title: MRI plaque tissue characterization and assessment of plaque stability.
abstract: This chapter reviews current MRI techniques to differentiate stable versus high risk atherosclerosis and discusses the development of non-invasive MR imaging techniques to characterize atherosclerotic plaques. Tissue specific MR signal features will be described according to histo-pathological evaluation standards and comprehensive imaging protocol for the identification of different lesion types will be introduced.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Thomas S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Hatsukami
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic