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Table 1 Comparison of Intraplaque Lipid Detection Between RF Parameters and Gray-Scale IVUS

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

 

Variance among all ROIs >32

Variance in the axial direction >11

Gray-scale IVUS

Sensitivity (%)

84.6*

69.2

46.2

Specificity (%)

75.0

75.0

87.5

Positive predictive value (%)

73.3

69.2

75.0

Negative predictive value (%)

85.7

75.0

66.7

  1. *P = 0.04 vs. gray-scale IVUS