title: Angiographic CT in cerebrovascular stenting.
abstract: We evaluated the feasibility of angiographic CT (ACT) for visualizing metallic stents in three patients who underwent intracranial (n = 2) or extracranial (n = 1) stent placement to treat atherosclerotic lesions. ACT is a new technique that provides cross-sectional CT-like images based on rotational radiography performed with a rotating C-arm-mounted flat-panel detector. ACT allowed for the clear visualization of stents in both intracranial and extracranial arteries and was superior to conventional digital subtraction angiography and digital radiography in visualizing both the stent struts and their relationships to the arterial walls and aneurysmal lumen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Götz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benndorf
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Strother
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Claus
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naeini
authors.forename: Hesham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morsi
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klucznik
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mawad
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*