Reconstruction of stented coronary arteries from optical coherence tomography images: Feasibility, validation, and repeatability of a segmentation method.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an established catheter-based imaging modality for the assessment of coronary artery disease and the guidance of stent placement during percutaneous coronary intervention. Manual analysis of large OCT datasets for vessel contours or stent struts detection is tim...

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Main Authors: Claudio Chiastra, Eros Montin, Marco Bologna, Susanna Migliori, Cristina Aurigemma, Francesco Burzotta, Simona Celi, Gabriele Dubini, Francesco Migliavacca, Luca Mainardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5456060?pdf=render