Phantom of a Stenotic Intracranial Artery for MRI standardization (IMAGE)

Medical University of South Carolina

Phantom of a Stenotic Intracranial Artery for MRI standardization

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Frontal maximum intensity projection image from time of flight MR showing a focal stenosis of the basilar artery (A, top panel, arrow). Single axial slice of high resolution vessel wall MRI showing intracranial atherosclerosis of the basilar artery (A, bottom panel, arrow). The resulting patient specific virtual phantom of atherosclerotic plaque (B) with fibrous cap (C, top panel) and lipid core (C, bottom panel).

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Reproduced from Development of a high resolution MRI intracranial atherosclerosis imaging phantom, Chueh et al, published online on March 9, 2017 by the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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