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Classification of human coronary atherosclerotic plaques with T1, T2 and Ultrashort TE MRI

✍ Scribed by Mihaly Karolyi; Harald Seifarth; Gary Liew; Christopher Schlett; Pal Maurovich-Horvat; Guangping Dai; Shuning Huang; Craig J Goergen; Udo Hoffmann; David E Sosnovik

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 992 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p135

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✦ Synopsis

Multicontrast MRI with T1, T2 and Ultrashort TE (UTE) sequences is used to image atherosclerotic plaque in human coronary arteries. MRI classification of the plaques is compared with their histological classification and found to correlate extremely well. The addition of UTE MRI adds significant value to the imaging of human coronary artery plaque by MRI.

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