Abstract #3003

Assessment of carotid atherosclerosis: a comparison between 2D and 3D multi-contrast vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging

Yunduo Li¹, Hanyu Wei¹, Xihai Zhao¹, Gador Canton², Jie Sun², Zechen Zhou³, Shuo Chen¹, Rui Li¹, and Chun Yuan^1,2

¹Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, ²Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, ³Philips Research North America, Cambridge, MA, United States

In this study, we compared morphological measurements and identification of plaque components in carotid artery between 2D and 3D multi-contrast vessel wall MRI techniques. 3D multi-contrast vessel wall imaging, with 0.8mm isotropic resolution and 15min total scan time, showed good inter-reader reproducibility and provided comparable morphological information as 2D multi-contrast imaging, and more importantly, has its potential to improve visualization of plaque components.

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