Introduction: Multi-contrast MRI is commonly used to image the vessel wall and characterize the composition of atherosclerotic plaques. Common multi-slice techniques are afflicted by lengthy scan times, have restricted functional resolution as a result of SNR constraints and are not suited for plaque quantitation. Multi-contrast bilateral carotid imaging utilizing 3D https://usc-mrel.github.io/Conference/2009_ISMRM/Makhijani_2009_ISMRM_p1824.pdf