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. 2016 Feb 23;11(2):e0149178. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149178

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Fig 7 — (A) Lateral OCT frame demonstrating regional variations in the stented vessel (direct output from OCT console). (B.1) 2D flow reconstructions demonstrating the qualitative impact of strut-wall displacement (WD) as a function of lateral position along the stent length. (B.2) Largest flow disruptions occur in proximal struts with highest WD (zone 3), diminishing distally as upstream struts create a flow barrier. (C) While the enhanced method (red circles) was able to recover this regional trend, as demonstrated by negative correlation between maximum strut-associated shear rate and position along the stent length (slope = -18.5mm^-1s^-1; r² = 0.09), absent with the standard method (blue) (slope = 1.4 mm^-1s^-1, r² = 0.0003). Loss of inter-strut interactions due to discontinuous stent geometries generated by the standard method resulted in systematic overestimation of shear rate.