the extracranial arteries, intracranial vessel wall imaging is
now an upcoming field of interest.12–18 However, because the
intracranial arteries are much harder to assess, less is known
about the total intracranial plaque burden and their morpho-
logical features. The remodeling pattern and plaque distribu-
tion within the plaque, eg, superior, inferior, dorsal, or ventral
are among the few characteristics that have been assessed
in MCA stenosis only.19 Several other, smaller studies have
proposed specific intracranial plaque characteristics such as
eccentricity and enhancement.17,20,21 Especially, enhancement