Table 1.

Pearson correlation coefficients for individual categorical slices measuring cross-sectional areas and luminal diameter between the automated method and the expert

Cross-sectional	Area luminal [r(P)]	Diameter [r(P)]
CCA	0.99 (<0.05)	0.98 (<0.05)
ICA	0.96 (<0.05)	0.93 (<0.05)
ECA	0.92 (<0.05)	0.89 (<0.05)
BA	0.91 (<0.05)	0.97 (<0.05)
SA	0.70 (<0.05)	0.58 (<0.05)

CCA common carotid artery, ICA internal carotid artery, ECA external carotid artery, BA bifurcartion, SA stenosed slices