1. Giovanni J. Ughi et al. JIMG 2016;9:1304-1314
Analysis of Maximum NIRAF Plaque Intensities for Different Plaque Types Values from normal vessel wall and fibrotic plaques were significantly different from each other (p < 0.05), demonstrating a lower signal intensity than that of fibrocalcific plaques (p < 0.05). Fibrocalcific plaques and ThCFA showed moderate maximum near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) signal intensities that were not significantly different from each other (p = 0.65). A higher maximum NIRAF signal was detected from sites of plaque rupture (p < 0.05) and TCFA (p < 0.05). Whisker lengths are defined as ±2.7 σ, and points are drawn as outliers if outside the range [q1 − w(q3 − q1)] and [q3 + w(q3 − q1)], where q1 and q3 are the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively. a.u. = normalized NIRAF intensity.
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