. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009 Jul 16;29(10):1696–1701. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.192179

Table 1.

Image Interpretation criteria

	TOF	T1W	PDW	T2W	CE-T1W
LRNC with no hemorrhage	○	○/+	○/+	-/○	-
Intraplaque hemorrhage	+	+	variable^*	variable^*	-
Intact thick	Smooth surface on all images with juxtaluminal band between LRNC and lumen on CE-T1W.
Intact thin	Smooth surface on all images and juxtaluminal band not apparent on CE-T1W.
Ruptured	Irregular surface on all images and a hyperintense signal adjacent to the lumen on TOF and invisible juxtaluminal band on CE-T1W.

The classification of LRNC and hemorrhage is based on the following signal intensity relative to adjacent muscle: +, hyperintense; ○, isointense; -, hypointense.

Signal intensities are variable due to the hemorrhage type.