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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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