@inproceedings{2bdbc4dd508348369cdd18f1503a7a2c,
title = "Three-dimensional reconstruction of coronary stents in vivo based on motion compensated X-ray angiography",
abstract = "The complete expansion of the stent during a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedure is essential for treatment of a stenotic segment of a coronary artery. Inadequate expansion of the stent is a major predisposing factor to in-stent restenosis and acute thrombosis. Stents are positioned and deployed by fluoroscopic guidance. Although the current generation of stents are made of materials with some degree of radio-opacity to detect their location after deployment, proper stent expansion is hard to asses. In this work, we introduce a new method for the three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the coronary stents in-vivo utilizing two-dimensional projection images acquired during rotational angiography (RA). The acquisition protocol consist of a propeller rotation of the X-ray C-arm system of 180°, which ensures sufficient angular coverage for volume reconstruction. The angiographic projections were acquired at 30 frames per second resulting in 180 projections during a 7 second rotational run. The motion of the stent is estimated from the automatically tracked 2D coordinates of the markers on the balloon catheter. This information is used within a motion-compensated reconstruction algorithm. Therefore, projections from different cardiac phases and motion states can be used, resulting in improved signal-to-noise ratio of the stent. Results of 3D reconstructed coronary stents in vivo, with high spatial resolution are presented. The proposed method allows for a comprehensive and unique quantitative 3D assessment of stent expansion that rivals current X-ray and intravascular ultrasound techniques.",
author = "D. Schaefer and B. Movassaghi and M. Grass and G.A.F. Schoonenberg and R. Florent and O. Wink and A.J.P. Klein and S.Y.J. Chen and J.A. Garcia and J.C. Messenger and J.D. Carroll",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1117/12.706439",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Cleary, {Kevin R.} and Miga, {Mixchael I.}",
booktitle = "SPIE Medical Imaging 2007: Visualization and Image-Guided Procedure, United States, San Diego, CA",
address = "United States",
}