. 2016 Dec 30;33(5):731–737. doi: 10.1007/s10554-016-1049-z

Table 1.

CT values and detectable struts in different contrast settings

	CT value (HU)			SDR (%)
	Vascular wall	Vascular lumen	Scaffold struts	SDR (%)
Baseline	3.06 ± 2.37	3.06 ± 2.19	3.13 ± 1.84	1.23 ± 0.31
Treatment-1	3.21 ± 2.24	231.73 ± 22.19*^,▲	3.12 ± 2.35	1.65 ± 0.26
Treatment-2	107.91 ± 16.27*	228.72 ± 25.92*^,▲	3.21 ± 2.39^∇,Δ	58.14 ± 12.84*
Treatment-3	171.29 ± 16.97*^#	232.15 ± 24.15*^,▲	3.13 ± 2.46^∇,Δ	97.97 ± 1.43*^,#
Treatment-4	178.21 ± 16.62*^#	233.92 ± 21.64*^,▲	3.12 ± 2.41^∇,Δ	98.90 ± 0.38*^,#

Comparison of CT values among treatments: Treatment-1, -2, -3 and -4 vs. Baseline, *p < 0.01, respectively; Treatment-3 and -4 vs. Treatment-2, ^# p < 0.01, respectively

Comparison of CT values among 3-components of the phantom sample: versus vascular wall, ^∇ p < 001; versus vascular lumen, ^Δ p < 001; versus vascular wall, ^▲ p < 001

SDR scaffold detectable rate