Research Article
MR Angiography of Peripheral Arterial Stents: In Vitro Evaluation of 22 Different Stent Types
Table 2
Results of signal intensity measurements, visible lumen measurements, and lumen homogeneity measurements.
| No. | Name | % of signal intensity inside the stented lumen | Score signal intensity | Visible lumen diameter (%) | Score lumen narrowing | SD Lumen/Mean Lumen | Score homogeneity |
| 1 | SAXX Small | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0.43 | 1 | 2 | SelfX Xpert | 62 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 0.11 | 2 | 3 | Palmaz Genesis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.44 | 1 | 4 | Absolute | 80 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 0.06 | 3 | 5 | AccuLink Carotid | 57 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 0.10 | 2 | 6 | Express Vascular LD | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.48 | 1 | 7 | OmniLink 0,018 | 46 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0.33 | 2 | 8 | OmniLink 0,035 | 45 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 0.21 | 2 | 9 | Palmaz Corinthian IQ | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.42 | 1 | 10 | Renal109 | 66 | 3 | 72 | 3 | 0.16 | 2 | 11 | Renal137 | 69 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 0.07 | 3 | 12 | Sentinol | 51 | 2 | 89 | 3 | 0.04 | 3 | 13 | Symphony | 15 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 0.35 | 2 | 14 | Vascuflex SE | 42 | 2 | 80 | 3 | 0.09 | 3 | 15 | Wallstent Uni | 117 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 0.08 | 3 | 16 | Zilver | 66 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 0.07 | 3 | 17 | Evo | 45 | 2 | 80 | 3 | 0.19 | 2 | 18 | RxCarotid | 10 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 0.81 | 1 | 19 | SAXX Large | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.40 | 1 | 20 | Evo Target | 43 | 2 | 92 | 3 | 0.16 | 2 | 21 | Wallgraft Endoprothesis | 52 | 2 | 75 | 3 | 0.16 | 2 | 22 | CP Stent | 21 | 1 | 86 | 3 | 0.14 | 2 |
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