Spectral CT imaging: technical principles of dual-energy CT and multi-energy photon-counting CT

J Greffier, N Villani, D Defez, D Dabli… - Diagnostic and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spectral computed tomography (CT) imaging encompasses a unique generation of CT
systems based on a simple principle that makes use of the energy-dependent information …

Photon-counting CT: technical principles and clinical prospects

MJ Willemink, M Persson, A Pourmorteza, NJ Pelc… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Photon-counting CT is an emerging technology with the potential to dramatically change
clinical CT. Photon-counting CT uses new energy-resolving x-ray detectors, with …

Dual-and multi-energy CT: principles, technical approaches, and clinical applications

CH McCollough, S Leng, L Yu, JG Fletcher - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
In x-ray computed tomography (CT), materials having different elemental compositions can
be represented by identical pixel values on a CT image (ie, CT numbers), depending on the …

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 …

Industrial applications of computed tomography

L De Chiffre, S Carmignato, JP Kruth, R Schmitt… - CIRP annals, 2014 - Elsevier
The number of industrial applications of Computed Tomography (CT) is large and rapidly
increasing. After a brief market overview, the paper gives a survey of state of the art and …

Positron emission tomography: current challenges and opportunities for technological advances in clinical and preclinical imaging systems

JJ Vaquero, P Kinahan - Annual review of biomedical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is based on detecting two time-coincident high-
energy photons from the emission of a positron-emitting radioisotope. The physics of the …

State of the art: dual-energy CT of the abdomen

D Marin, DT Boll, A Mileto, RC Nelson - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Recent technologic advances in computed tomography (CT)—enabling the nearly
simultaneous acquisition of clinical images using two different x-ray energy spectra—have …

Performance of today's dual energy CT and future multi energy CT in virtual non‐contrast imaging and in iodine quantification: a simulation study

S Faby, S Kuchenbecker, S Sawall, D Simons… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To study the performance of different dual energy computed tomography (DECT)
techniques, which are available today, and future multi energy CT (MECT) employing novel …

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 …

Micro-CT of rodents: state-of-the-art and future perspectives

DP Clark, CT Badea - Physica medica, 2014 - Elsevier
Micron-scale computed tomography (micro-CT) is an essential tool for phenotyping and for
elucidating diseases and their therapies. This work is focused on preclinical micro-CT …