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Coronary Stent Artifact Reduction with an Edge-Enhancing Reconstruction Kernel – A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study with 256-Slice CT

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  • Stéphanie Tan
  • Gilles Soulez
  • Patricia Diez Martinez
  • Sandra Larrivée
  • Louis-Mathieu Stevens
  • Yves Goussard
  • Samer Mansour
  • Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre

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Purpose: Metallic artifacts can result in an artificial thickening of the coronary stent wall which can significantly impair computed tomography (CT) imaging in patients with coronary stents. The objective of this study is to assess in vivo visualization of coronary stent wall and lumen with an edge-enhancing CT reconstruction kernel, as compared to a standard kernel. Methods: This is a prospective cross-sectional study involving the assessment of 71 coronary stents (24 patients), with blinded observers. After 256-slice CT angiography, image reconstruction was done with medium-smooth and edge-enhancing kernels. Stent wall thickness was measured with both orthogonal and circumference methods, averaging thickness from diameter and circumference measurements, respectively. Image quality was assessed quantitatively using objective parameters (noise, signal to noise (SNR) and contrast to noise (CNR) ratios), as well as visually using a 5-point Likert scale. Results: Stent wall thickness was decreased with the edge-enhancing kernel in comparison to the standard kernel, either with the orthogonal (0.97 ± 0.02 versus 1.09 ± 0.03 mm, respectively; p

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  • Stéphanie Tan & Gilles Soulez & Patricia Diez Martinez & Sandra Larrivée & Louis-Mathieu Stevens & Yves Goussard & Samer Mansour & Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre, 2016. "Coronary Stent Artifact Reduction with an Edge-Enhancing Reconstruction Kernel – A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study with 256-Slice CT," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(4), pages 1-14, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0154292
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154292
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