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Current status and progress in magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging
LI Yun-duo  ZHOU Ze-chen  LI Rui  YUAN Chun 

DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2016.02.012.


[Abstract] MR vessel wall imaging (MRVWI) acquires the information of vessel wall by suppressing the signal of flowing blood in lumen area. MRVWI techniques can visualize vessel wall directly and evaluate plaque vulnerability by measuring morphology and components of plaque. The main target of MRVWI techniques is to suppress the signal of the flowing blood. In this survey, we will briefly review the current status and progress in MRVWI techniques.
[Keywords] Magnetic resonance imaging；Cardiovascular diseases；Atherosclerotic plaque

LI Yun-duo Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

ZHOU Ze-chen Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

LI Rui* Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

YUAN Chun Department of Radiology University of Washington, Box 357115, 1959 NE Pacific Ave, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

*Correspondence to: Li R, E-mail: leerui@tsinghua.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  This work was part of Fund Project of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission No. Z131100005213001
Received  2015-10-29
Accepted  2015-12-07
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2016.02.012
DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2016.02.012.

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