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Heart 81:206-211 doi:10.1136/hrt.81.2.206
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In vitro validation of the luminal measurement of a novel catheter based moulding technique

Table 1

Comparison of the results using the catheter with published results for quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) systems

System Accuracy (mm) Precision (mm)
Moulding catheter
1.5–4.0 mm phantoms 0.19 0.34
2.5–4.0 mm phantoms 0.01 0.06
QCA system
Ozaki6 −0.11 to −0.1 0.08 to 0.18
Keane7 −0.08 to 0.07 0.40 to 0.09
−0.12 to −0.03 0.10 to 0.39
Reiber8 0.00 to 0.03 0.020 to 0.189
Keane9 1-150
 50% contrast −0.41 to 0.01 0.06 to 0.20
 100% contrast −0.23 to −0.01 0.07 to 0.28
Reiber10 −0.03 0.09
Uehata11 0.05 0.09
Haase12 1-151
 CMS 100% contrast 0.18 0.14
 CMS 50% contrast 0.19 0.15
 DCI 100% contrast 0.11 0.06
 DCI 50% contrast 0.24 0.13
  • 1-150 Results for 50% and 100% contrast in the same phantoms.

  • 1-151 Results comparing 50% and 100% contrast in cinefilm based Cardiovascular Measurement System (CMS) and Philips digital cardiac imaging system (DCI).

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