Introduction: Multi-contrast MRI is commonly accustomed to image the vessel wall and characterize the composition of atherosclerotic plaques. Conventional multi-slice procedures are afflicted with extended scan times, have minimal sensible resolution as a consequence of SNR constraints and therefore are not fitted to plaque quantitation. Multi-contrast bilateral carotid imaging employing https://usc-mrel.github.io/Conference/2009_ISMRM/Makhijani_2009_ISMRM_p1824.pdf