TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of three-dimensional reconstruction for interpretation and quantitative analysis of intracoronary ultrasound during stent deployment
AU - Gil, Robert
AU - Von Birgelen, Clemens
AU - Prati, Francesco
AU - Di Mario, Carlo
AU - Ligthart, Jurgen
AU - Serruys, Patrick W.
PY - 1996/4/1
Y1 - 1996/4/1
N2 - We examined 49 coronary stents in 33 patients after angiographically guided optimization of the deployment by intracoronary ultrasound, and compared the findings of a conventional 2-dimensional analysis approach with the results obtained from an automatic lumen recognition provided by a 3- dimensional reconstruction system. The automatic lumen analysis demonstrated that only 15 stents (31%) fulfilled defined ultrasound criteria of adequate stent deployment, and that 5 of these cases were missed by the conventional approach, which systematically overestimated the dimensions of the minimal stent lumen.
AB - We examined 49 coronary stents in 33 patients after angiographically guided optimization of the deployment by intracoronary ultrasound, and compared the findings of a conventional 2-dimensional analysis approach with the results obtained from an automatic lumen recognition provided by a 3- dimensional reconstruction system. The automatic lumen analysis demonstrated that only 15 stents (31%) fulfilled defined ultrasound criteria of adequate stent deployment, and that 5 of these cases were missed by the conventional approach, which systematically overestimated the dimensions of the minimal stent lumen.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89214-4
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89214-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 8651131
AN - SCOPUS:0029919073
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 77
SP - 761
EP - 764
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 9
ER -