Evaluation of coronary stents in vitro with CT angiography: Effect of stent diameter, convolution kernel, and vessel orientation to the z-axis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1124-1131

  Suzuki, Shigeru ^a,b   Furui, Shigeru ^a   Kaminaga, Tatsuro ^a   Yamauchi, Teiyu ^a   Kuwahara, Sadatoshi ^a   Yokoyama, Naoyuki ^a   Suzuki, Masatoshi ^a   Isshiki, Takaaki ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convolution kernel; Coronary stent; CT angiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IN VITRO STUDY; STENOSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 27744544089     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.1124     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Ropers D, Baum U, Pohle K, Anders K, Ulzheimer S, Ohnesorge B, et al. Detection of coronary artery stenoses with thin-slice multidetector row spiral computed tomography and multiplanar reconstruction. Circulation 2003; 107: 664-666.
2. Achenbach S, Giesler T, Ropers D, Ulzheimer S, Anders K, Wenkel E, et al. Comparison of image quality in contrast-enhanced coronary-artery visualization by electron beam tomography and retrospectively electrocardiogram-gated multislice spiral computed tomography. Invest Radiol 2003; 38: 119-128.
3. Mohlenkamp S, Pump H, Baumgart D, Haude M, Gronemeyer DH, Seibel RM, et al. Minimally invasive evaluation of coronary stents with electron beam computed tomography: In vivo and in vitro experience. Cathet Cardiovasc Interv 1999; 48: 39-47.
4. Pump H, Mohlenkamp S, Sehnert CA, Schimpf SS, Schmidt A, Erbel R, et al. Coronary arterial stent patency: Assessment with electron-beam CT. Radiology 2000; 214: 447-452.
5. Pump H, Moehlenkamp S, Sehnert C, Schimpf SS, Erbel R, Seibel RM, et al. Electron-beam CT in the noninvasive assessment of coronary stent patency. Acad Radiol 1998; 5: 858-862.
6. Yamaoka O, Ikeno K, Fujioka H, Kinoshita M, Murata K, Morita R, et al. Detection of Palmaz-Schatz stent by ultrafast CT. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1995; 19: 128-130.
7. Nieman K, Ligthart JM, Serruys PW, de Feyter PJ. Images in cardiovascular medicine: Left main rapamycin-coated stent: Invasive versus noninvasive angiographic follow-up. Circulation 2002; 105: e130-e131.
8. Funabashi N, Komiyama N, Komuro I. Patency of coronary artery lumen surrounded by metallic stent evaluated by three dimensional volume rendering images using ECG-gated multislice computed tomography. Heart 2003; 89: 388.
9. Shaohong Z, Yongkang N, Zulong C, Hong Z, Li Y. Images in cardiovascular medicine: Imaging of coronary stent by multislice helical computed tomography. Circulation 2002; 106: 637-638.
10. Funabashi N, Komiyama N, Yanagawa N, Mayama T, Yoshida K, Komuro I. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Coronary artery patency after metallic stent implantation evaluated by multislice computed tomography. Circulation 2003; 107: 147-148.
11. Schuijf JD, Bax JJ, Jukema JW, Lamb HJ, Warda HM, Vliegen HW, et al. Feasibility of assessment of coronary stent patency using 16-slice computed tomography. Am J Cardiol 2004; 94: 427-430.
12. Regar E, Serruys PW, Bode C, Holubarsch C, Guermonprez JL, Wijns W, et al; RAVEL Study Group. Angiographic findings of the multicenter Randomized Study With the Sirolimus-Eluting Bx Velocity Balloon-Expandable Stent (RAVEL): Sirolimus-eluting stents inhibit restenosis irrespective of the vessel size. Circulation 2002; 106: 1949-1956.
13. Grube E, Silber S, Hauptmann KE, Mueller R, Buellesfeld L, Gerckens U, et al. TAXUS I: Six- and twelve-month results from a randomized, double-blind trial on a slow-release paclitaxel-eluting stent for de novo coronary lesions. Circulation 2003; 107: 38-42.
14. Moussa I, Leon MB, Baim DS, O'Neill WW, Popma JJ, Buchbinder M, et al. Impact of sirolimus-eluting stents on outcome in diabetic patients: A SIRIUS (SIRolImUS-coated Bx Velocity balloon-expandable stent in the treatment of patients with de novo coronary artery lesions) substudy. Circulation 2004; 109: 2273-2278.
15. Mahnken AH, Buecker A, Wildberger JE, Ruebben A, Stanzel S, Vogt F, et al. Coronary artery stents in multislice computed tomography: In vitro artifact evaluation. Invest Radiol 2004; 39: 27-33.
16. Maintz D, Seifarth H, Flohr T, Kramer S, Wichter T, Heindel W, et al. Improved coronary artery stent visualization and in-stent stenosis detection using 16-slice computed-tomography and dedicated image reconstruction technique. Invest Radiol 2003; 38: 790-795.
17. Maintz D, Grude M, Fallenberg EM, Heindel W, Fischbach R. Assessment of coronary arterial stents by multislice-CT angiography. Acta Radiol 2003; 44: 597-603.
18. Maintz D, Juergens KU, Wichter T, Grude M, Heindel W, Fischbach R. Imaging of coronary artery stents using multislice computed tomography: In vitro evaluation. Eur Radiol 2003; 13: 830-835.
19. Kruger S, Mahnken AH, Sinha AM, Borghans A, Dedden K, Hoffmann R, et al. Multislice spiral computed tomography for the detection of coronary stent restenosis and patency. Int J Cardiol 2003; 89: 167-172.
20. Hong C, Chrysant GS, Woodard PK, Bae KT. Coronary artery stent patency assessed with in-stent contrast enhancement measured at multi-detector row CT angiography: Initial experience. Radiology 2004; 233: 286-291.
21. Becker CR, Nikolaou K, Muders M, Babaryka G, Crispin A, Schoepf UJ, et al. Ex vivo coronary atherosclerotic plaque characterization with multi-detector-row CT. Eur Radiol 2003; 13: 2094-2098.
22. Estes JM, Quist WC, Lo Gerfo FW, Costello P. Noninvasive characterization of plaque morphology using helical computed tomography. J Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 39: 527-534.
23. Inoue F, Sato Y, Matsumoto N, Tani S, Uchiyama T. Evaluation of plaque texture by means of multislice computed tomography in patients with acute coronary syndrome and stable angina. Circ J 2004; 68: 840-844.
24. Imazeki T, Sato Y, Inoue F, Anazawa T, Tani S, Matsumoto N, et al. Evaluation of coronary artery remodeling in patients with acute coronary syndrome and stable angina by multislice computed tomography. Circ J 2004; 68: 1045-1050.
25. Sato Y, Imazeki T, Inoue F, Yoshimura A, Fukui T, Horie T, et al. Detection of atherosclerotic coronary artery plaques by multislice computed tomography in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Report of 2 cases. Circ J 2004 ;68: 263-266.
26. Komatsu S, Hirayama A, Omori Y, Ueda Y, Mizote I, Fujisawa Y, et al. Detection of coronary plaque by computed tomography with a novel plaque analysis system, 'Plaque Map', and comparison with intravascular ultrasound and angioscopy. Circ J 2005; 69: 72-77.