Characterization of carotid plaques using chemical exchange saturation transfer imaging.

Yasuhisa KanematsuYuki KanazawaKenji ShimadaMasaaki KoraiTakeshi MiyamotoShu SogabeManabu IshiharaIzumi YamaguchiTakeshi OyaNobuaki YamamotoYuki YamamotoMitsuharu MiyoshiMasafumi HaradaYasushi Takagi

Published in: Neuroradiology (2024)

In unstable plaques with intraplaque hemorrhage and in patients with symptoms or progressive stenosis, the ATP signals were significantly elevated. CEST-MRI studies has the potential for the preoperative assessment of the plaques' characteristics.

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