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Figure 1 | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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From: Distribution of ultrasonic radiofrequency signal amplitude detects lipids in atherosclerotic plaque of coronary arteries: an ex-vivo study

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Target zone selection and ROI placement. Left: A target zone for analysis was selected at a site where plaque was thicker than 0.5 mm with no calcification and no artifacts. Right: One hundred (10 × 10) ROIs were placed on the target zone, with the innermost 10 and outermost 10 ROIs being carefully placed to exclude the intimal surface and external elastic lamina (EEL), respectively.

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