Table 1.

Performance of multicontrast MRI in the identification of carotid plaque components

Studies	Plaque component	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)
Ex vivo study	LRNC;	100% (95–100);	100% (40–100);
(Schinnar et al. [12])	thrombus	84% (73–90)	100% (80–100)
In vivo study	LRNC without IPH;	85% (78–92);	92% (86–98);
(Yuan et al. [10])	LRNC with IPH	98% (96–100)	100% (92–100)