CharacterizationofatheroscleroticcarotidplaqueusingMATCH:initialexperience

WeiYu1,ZhaoyangFan2,LixinYang,YibinXie2,3,ZhanhongWang1,YanniDu1,AntonioHernandezConte4,XiaomingBi5,JingAn6,TianjingZhang6,GerhardLaub5,PredimanKrishanShah7,ZhaoqiZhang1,DebiaoLi2,3

1.DepartmentofRadiology,AnzhenHospital,CapitalMedicalUniversity,Beijing,China

2.BiomedicalImagingResearchInstitute,Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter,LosAngeles,CA,USA

3.DepartmentofBioengineering,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,CA,USA

4.DepartmentofAnesthesiology,Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter,LosAngeles,CA,USA

5.MRRD,SiemensHealthcare,LosAngeles,CA,USA

6.MRCollaborationsNEAsia,SiemensHealthcare,Beijing,China

7.OppenheimerAtherosclerosisResearchCenterandAtherosclerosisPreventionandTreatmentCenter,Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter,LosAngeles,CA,USA

Background—Multi-contrastweightedimagingisa