Acta Med. 2022, 65: 18-24

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2022.11

Contactless Measurement of Integrity of Silicone Coating on Self-Expandable Esophageal Nitinol Stents

Martin Kopeček, Jiří Záhora, Aleš Bezrouk

Department of Medical Biophysics, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received November 22, 2021
Accepted March 23, 2022

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