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 …

Photon-counting detector CT for musculoskeletal imaging: a clinical perspective

FI Baffour, KN Glazebrook, A Ferrero… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by Carsten Hackenbroch discussing this article. Photon-
counting detector (PCD) CT has emerged as a novel imaging modality that represents a …

Human imaging with photon counting–based computed tomography at clinical dose levels: contrast-to-noise ratio and cadaver studies

R Gutjahr, AF Halaweish, Z Yu, S Leng, L Yu… - Investigative …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The purpose of this work was to measure and compare the iodine contrast-to-
noise ratio (CNR) between a commercial energy-integrating detector (EID) computed …

Abdominal imaging with contrast-enhanced photon-counting CT: first human experience

A Pourmorteza, R Symons, V Sandfort, M Mallek… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the performance of a prototype photon-counting detector (PCD)
computed tomography (CT) system for abdominal CT in humans and to compare the results …

[HTML][HTML] Dual-energy computed tomography: physical principles, approaches to scanning, usage, and implementation: part 1

R Forghani, B De Man, R Gupta - Neuroimaging …, 2017 - neuroimaging.theclinics.com
Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) or spectral computed tomography (CT) is an
advanced form of CT that uses different X-ray spectra to enhance material differentiation and …

[HTML][HTML] Multicolor spectral photon-counting computed tomography: in vivo dual contrast imaging with a high count rate scanner

DP Cormode, S Si-Mohamed, D Bar-Ness… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
A new prototype spectral photon-counting computed tomography (SPCCT) based on a
modified clinical CT system has been developed. SPCCT analysis of the energy …

[HTML][HTML] New contrast media for K-edge imaging with photon-counting detector CT

G Jost, M McDermott, R Gutjahr, T Nowak… - Investigative …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
The recent technological developments in photon-counting detector computed tomography
(PCD-CT) and the introduction of the first commercially available clinical PCD-CT unit open …

Developments in X-ray contrast media and the potential impact on computed tomography

L Schöckel, G Jost, P Seidensticker… - Investigative …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Over the past 120 years, continuous developments in medical imaging has improved
diagnosis and treatment for many diseases and has thereby improved treatment outcome …

Tutorial on X-ray photon counting detector characterization

L Ren, B Zheng, H Liu - Journal of X-ray science and …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Recent advances in photon counting detection technology have led to
significant research interest in X-ray imaging. OBJECTIVE: As a tutorial level review, this …

Photon counting computed tomography with dedicated sharp convolution kernels: tapping the potential of a new technology for stent imaging

J von Spiczak, M Mannil, B Peters… - Investigative …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aims of this study were to assess the value of a dedicated sharp convolution
kernel for photon counting detector (PCD) computed tomography (CT) for coronary stent …