Elastic deformation properties of implanted endobronchial wire stents in benign and malignant bronchial disease: A radiographic in vivo evaluation

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-108

  Hautmann, Hubert ^a   Rieger, Johannes ^a   Huber, Rudolf M ^a   Pfeifer, Klaus J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway stents; Bronchial diseases, therapy; Elasticity; Fluoroscopy; Prosthesis design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RADIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032921868     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900343     Document Type: Article

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