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 lumenScore signal intensityVisible lumen diameter (%)Score lumen narrowingSD Lumen/Mean LumenScore homogeneity

1SAXX Small712710.431
2SelfX Xpert6235820.112
3Palmaz Genesis61010.441
4Absolute8036920.063
5AccuLink Carotid5726920.102
6Express Vascular LD211010.481
7OmniLink 0,0184623820.332
8OmniLink 0,0354525120.212
9Palmaz Corinthian IQ121010.421
10Renal1096637230.162
11Renal1376935820.073
12Sentinol5128930.043
13Symphony1516020.352
14Vascuflex SE4228030.093
15Wallstent Uni11736020.083
16Zilver6636620.073
17Evo4528030.192
18RxCarotid1016520.811
19SAXX Large71010.401
20Evo Target4329230.162
21Wallgraft Endoprothesis5227530.162
22CP Stent2118630.142