Clinical applications of photon counting detector CT

CH McCollough, K Rajendran, FI Baffour, FE Diehn… - European …, 2023 - Springer
The X-ray detector is a fundamental component of a CT system that determines the image
quality and dose efficiency. Until the approval of the first clinical photon-counting-detector …

Standardization and quantitative imaging with photon-counting detector CT

CH McCollough, K Rajendran, S Leng - Investigative radiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Computed tomography (CT) images display anatomic structures across 3 dimensions and
are highly quantitative; they are the reference standard for 3-dimensional geometric …

An introduction to photon-counting detector CT (PCD CT) for radiologists

Y Nakamura, T Higaki, S Kondo, I Kawashita… - Japanese journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The basic performance of photon-counting detector computed tomography (PCD CT) is
superior to conventional CT (energy-integrating detector CT: EID CT) because its spatial …

Pediatric applications of photon-counting detector CT

J Cao, S Bache, FR Schwartz… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by Gregory Vorona discussing this article. Photon-
counting detector (PCD) CT represents the most recent generational advance in CT …

Extracellular volume quantification with cardiac late enhancement scanning using dual-source photon-counting detector CT

V Mergen, T Sartoretti, E Klotz, B Schmidt… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of cardiac late
enhancement (LE) scanning for extracellular volume (ECV) quantification with dual-source …

New contrast media for K-edge imaging with photon-counting detector CT

G Jost, M McDermott, R Gutjahr, T Nowak… - Investigative …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
The recent technological developments in photon-counting detector computed tomography
(PCD-CT) and the introduction of the first commercially available clinical PCD-CT unit open …

Characterizing the heart and the myocardium with photon-counting CT

E Zsarnóczay, A Varga-Szemes, T Emrich… - Investigative …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Noninvasive cardiac imaging has rapidly evolved during the last decade owing to
improvements in computed tomography (CT)–based technologies, among which we …

Virtual noncontrast imaging of the liver using photon-counting detector computed tomography: a systematic phantom and patient study

T Sartoretti, V Mergen, K Higashigaito… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of virtual noncontrast (VNC)
images of the liver in a phantom and patients using dual-source photon-counting detector …

Exploiting the potential of photon-counting CT in abdominal imaging

FR Schwartz, E Samei, D Marin - Investigative Radiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) imaging uses a new detector technology to
provide added information beyond what can already be obtained with current CT and MR …

Hitchhiking probiotic vectors to deliver ultra-small hafnia nanoparticles for 'Color'gastrointestinal tract photon counting X-ray imaging

F Ostadhossein, P Moitra, N Gunaseelan… - Nanoscale …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Gastrointestinal (GI) tract is one of the hard-to-reach target tissues for the delivery of contrast
agents and drugs mediated by nanoparticles due to its harsh environment. Herein, we …