Characterization of atherosclerotic carotid plaque using MATCH: initial clinical experience
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Background Characterization of carotid artery morphology and plaque composition requires multiple measurements with different contrast-weightings, which are limited by long scan time, image misregistration, and expertise-dependency in image interpretation. Recently, a new method,3D Multicontrast ATherosclerosis CHaracterization (MATCH) has been developed to overcome the above drawbacks by acquiring multi-contrast weighted images in one scan [1] This study was conducted to determine the accuracy of MATCH in the characterization of plaque morphology and composition in patients.
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