Spectral photon-counting computed tomography: a review on technical principles and clinical applications

M Tortora, L Gemini, I D'Iglio, L Ugga, G Spadarella… - Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Photon-counting computed tomography (CT) is a technology that has attracted increasing
interest in recent years since, thanks to new-generation detectors, it holds the promise to …

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 …

Spectral imaging in the pediatric chest: past, present and future

JB Rapp, DM Biko, AM White, KI Ramirez-Suarez… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Springer
Computed tomography technology continues to undergo evolution and improvement with
each passing decade. From its inception in 1971, to the advent of commercially available …

Dual-contrast biphasic liver imaging with iodine and gadolinium using photon-counting detector computed tomography: an exploratory animal study

L Ren, N Huber, K Rajendran, JG Fletcher… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The aims of this study were to develop a single-scan dual-contrast protocol for
biphasic liver imaging with 2 intravenous contrast agents (iodine and gadolinium) and to …

Three‐dimensional printing of patient‐specific lung phantoms for CT imaging: emulating lung tissue with accurate attenuation profiles and textures

K Mei, M Geagan, L Roshkovan, HI Litt… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Phantoms are a basic tool for assessing and verifying performance in CT research
and clinical practice. Patient‐based realistic lung phantoms accurately representing textures …

PixelPrint: three-dimensional printing of realistic patient-specific lung phantoms for CT imaging

N Shapira, K Donovan, K Mei… - … 2022: physics of …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Phantoms are essential tools for assessing and verifying performance in computed
tomography (CT). Realistic patientbased lung phantoms that accurately represent textures …

Hepatic dual-contrast CT imaging: slow triple kVp switching CT with CNN-based sinogram completion and material decomposition

W Cao, N Shapira, A Maidment… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose: Dual-contrast protocols are a promising clinical multienergy computed tomography
(CT) application for focal liver lesion detection and characterization. One avenue to enable …

Simultaneous dual‐contrast imaging using energy‐integrating detector multi‐energy CT: an in vivo feasibility study

Z Zhou, L Ren, K Rajendran, FE Diehn… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To demonstrate the feasibility of simultaneous dual‐contrast imaging in a large
animal using a newly developed dual‐source energy‐integrating detector (EID)‐based multi …

PixelPrint: Three-dimensional printing of realistic patient-specific lung phantoms for validation of computed tomography post-processing and inference algorithms

N Shapira, K Donovan, K Mei, M Geagan, L Roshkovan… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Background Radiomics and other modern clinical decision-support algorithms are emerging
as the next frontier for diagnostic and prognostic medical imaging. However, heterogeneities …

Photon-Counting CT: Initial Clinical Experience

V Mergen, A Euler, K Higashigaito, M Eberhard… - Spectral Imaging: Dual …, 2022 - Springer
Photon-counting detector computed tomography (PCD-CT) is an emerging technology and
represents the next milestone in CT developments. Compared to conventional energy …