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August 26, 2010
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A 3-D computer model of a stent.
Suncica Canic, a professor of mathematics at the University of Houston, uses computer models to design better stents--tiny tubes that hold blood vessels open after they've been clogged with disease-causing plaque. Here, a 3-D computer model of a stent.
Credit: Suncica Canic, Mate Kosor and Josip Tambaca; University of Houston and University of Zagreb
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