Plaque Component | Volume (mm3) | ||||
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Mean | SD | Median | IQR | P value* | |
Hemorrhage (n = 18) | |||||
Manual | 112 | 103 | 86 | 21–199 | 0.16 |
Automated | 90 | 104 | 58 | 13–124 | |
Calcification (n = 13) | |||||
Manual | 20 | 18 | 18 | 11–26 | 0.5 |
Automated | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2–23 | |
Lipid core (n = 38) | |||||
Manual | 73 | 66 | 51 | 33–91 | 0.01 |
Automated | 125 | 149 | 82 | 19–196 | |
Fibrous tissue (n = 40) | |||||
Manual | 272 | 176 | 229 | 163–344 | 0.27 |
Automated | 237 | 162 | 216 | 122–340 |
Note:—IQR indicates interquartile range; n = number of patients for whom a given component was detected by both methods.
↵* Paired Wilcoxon test.