Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 326-335 , April 2007

Simulation and experimental observation of contact conditions between stents and artery models

  • Kazuto Takashima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nano-biomechanism, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 736 5867; fax: +81 52 736 5868.
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  • Takayuki Kitou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nano-biomechanism, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • ,
  • Koji Mori

      Affiliations

    • Applied Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube 755-8611, Japan
    • ,
  • Ken Ikeuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nano-biomechanism, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan

Received 17 August 2005 ,Revised 10 March 2006 ,Accepted 18 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.04.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 326-335 , April 2007

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