Migration Versus Apparent Migration: Importance of Errors Due to Positioning Variation in Plain Radiographic Follow-up of Aortic Stent-Grafts

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 902-910

  Hodgson, Richard ^a   McWilliams, Richard G ^b   Simpson, Alistair ^b   Gould, Derek A ^b   Brennan, John A ^b   Gilling Smith, Geoffrey L ^b   Harris, Peter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Artifact; Geometric distortion; Image analysis; Stent graft migration; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0348077423     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0902:MVAMIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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