Method for determining the position of windows in aortic endoprostheses, using images from preoperative CT
computed tomography, wherein such endoprosthesis comprises a tubular sleeve (1) having a
diameter slightly greater than the
diameter of such
aorta, on which one or more windows (2) must be made in correspondence with the centre of origin of a
blood vessel branching from such
aorta. The method comprises the following steps: a) on the axial image of such
tomography, calculating the aortic arc of circle (AA) between the position (PB) of such centre of origin of the vessel with respect to a reference point (OA) taken on the circumference of the
aorta, b) calculating a conversion parameter (P) dependent on the difference between the
diameter of the aortic
artery and that of the tubular sleeve (1), c) determining the position of the window (PF) on the
prosthesis by calculating the arc of circle on the
prosthesis (AM) between a reference point (OM) taken on the tubular sleeve (1), placed in juxtaposition to such reference point (OA) on the aorta (A), and such position (PF), by subtracting the value of such conversion parameter (P) from the value of the aortic arc of circle (AA).