Migration Versus Apparent Migration: Importance of Errors Due to Positioning Variation in Plain Radiographic Follow-up of Aortic Stent-Grafts

Richard Hodgson, Richard G. McWilliams, Alistair Simpson, Derek A. Gould, John A. Brennan, Geoffrey L. Gilling-Smith, Peter L. Harris

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    Abstract

    Purpose: To demonstrate the influence of radiographic positioning on the assessment of stent-graft migration using plain radiographs following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Methods: Equations were derived to correct for artifactual stent-graft migration introduced by geometric distortion due to variations in positioning between radiographs acquired at different times. A phantom system was used to validate the equations. Results: Errors in stent position increase with (1) the distance of the aortic stent-graft from the midline and (2) differences in radiographic centering points in the craniocaudal direction; other variables have little effect. For typical stent positions, errors are small if the centering changes by
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)902-910
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of Endovascular Therapy
    Volume10
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2003

    Keywords

    • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
    • Artifact
    • Geometric distortion
    • Image analysis
    • Stent-graft migration
    • Surveillance

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