Abstract #2779

Gradient Echo Derived Multi-Contrast Imaging for Carotid Atherosclerosis Assessment

Zechen Zhou¹, Shuo Chen², Xihai Zhao², Rui Li², and Chun Yuan^2,3

¹Philips Research China, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, ²Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China, ³Vascular Imaging Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

In this work, we developed a post processing framework to generate multi-contrast images from a single three dimensional MR scan of multi-echo gradient echo sequence, which can alleviate the registration problem and further improve the scan efficiency with a total scan time of 3min22sec for carotid atherosclerosis imaging. The initial experiments has demonstrated its feasibility for vessel wall delineation and its potential for plaque component characterization.

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