Photon-Counting Computed Tomography for Microstructural Imaging of Bone and Joints

J Quintiens, GH van Lenthe - Current Osteoporosis Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Recently, photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) has
been introduced in clinical research and diagnostics. This review describes the …

Improving Spectral CT Image Quality Based on Channel Correlation and Self-Supervised Learning

X Chen, C Zhang, T Bai, S Chang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photon counting spectral computed tomography (PCCT) can produce reconstructed
attenuation maps in different energy channels, reflecting the energy properties of the …

Deep PCCT: Photon Counting Computed Tomography Deep Learning Applications Review

AC Alves, A Ferreira, G Luijten, J Kleesiek… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Medical imaging faces challenges such as limited spatial resolution, interference from
electronic noise and poor contrast-to-noise ratios. Photon Counting Computed Tomography …

Improved noise reduction in photon-counting detector CT using prior knowledge-aware iterative denoising neural network

S Chang, JF Marsh Jr, EK Koons… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose We aim to reduce image noise in high-resolution (HR) virtual monoenergetic
images (VMIs) from photon-counting detector (PCD) CT scans by developing a prior …

Improving stenosis assessment in energy integrating detector CT via learned monoenergetic imaging capability

S Chang, EK Koons, H Gong, JE Thorne… - … 2024: Physics of …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Coronary CT angiography (cCTA) is a fast non-invasive imaging exam for coronary artery
disease (CAD) but struggles with dense calcifications and stents due to blooming artifacts …