New applications of cardiac computed tomography: dual-energy, spectral, and molecular CT imaging

I Danad, ZA Fayad, MJ Willemink, JK Min - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2015 - jacc.org
Computed tomography (CT) has evolved into a powerful diagnostic tool, and it is impossible
to imagine current clinical practice without CT imaging. Because of its widespread …

New horizons in cardiac CT

AM Den Harder, MJ Willemink, PA De Jong… - Clinical Radiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Until recently, cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) was associated
with considerable radiation doses. The introduction of tube current modulation and …

Optimization of K‐edge imaging with spectral CT

P He, B Wei, W Cong, G Wang - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Spectral/multienergy CT has the potential to distinguish different materials by K‐
edge characteristics. K‐edge imaging involves the two energy bins on both sides of a K …

Principal component analysis in projection and image domains—another form of spectral imaging in photon-counting CT

H Xie, Y Ren, W Long, X Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: We explore the feasibility of principal component analysis (PCA) as a form of
spectral imaging in photon-counting CT. Methods: Using the data acquired by a prototype …

Advances in X-ray detectors for clinical and preclinical Computed Tomography

D Panetta - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
Computed tomography (CT) is a non-invasive X-ray diagnostic technique that allows
reconstructing cross sections of a patient׳ s body, providing detailed information about …

基于主成分分析的多能谱CT 图像分析方法研究

邸云霞, 孔慧华, 牛晓伟 - CT 理论与应用研究, 2022 - cttacn.org.cn
基于光子计数探测器的能谱CT, 可以同时采集多个能谱通道的投影数据, 并获得相应能量范围内
物质的吸收特征, 可以有效应用于物质识别与材料分解. 主成分分析是一种很好的多元数据分析 …

Experimental studies on few-view reconstruction for high-resolution micro-CT

K Sen Sharma, X Jin, C Holzner… - Journal of X-ray …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
High-resolution micro-CT offers 3D non-destructive imaging but scan times are prohibitively
large in many cases. Advancements in image reconstruction offer great reduction in number …

[HTML][HTML] Medipix-based spectral Micro-CT

H Yu, Q Xu, P He, J Bennett, R Amir… - CT Li lun yu ying …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Since Hounsfield's Nobel Prize winning breakthrough decades ago, X-ray CT has
been widely applied in the clinical and preclinical applications-producing a huge number of …

Improving dose calculation accuracy in preclinical radiation experiments using multi-energy element resolved cone-beam ct

Y Huang, X Hu, Y Zhong, Y Lai… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Cone-beam CT (CBCT) in modern pre-clinical small-animal radiation research
platforms provides volumetric images for image guidance and experiment planning …

Energy-discriminative performance of a spectral micro-CT system

P He, H Yu, J Bennett, P Ronaldson… - Journal of X-ray …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Experiments were performed to evaluate the energy-discriminative performance of a
spectral (multi-energy) micro-CT system. The system, designed by MARS (Medipix All …