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 …

Tensor-based dictionary learning for spectral CT reconstruction

Y Zhang, X Mou, G Wang, H Yu - IEEE transactions on medical …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spectral computed tomography (CT) produces an energy-discriminative attenuation map of
an object, extending a conventional image volume with a spectral dimension. In spectral CT …

Unpaired image denoising using a generative adversarial network in X-ray CT

HS Park, J Baek, SK You, JK Choi, JK Seo - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a deep learning-based denoising method for noisy low-dose
computerized tomography (CT) images in the absence of paired training data. The proposed …

Feasibility study of three-material decomposition in dual-energy cone-beam CT imaging with deep learning

J Zhu, T Su, X Zhang, J Yang, D Mi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. In this work, a dedicated end-to-end deep convolutional neural network, named
as Triple-CBCT, is proposed to demonstrate the feasibility of reconstructing three different …

Improvement of image quality in unenhanced dual-layer CT of the head using virtual monoenergetic images compared with polyenergetic single-energy CT

V Neuhaus, N Abdullayev, NG Hokamp… - Investigative …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aims of this study were to compare virtual monoenergetic images and
polyenergetic images reconstructed from unenhanced dual-layer detector computed …

Metal artifact reduction by dual-layer computed tomography using virtual monoenergetic images

V Neuhaus, NG Hokamp, N Abdullayev, R Rau… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of the study was to investigate the performance and diagnostic value of
metal artifact reduction in virtual monoenergetic images generated from dual-layer …

Spectral CT image restoration via an average image-induced nonlocal means filter

D Zeng, J Huang, H Zhang, Z Bian… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Goal: Spectral computed tomography (SCT) images reconstructed by an analytical approach
often suffer from a poor signal-to-noise ratio and strong streak artifacts when sufficient …

Gouty arthropathy: Review of clinico‐pathologic and imaging features

N Parathithasan, WK Lee, M Pianta… - Journal of medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Gout is a common inflammatory arthropathy in adults, with the prevalence increasing in
males of older age. It occurs when monosodium urate (MSU) crystals are deposited in joints …

DIRECT‐Net: A unified mutual‐domain material decomposition network for quantitative dual‐energy CT imaging

T Su, X Sun, J Yang, D Mi, Y Zhang, H Wu… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an end‐to‐end deep convolutional neural
network to improve the dual‐energy CT (DECT) material decomposition performance …

Spectrum estimation-guided iterative reconstruction algorithm for dual energy CT

S Chang, M Li, H Yu, X Chen, S Deng… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X-ray spectrum plays a very important role in dual energy computed tomography (DECT)
reconstruction. Because it is difficult to measure x-ray spectrum directly in practice, efforts …