Abstract #3467

Head and Neck Vascular Calcification Imaging using Zero Echo Time

Jianmin Yuan¹, Florian Wiesinger², Pascal Ruetten¹, Ilse Patterson³, Martin Janich², Ana Beatriz Solana², Gaspar Delso⁴, Scott Reid⁵, Jonathan Gillard¹, and Martin Graves^1,3

¹Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²ASL Europe, GE Healthcare, Munich, Germany, ³Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴ASL Europe, GE Healthcare, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁵ASL Europe, GE Healthcare, Pollards Wood, United Kingdom

Calcification is an important factor in carotid plaque development and rupture. Current standard method for detecting plaque calcification is CT angiography (CTA). The purpose of this study is to introduce a new MRI method using zero echo time sequence for detection of carotid vessel wall calcification with high sensitivity. The protocol was optimized in volunteers and then applied to patient scan. The results demonstrate that carotid plaque calcification can be detected with high accuracy using proposed protocol compared with contrast-weighed images.

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