Carotid arterial wall MRI at 3T using 3D variable‐flip‐angle turbo spin‐echo (TSE) with flow‐sensitive dephasing (FSD)

To evaluate the effectiveness of flow‐sensitive dephasing (FSD) magnetization preparation in improving blood signal suppression of three‐dimensional (3D) turbo spin‐echo (TSE) sequence (SPACE) for isotropic high‐spatial‐resolution carotid arterial wall imaging at 3T.

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