Fig. 1

A schematic overview of the coronary plaque (a) and the corresponding reconstruction methodology (b and c). The adventitia (brown), media (dark orange), intima (yellow) and the necrotic core (orange) were obtained by segmentations of the ground truth. a overview of the plaque specifics properties, b the backside is removed and the relative NC thicknesses (rNCt) (pink triangles) were calculated for the mid and sidecaps, and c the reconstruction of the necrotic core