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. 2014 Apr;35(4):766–771. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3741

Percentage of areas of intraplaque components and fibrous cap thicknesses on color-coded MR images and histologic specimensa

MR Images Specimens r ICC
Fibrous tissue (%) 5.7–98.7 (24.7) 4.8–92.3 (21.0) 0.92 0.91
Lipid/necrosis (%) 1.3–65.7 (22.2) 7.0–93.8 (33.8) 0.79 0.67
Hemorrhage (%) 0–82.0 (41.0) 0–70.4 (35.8) 0.92 0.89
Fibrous cap (mm) 0.21–0.87 (0.47) 0.14–0.83 (0.45) 0.61 0.59

Note:r indicates the Pearson correlation coefficient.

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Data are presented as range (median).