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Simultaneous T1 and T2 mapping of the carotid plaque (SIMPLE) with T2 and inversion recovery prepared 3D radial imaging.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To propose a technique that can produce different T1 and T2 contrasts in a single scan for simultaneous T1 and T2 mapping of the carotid plaque (SIMPLE). METHODS:An interleaved 3D golden angle radial trajectory was used in conjunction with T2 preparation with variable duration (TEprep ) and inversion recovery pulses. Sliding window reconstruction was adopted to reconstruct images at different inversion delay time and TEprep for joint T1 and T2 fitting. In the fitting procedure, a rapid B1 correction method was presented. The accuracy of SIMPLE was investigated in phantom experiments. In vivo scans were performed on 5 healthy volunteers with 2 scans each, and on 5 patients with carotid atherosclerosis. RESULTS:The phantom T1 and T2 estimations of SIMPLE agreed well with the standard methods with the percentage difference smaller than 7.1%. In vivo T1 and T2 for normal carotid vessel wall were 1213?±?48.3 ms and 51.1?±?1.7 ms, with good interscan repeatability. Alternations of T1 and T2 in plaque regions were in agreement with the conventional multicontrast imaging findings. CONCLUSION:The proposed SIMPLE allows simultaneous T1 and T2 mapping of the carotid artery in less than 10 minutes, serving as a quantitative tool with good accuracy and reproducibility for plaque characterization.

SUBMITTER: Qi H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252279 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Simultaneous T<sub>1</sub> and T<sub>2</sub> mapping of the carotid plaque (SIMPLE) with T<sub>2</sub> and inversion recovery prepared 3D radial imaging.

Qi Haikun H Sun Jie J Qiao Huiyu H Zhao Xihai X Guo Rui R Balu Niranjan N Yuan Chun C Chen Huijun H

Magnetic resonance in medicine 20180525 6

<h4>Purpose</h4>To propose a technique that can produce different T<sub>1</sub> and T<sub>2</sub> contrasts in a single scan for simultaneous T<sub>1</sub> and T<sub>2</sub> mapping of the carotid plaque (SIMPLE).<h4>Methods</h4>An interleaved 3D golden angle radial trajectory was used in conjunction with T<sub>2</sub> preparation with variable duration (TE<sub>prep</sub> ) and inversion recovery pulses. Sliding window reconstruction was adopted to reconstruct images at different inversion delay ...[more]

PMID: 29802629

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Simultaneous T1 and T2 mapping of the carotid plaque (SIMPLE) with T2 and inversion recovery prepared 3D radial imaging.

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Simultaneous T<sub>1</sub> and T<sub>2</sub> mapping of the carotid plaque (SIMPLE) with T<sub>2</sub> and inversion recovery prepared 3D radial imaging.

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