reduction in motion
sensitivity. However, the high degree of overlap among
coil element profiles in a small FOV focused on the
coronary arteries dramatically reduces the potential
benefits of using multi-channel receive coils in low SNR
scenarios
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