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

MR ImagesSpecimensrICC
Fibrous tissue (%)5.7–98.7 (24.7)4.8–92.3 (21.0)0.920.91
Lipid/necrosis (%)1.3–65.7 (22.2)7.0–93.8 (33.8)0.790.67
Hemorrhage (%)0–82.0 (41.0)0–70.4 (35.8)0.920.89
Fibrous cap (mm)0.21–0.87 (0.47)0.14–0.83 (0.45)0.610.59
  • Note:r indicates the Pearson correlation coefficient.

  • a Data are presented as range (median).