TABLE I.

Initial ex vivo PAT experiments. ⊗ denotes both euthanasia and PAT imaging. PAT, photoacoustic tomography; PCL, partial carotid ligation.

Purpose	Experimental groups	Sex	n	Imaging timepoints (weeks)
				1	2	3	4	5	6
Ex vivo PAT lipid quantification validation	2 weeks post-PCL	Male	4		⊗
	4 weeks post-PCL	Male	3				⊗
	6 weeks post-PCL	Female	4						⊗