malapposition

plural malappositions

1. Incorrect or poor apposition

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   It permits visualization of device deployment at the level of individual struts (Fig 1A–1C ), including imprecisions, as exemplified by strut-wall malapposition, as well as quantification of biological responses that demonstrate marked variability both locally in the vicinity of individual struts, as well as regionally over the length of the entire stent (Fig 1D–1F ).

   2016 February 24, “Constraining OCT with Knowledge of Device Design Enables High Accuracy Hemodynamic Assessment of Endovascular Implants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI