Abstract #2667

Motion insensitive high resolution in vivo DWI of Carotid Artery Wall Imaging using 3D Diffusion Weighted Driven Equilibrium Stack of Stars (3D DW-DE SOS) sequence

Seong-Eun Kim¹, J Scott McNally¹, Bradley D Bolster, Jr.², Gerald S Treimam^3,4, and Dennis L Parker ¹

¹Department of Radiology, UCAIR, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, ²Siemens Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, ³Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, ⁴Department of Veterans Affairs, VASLCHCS, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

DWI might provide a tool for discriminating intraplaque hemorrhage and lipid core from other components. Motion insensitive 3D DW-DE SOS has been developed to acquire high resolution DWI to improve the accuracy of ADC measurements. This technique was able to yield high resolution ADC that could provide clear ROI selection for important plaque components. Increased spatial resolution in motion insensitive 3D DW-DE SOS can improve the sensitivity of ADC maps in plaque component identification. The results obtained indicate that an ADC map may be of substantial value in identifying lipid and hemorrhage within overall plaque burden.

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