Table 1 Sound speed values of fibrocalcific plaques of 12 different patients with two distinguished regions of collagen and calcification.

From: Determination of Ultrastructural Properties of Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy, Micro-Computer Tomography, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy

Patients

Sound Speed (m/s) (collagen-rich region)

Sound Speed (m/s) (calcific region)

1

1680.98 ± 26.38

2016.49 ± 59.43

2

1688.63 ± 35.31

2030.49 ± 77.08

3

1629.54 ± 20.61

1839.89 ± 37.68

4

1777.64 ± 14.20

2036.55 ± 70.55

5

1658.82 ± 31.56

1841.84 ± 44.45

6

1729.55 ± 20.38

2047.21 ± 80.59

7

1757.01 ± 26.94

2030.46 ± 79.01

8

1647.60 ± 25.94

2054.40 ± 67.14

9

1708.09 ± 32.87

2002.84 ± 84.79

10

1682.09 ± 29.13

1953.72 ± 46.36

11

1669.74 ± 21.98

1993.24 ± 19.28

12

1679.89 ± 41.78

2018.31 ± 73.88

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