Spatially Selective Excitation Applied to Aortic Vessel Wall Imaging

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abdominal ability able achieve achieving acquisition additionally adequate allow amplitude aorta aortic applied arbitrary arrows artifacts assess assessed atherosclerosis band berg best black blood channel channels circulation coming comprises conducted control coronal cover cross demonstrating described designed direct drastic encoding ensure even excitation explored feasibility features field flexible fraction full fully heart improvement isotropic length limiting made mark monitoring motivation needs numerically peter positioned principle promising proof reconstructed reconstruction reconstructions recording reduce reduced reducing reduction regional resolution reveal saturation section selective selectivity sense slices spatial spatially successful suppression surrounding surroundings system thicker thoracic tissue transmit transverse typically vessel view visible visualize volunteers wall waveform waveforms white