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Table 2 Five-point Likert scores for stent evaluation on stent appearance, blooming and inter-stent visibility

From: Stent appearance in a novel silicon-based photon-counting CT prototype: ex vivo phantom study in head-to-head comparison with conventional energy-integrating CT

Score

Stent appearance

Blooming

Inter-stent visibility

5

Very clear

No blooming

Very clearly distinguishable

4

Clear stent

Minimal

Clearly distinguishable

3

Moderate

Moderate

Moderately distinguishable

2

Poor

Marked

Minimally distinguishable

1

Insufficient

Severe

Impossible to distinguish