In Vivo Detection of Lipid-Core Plaques by Coronary CT Angiography: A Head-to-Head Comparison with Histologic Findings.

CONCLUSION: In in vivo conditions, with the pathological lipid core as the gold standard, quantification of the percentage of average CT pixel attenuation ≤ 30 HU in the histogram can be useful for accurate identification of lipid plaques.
PMID: 31997596 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Korean J Radiol - January 31, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Yin WH, Zhang Y, Li XN, Wang HY, An YQ, Sun Y, Hou ZH, Gao Y, Lu B, Zheng Z Tags: Korean J Radiol Source Type: research