Increasing the visibility of thin NITINOL vascular implants

Increasing the visibility of thin NITINOL vascular implants

New implants for vascular therapy like flow diverters are made of tiny braided wires. The radio opacity of these wires is poor, which makes assessment of implant expansion and exact positioning difficult. Additional markers only allow the estimation of the current device position, but they also indu...

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Main Authors: Boese A., Rose G., Friebe M., Hoffmann T., Serowy S., Skalej M., Mailänder W., Cattaneo G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015-09-01
Series:Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
Subjects:
vascular implants
radio opacity
DFT
composite wires
visibility
imaging
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cdbme.2015.1.issue-1/cdbme-2015-0120/cdbme-2015-0120.xml?format=INT

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