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 …

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 clinical photon-counting detector CT system: technical evaluation

K Rajendran, M Petersilka, A Henning, ER Shanblatt… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background The first clinical CT system to use photon-counting detector (PCD) technology
has become available for patient care. Purpose To assess the technical performance of the …

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 …

The technical development of photon-counting detector CT

CH McCollough, K Rajendran, S Leng, L Yu… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Since 1971 and Hounsfield's first CT system, clinical CT systems have used scintillating
energy-integrating detectors (EIDs) that use a two-step detection process. First, the X-ray …

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 …

Advances in liver US, CT, and MRI: moving toward the future

F Vernuccio, R Cannella, TV Bartolotta, M Galia… - European radiology …, 2021 - Springer
Over the past two decades, the epidemiology of chronic liver disease has changed with an
increase in the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in parallel to the advent of …

Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT): technical background and cardio-vascular applications

A Meloni, F Frijia, D Panetta, G Degiorgi, C De Gori… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) is a new advanced imaging technique that
is going to transform the standard clinical use of computed tomography (CT) imaging …

Dual-source photon-counting computed tomography—Part I: clinical overview of cardiac CT and coronary CT angiography applications

F Cademartiri, A Meloni, L Pistoia, G Degiorgi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The photon-counting detector (PCD) is a new computed tomography detector technology
(photon-counting computed tomography, PCCT) that provides substantial benefits for …

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 …