High resolution carotid black-blood 3T MR with parallel imaging and dedicated 4-channel surface coils

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Most of the carotid plaque MR studies have been performed using black-blood protocols at 1.5 T without parallel imaging techniques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a multi-sequence, black-blood MR protocol using parallel im...

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Main Authors: Frey Ute, Clevert Dirk A, Dietrich Olaf, Meimarakis Georgios, Bochmann Katja, Cyran Clemens C, Raya Jose G, Saam Tobias, Yuan Chun, Hatsukami Thomas S, Werf Abe, Reiser Maximilian F, Nikolaou Konstantin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Online Access:http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/11/1/41