Classification of human coronary atherosclerotic plaques with T1, T2 and Ultrashort TE MRI
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Background The differentiation of atherosclerotic plaque components in the carotid arteries with MRI has been successfully demonstrated. The detection of plaque calcification by MRI, however has been challenging. In addition, few studies have evaluated the ability of MRI to characterize atherosclerotic plaques in human coronary arteries (1). Here we use a combination of T1, T2 and ultrashort TE (UTE) MRI to evaluate atherosclerotic plaques in fixed post-mortem human coronary arteries. We hypothesized that the addition of UTE to T1and T2 weighted MRI would allow both calcified and lipid rich plaques to be accurately detected and distinguished from one another.
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