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Article: Reports on coronary stents findings from Thomas Jefferson University provide new insights.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "The aims of this study were to distinguish stents from iodinated contrast oil the basis of spectral characteristics on dual-energy computed tomographic (DECT) imaging and to determine whether DECT imaging might provide a more accurate measurement of true stent lumen. Three stainless steel stents and one cobalt chromium stent were scanned using a multidetector, single-source DECT scanner."
"Stents 2.5, 3.5, and 4.0 mm in diameter were filled with iodinated contrast, submerged in water, and scanned. Spectral analysis was performed to assess the separation of stents from iodinated contrast. Two independent ...