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Abstract #2659

Ultra-high field MRI of aortic plaques in a rabbit model: initial experience and comparison between 1.5T, 3T and 7T

Claudia Calcagno 1 , Martin J Willemink 2 , Bei Zhang 1 , Hadrien Dyvorne 1 , Philip M Robson 1 , Olivier Lairez 1 , Bram F Coolen 3 , Gustav J Strijkers 4 , Tim Leiner 2 , Venkatesh Mani 1 , Willem JM Mulder 1,3 , and Zahi A Fayad 1

1 Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 2 Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Netherlands, 3 Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands, 4 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands

Imaging of the atherosclerotic vessel wall requires acquisition with high in plane spatial resolution, high SNR and CNR. On 1.5T and 3T scanners these parameters can be optimized at the expense of acquisition time, which renders imaging protocols unfeasible. Here we present a feasibiltiy study for imaging the abdominal aorta of atherosclerotic rabbits at 7T, and compare SNR and CNR with 1.5 and 3T clinical scanners.

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