Phantom study for volume-of-interest breast imaging using differential phase contrast cone beam CT (DPC-CBCT)

J Liu, R Ning, W Cai - Medical Imaging 2013: Physics of …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging is reported to be able to deliver higher contrast-to-
noise ratio (CNR) compared to attenuation-based x-ray imaging technologies. Due to the …

Feasibility study of phase-contrast cone beam CT imaging systems

W Cai - 2009 - urresearch.rochester.edu
Attenuation-based x-ray imaging techniques have been developed for many decades. One
of the state-of-the-art imaging modalities is the cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) …

Dose efficiency consideration for volume-of-interest breast imaging using x-ray differential phase-contrast CT

W Cai, R Ning - Medical Imaging 2009: Physics of Medical …, 2009 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The newly developed differential phase-contrast (DPC) imaging technique has attracted
increasing interest among researchers. In a DPC system, the self-imaging effect and the …

Evaluation of differential phase contrast cone beam CT imaging system

J Liu, W Cai, R Ning - Journal of X-ray Science and …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Grating-based differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging enables the use of a hospital-grade
X-ray tube, but compromises the image quality due to insufficiently coherent illumination. In …

Phase-contrast clinical breast CT: Optimization of imaging setups and reconstruction workflows

G Tromba, S Pacilè, YI Nesterets, F Brun… - Breast Imaging: 13th …, 2016 - Springer
We present the outcomes of combined feasibility studies carried out at Elettra and Australian
Synchrotron to evaluate novel protocols for three-dimensional (3D) mammographic phase …

Propagation-based phase-contrast CT of the breast demonstrates higher quality than conventional absorption-based CT even at lower radiation dose

ST Taba, BD Arhatari, YI Nesterets, Z Gadomkar… - Academic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives Propagation-based phase-contrast CT (PB-CT) is an advanced X-
ray imaging technology that exploits both refraction and absorption of the transmitted X-ray …

Performance evaluation of x‐ray differential phase contrast computed tomography (PCT) with respect to medical imaging

R Raupach, T Flohr - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate the maximum performance gain that can theoretically be achieved
with differential phase contrast computed tomography (PCT) compared with absorption …

Propagation-based phase-contrast imaging of the breast: image quality and the effect of X-ray energy and radiation dose

I Gunaseelan, A Amin Zadeh, B Arhatari… - The British Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: Propagation-based phase-contrast computed tomography (PB-CT) is a new
imaging technique that exploits refractive and absorption properties of X-rays to enhance …

Performance investigation of a hospital-grade X-ray tube-based differential phase-contrast cone beam CT system

Y Yu, R Ning, W Cai, J Liu… - Medical Imaging 2012 …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Differential phase contrast technique could be the next breakthrough in the field of CT
imaging. While traditional absorption-based X-ray CT imaging is inefficient at differentiating …

[HTML][HTML] Free propagation phase-contrast breast CT provides higher image quality than cone-beam breast-CT at low radiation doses: a feasibility study on human …

S Pacilè, C Dullin, P Baran, M Tonutti, C Perske… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this study we demonstrate the first direct comparison between synchrotron x-ray
propagation-based CT (PB-CT) and cone-beam breast-CT (CB-CT) on human mastectomy …