Figure 1From: High resolution carotid black-blood 3T MR with parallel imaging and dedicated 4-channel surface coilsT1- weighted images with average image quality (ImQ = 3) of the left carotid artery (lumen = asterisk) of the MR scan of a volunteer who was scanned twice within two weeks. Images are well matched and appear almost identical (1st column: CCA = common carotid artery, 2nd column: BIF = bifurcation, 3rd, 4th and 5th column: ICA = internal carotid artery).Back to article page