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. 2022 Oct 6;9:1019917. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1019917

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Representation of the arterial models analyzed. (A) Isometric view of the idealized geometries of human coronary arteries with different remodeling indices and a 200 μm-thick fibrous cap. (B) Cross section of fibroatheromas with different cap thicknesses of 200, 150, 100 and 50 μm for the case of RI = 1.25. (C) Rendering of the human coronary artery from 2D HR-μCT images in sagittal (1) and coronal (2) views to the 3D geometry reconstruction (3).