Table 4.
Comparison of results at 1.5T versus 3T for automatic classification.
| Average Area Per Slice (mm2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tissue | 1.5T | 3T | P | R | κ |
| Lipid Rich Core | 1.61 | 2.17 | 0.3 | 0.91 | 0.68 |
| Type I Hemorrhage | 0.63 | 0.34 | 0.04 | 0.98 | 0.59 |
| Type II Hemorrhage | 0.63 | 0.89 | 0.03 | 0.91 | 0.55 |
| Calcification | 0.95 | 1.30 | 0.09 | 0.95 | 0.77 |
| Loose Matrix | 1.27 | 2.92 | 0.002 | 0.29 | 0.20 |
| Dense Fibrous | 30.64 | 28.48 | 0.001 | 0.89 | * |
| Combined Regions | |||||
| All Hemorrhage | 1.26 | 1.23 | 0.8 | 0.93 | 0.65 |
| Necrotic Core | 2.87 | 3.41 | 0.4 | 0.87 | 0.69 |
| All Fibrous | 31.91 | 31.39 | 0.3 | 0.93 | * |
Cohen’s κ could not be computed for Fibrous regions because they were present in every slice