Analysis of Cardiovascular Tissue Components for the Diagnosis of Coronary Vulnerable Plaque from Intravascular Ultrasound Images

Table 3

Comparison of the statistical significance levels between evaluation parameters and EEMs in terms of area and perimeter.

Evaluation parameters	EEM area		EEM perimeter
	r	p	r	p
Lumen area	0.502	<0.001	0.454	<0.001
Fibrous area	0.775		0.791
Fibrolipidic area	0.586		0.580
Lipid core area	0.748		0.761
Calcified area	0.520		0.534
Media area	0.855		0.859
Minimum lumen diameter	0.312		0.271
Minimum vessel diameter	0.974		0.978
Maximum lumen diameter	0.515		0.480
Maximum vessel diameter	0.979		0.989
Average lumen diameter	0.451		0.411
Average vessel diameter	0.993		0.999

r: correlation coefficient.