Table 5 Mean ± standard deviation values and corresponding p-values of the synchronisation percentages, mean values and statistically significant features for the three cross-correlation types, for low-risk and high-risk plaques.

sp_CC1

50% ± 27%

56% ± 22%

0.34

sp_CC2

85% ± 16%

81% ± 15%

0.08

sp_CC3

75% ± 18%

79% ± 16%

0.36

mean_CC1 (s)

0.41 ± 0.20

0.41 ± 0.20

0.79

mean_CC2 (s)

0.16 ± 0.15

0.23 ± 0.14

0.02

mean_CC3 (s)

0.27 ± 0.15*

0.30 ± 0.16*

0.35

min_CC1 (s)

0.03 ± 0.07

0.02 ± 0.07

0.04

max_CC2 (s)

0.66 ± 0.41

0.94 ± 0.27

0.00

stdev_CC2 (s)

0.19 ± 0.13

0.29 ± 0.12

0.00