First-generation clinical dual-source photon-counting CT: ultra-low-dose quantitative spectral imaging

LP Liu, N Shapira, AA Chen, RT Shinohara… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Objective Evaluation of image characteristics at ultra-low radiation dose levels of a first-
generation dual-source photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) compared to a dual …

Consistency of monoenergetic attenuation measurements for a clinical dual-source photon-counting detector CT system across scanning paradigms: a phantom study

Y Yang, L Qin, H Lin, Z Xu, B Schmidt… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
BACKGROUND. Use of virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) from multienergy CT scans
can mitigate inconsistencies in traditional attenuation measurements that result from …

Feasibility of multi‐contrast imaging on dual‐source photon counting detector (PCD) CT: An initial phantom study

S Tao, K Rajendran, CH McCollough, S Leng - Medical physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Photon‐counting‐detector‐computed tomography (PCD‐CT) allows separation of
multiple, simultaneously imaged contrast agents, such as iodine (I), gadolinium (Gd), and …

Image quality and radiation dose of contrast-enhanced chest-CT acquired on a clinical photon-counting detector CT vs. second-generation dual-source CT in an …

F Hagen, L Walder, J Fritz, R Gutjahr, B Schmidt… - Tomography, 2022 - mdpi.com
Our aim was to compare the image quality and patient dose of contrast-enhanced oncologic
chest-CT of a first-generation photon-counting detector (PCD-CT) and a second-generation …

[HTML][HTML] Photon-counting CT: review of initial clinical results

J van der Bie, M van Straten, R Booij, D Bos… - European journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) is a new technology that enables higher
spatial resolution compared to conventional CT techniques, energy resolved imaging and …

First experience with a whole-body spectral photon-counting CT clinical prototype

SA Si-Mohamed, S Boccalini, M Villien… - Investigative …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Spectral photon-counting computed tomography (SPCCT) technology holds great promise
for becoming the next generation of computed tomography (CT) systems. Its technical …

Radiation dose efficiency of multi-energy photon-counting-detector CT for dual-contrast imaging

L Ren, K Rajendran, CH McCollough… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Compared to traditional multi-scan single-energy CT (SECT), one potential advantage of
single-scan multi-energy CT (MECT) proposed for simultaneous imaging of multiple contrast …

Review of an initial experience with an experimental spectral photon-counting computed tomography system

S Si-Mohamed, D Bar-Ness, M Sigovan… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Spectral photon-counting CT (SPCCT) is an emerging X-ray imaging technology that
extends the scope of available diagnostic imaging tools. The main advantage of photon …

Potential radiation dose reduction in clinical photon-counting CT by the small pixel effect: ultra-high resolution (UHR) acquisitions reconstructed to standard resolution

M Fix Martinez, L Klein, J Maier, LT Rotkopf… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objective To assess the potential dose reduction achievable with clinical photon-counting
CT (PCCT) in ultra-high resolution (UHR) mode compared to acquisitions using the standard …

Ultra-high spatial resolution multi-energy CT using photon counting detector technology

S Leng, R Gutjahr, A Ferrero, S Kappler… - … 2017: Physics of …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Two ultra-high-resolution (UHR) imaging modes, each with two energy thresholds, were
implemented on a research, whole-body photon-counting-detector (PCD) CT scanner …