Patent ID: 8386017

Claim:
A method for implementing an imaging examination method comprising: creating an overview data record with angiography data relating to a patient; simulating flow conditions in vessels of the patient; determining a strain on vascular walls with the aid of the simulation; identifying vascular regions, in which the determined strain on the vascular wall exceeds a threshold value by comparing the determined strain with the threshold value, an image resolution of the overview data record being lower than an image resolution of the identified vascular regions; and implementing an imaging examination in at least one of the identified vascular regions, wherein the overview data record is created by a first MR examination, with a blood circulation of the patient being enforced by a contrast agent containing iron oxide, the identified vascular regions are examined by a second MR examination, with the blood circulation of the patient still being enforced by the contrast agent containing iron oxide and the contrast agent containing iron oxide is embodied such that the contrast agent containing iron oxide adheres to ligands of vulnerable plaque.