Quantitative Intracranial Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization at 7T MRI: An Ex Vivo Study with Histologic Validation.
Anita Adriaantje HarteveldNerissa P DenswilJeroen C W SieroJaco J M ZwanenburgAryan VinkBehdad PouranWim G M SplietDennis W J KlompPeter R LuijtenMat J A P DaemenJeroen HendrikseAnja Gwendolyn van der KolkPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2015)
Different tissue components of advanced intracranial plaques have distinguishable imaging characteristics with ultra-high-resolution quantitative MR imaging at 7T. Based on this study, the most promising method for distinguishing intracranial plaque components is T1-weighted imaging.