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Abstract #0560

Self-gated dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI with compressed sensing acceleration to quantify permeability in the aortic root of atherosclerotic mice

Claudia Calcagno 1 , Chiara Giannarelli 2 , Abdallah G Motaal 3 , Matthias Nahrendorf 4 , Willem JM Mulder 5,6 , Zahi A Fayad 1 , and Gustav J Strijkers 3

1 Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 2 Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 3 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands, 4 Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 5 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 6 Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands

Enhanced endothelial permeability is a hallmark of atherosclerotic plaques at high risk for causing severe clinical events. Here we present a method to quantify plaque permeability in the aortic root of ApoE -/- mice, using self-gated DCE-MRI with compressed sensing acceleration.

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