Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1132-1141 , December 2007

X-ray micro-tomography of a coronary stent deployed in a model artery

  • Thomas Connolley

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, Orbsen Building, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • ,
  • Derek Nash

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, Orbsen Building, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • ,
  • Jean-Yves Buffière

      Affiliations

    • GEMPPM, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, 20 Av. A. Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
    • ,
  • Faisal Sharif

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, Orbsen Building, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • ,
  • Peter Edward McHugh

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, Orbsen Building, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • Department of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 91 493152; fax: +353 91 494596.

Received 6 March 2006 ,Revised 23 October 2006 ,Accepted 25 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.10.016

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1132-1141 , December 2007

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