Photon-counting CT review

T Flohr, M Petersilka, A Henning, S Ulzheimer, J Ferda… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Photon-counting detectors are a promising new technology for computed tomography (CT)
systems. They provide energy-resolved CT data at very high spatial resolution without …

The evolution of image reconstruction for CT—from filtered back projection to artificial intelligence

MJ Willemink, PB Noël - European radiology, 2019 - Springer
The first CT scanners in the early 1970s already used iterative reconstruction algorithms;
however, lack of computational power prevented their clinical use. In fact, it took until 2009 …

Photon-counting x-ray detectors for CT

M Danielsson, M Persson, M Sjölin - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The introduction of photon-counting detectors is expected to be the next major breakthrough
in clinical x-ray computed tomography (CT). During the last decade, there has been …

Photon-counting detector CT: system design and clinical applications of an emerging technology

S Leng, M Bruesewitz, S Tao, K Rajendran… - Radiographics, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Photon-counting detector (PCD) CT is an emerging technology that has shown tremendous
progress in the last decade. Various types of PCD CT systems have been developed to …

Effect of gold nanoparticle size on their properties as contrast agents for computed tomography

YC Dong, M Hajfathalian, PSN Maidment, JC Hsu… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Computed tomography (CT) is one of the most commonly used clinical imaging modalities.
There have recently been many reports of novel contrast agents for CT imaging. In …

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 …

Update on multienergy CT: physics, principles, and applications

P Rajiah, A Parakh, F Kay, D Baruah… - Radiographics, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Multienergy CT involves acquisition of two or more CT measurements with distinct energy
spectra. Using the differential attenuation of tissues and materials at different x-ray energies …

Spectral photon-counting CT in cardiovascular imaging

V Sandfort, M Persson, A Pourmorteza, PB Noël… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) is an emerging technology promising to
substantially improve cardiovascular imaging. Recent engineering and manufacturing …

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 …

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 …