Coronary Stent Artifact Reduction with an Edge-Enhancing Reconstruction Kernel - A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study with 256-Slice CT.

PURPOSE:Metallic artifacts can result in an artificial thickening of the coronary stent wall which can significantly impair computed tomography (CT) imaging in patients with coronary stents. The objective of this study is to assess in vivo visualization of coronary stent wall and lumen with an edge-...

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Main Authors: Stéphanie Tan, Gilles Soulez, Patricia Diez Martinez, Sandra Larrivée, Louis-Mathieu Stevens, Yves Goussard, Samer Mansour, Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4851391?pdf=render