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Bruining N, von Birgelen C, de Feyter PJ, et al. Ultrasound Appearances of Coronary Stents as Obtained by Three-Dimensional Intracoronary Ultrasound Imaging In Vitro. J Invasive Cardiol. 1998;10(6):332-338
Bruining, N., von Birgelen C, de Feyter PJ, Roelandt, J. R., & Serruys, P. W. (1998). Ultrasound Appearances of Coronary Stents as Obtained by Three-Dimensional Intracoronary Ultrasound Imaging In Vitro. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 10(6), 332-338.
Bruining, et al. "Ultrasound Appearances of Coronary Stents as Obtained by Three-Dimensional Intracoronary Ultrasound Imaging In Vitro." The Journal of invasive cardiology vol. 10,6 (1998): 332-338.
Bruining N, von Birgelen C, de Feyter PJ, Roelandt JR, Serruys PW. Ultrasound Appearances of Coronary Stents as Obtained by Three-Dimensional Intracoronary Ultrasound Imaging In Vitro. J Invasive Cardiol. 1998 Jul;10(6):332-338. PMID: 10762809.
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J Invasive Cardiol. 1998 Jul;10(6):332-338.

Ultrasound Appearances of Coronary Stents as Obtained by Three-Dimensional Intracoronary Ultrasound Imaging In Vitro.

The Journal of invasive cardiology

Bruining, von Birgelen C, de Feyter PJ, Roelandt, Serruys

Affiliations

  1. AZR Dijkzigt/Thoraxcentre, Erasmus University, Room BD308b, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]

PMID: 10762809

Abstract

Intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) is an imaging technique which can provide a cross-sectional image of coronary arteries and implanted stents. Different stents may have individual ICUS imaging characteristics. To investigate the imaging characteristics and three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of different coronary stent designs, we examined 26 different stents using ICUS in vitro. All stents could be well visualized with planar ICUS. In 18 stents, 3-D imaging succeeded in reconstructing the spatial stent architecture. This was not possible in the other 8 stents, most probably because of predominantly transversally-orientated strut architecture, the small size of the strut wire width, the limited ICUS lateral catheter resolution, and the smoothing and interpolation algorithms applied for 3-D reconstruction. ICUS in vitro provides a means of identifying coronary stent structures which may be applicable in vivo. Three-D reconstruction of the entire stent architecture in vitro can be achieved in stents with mesh or slotted tube design, while stents with coil design and thin strut wires can only be partially reconstructed.

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