Abstract #1895

Robust and Time-Efficient Black Blood Coronary Vessel Wall Imaging at 3T Using IMSDE

Jinnan Wang¹, Suzanne Gerretsen², Jeffrey H. Maki¹, Daniel Herzka³, Baocheng Chu¹, Vasily L. Yarnykh¹, Chun Yuan¹, Tim Leiner²

¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; ²Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands; ³School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

The coronary arteries are a frequent site for atherosclerosic disease. The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility of a recently proposed black-blood technique, improved motion-sensitized driven equilibrium (iMSDE) sequence, for time-efficient in vivo human coronary vessel wall imaging.