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Carotid Artery Plaque Classification: Does Contrast Enhancement Play a Significant Role?

L. Saba, M. Piga, E. Raz, D. Farina and R. Montisci
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2012, 33 (9) 1814-1817; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3073
L. Saba
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (L.S., D.F.)
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bNuclear Medicine (M.P.)
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dDepartment of Radiology (E.R.), New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York.
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aFrom the Departments of Radiology (L.S., D.F.)
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cVascular Surgery (R.M.), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Cagliari, Italy
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    Plaque analysis. In panel A, the basal phase is given, whereas panel B is the phase after administration of contrast material. The white arrows indicate the carotid artery plaque, whereas the red circle is the region of interest.

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    Scatterplots with regression lines (A, B) that show the effect of contrast material administration in plaque classification. In panel A, the analysis of HU values before and after administration of contrast material in the 206 plaques that showed <60 HU in the unenhanced acquisition is given, whereas in panel B, the analysis of HU values before and after administration of contrast material in all the 607 plaques is given.

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    Comparison of the CPE between fatty plaques that did not change after CM and fatty plaques that changed their type to mixed after CM administration.

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L. Saba, M. Piga, E. Raz, D. Farina, R. Montisci
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