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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Cedars-sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Debiao Li, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Zhaoyang Fan, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); G01R 33/5602 (2013.01); G01R 33/5607 (2013.01); G01R 33/5635 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to imaging and characterizing atherosclerotic lesions. The invention utilizes a low-flip-angle gradient echo-based MRI acquisition technique combined with specialized magnetization preparative schemes (i.e. non-selective inversion and FSD), and multiple co-registered 3D image sets with different contrast weightings are collected in an interleaved fashion. Using the inventive method, a single scan allows for comprehensive assessment of atherosclerotic plaque within just a few minutes.