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Published in final edited form as: Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2015 Oct 19;26(1):1–12. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2015.09.001

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Comparison of location-matched SPACE (a) and FSD-SPACE (b) images acquired from a healthy volunteer. Using multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), both longitudinal and cross-sectional views of the carotid artery can be visualized. The FSD preparation can dramatically suppress the rb signal (arrows) shown on SPACE images, thus resulting in larger apparent lumen and higher wall-lumen contrast. The locations of the five cross-sectional images (No. 1–5) are indicated by the dashed line on the longitudinal images. *Internal carotid lumen; **external carotid lumen.

From Fan Z, Zhang Z, Chung YC, et al. Carotid arterial wall MRI at 3T using 3D variable-flip-angle turbo spin-echo (TSE) with flow-sensitive dephasing (FSD). J Magn Reson Imaging. 2010 Mar;31(3):645–54. doi: 10.1002/jmri.22058; with permission.