Introduction: Multi-contrast MRI is commonly utilized to image the vessel wall and characterize the composition of atherosclerotic plaques. Typical multi-slice methods experience extensive scan times, have restricted useful resolution resulting from SNR constraints and they are not fitted to plaque quantitation. Multi-contrast bilateral carotid imaging employing 3D Internal Volume Fast https://usc-mrel.github.io/Conference/2009_ISMRM/Makhijani_2009_ISMRM_p1824.pdf