Technical basics and clinical benefits of photon-counting CT

T Flohr, B Schmidt - Investigative Radiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Novel photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) has the potential to address the limitations of
previous CT systems, such as insufficient spatial resolution, limited accuracy in detecting …

Clinical applications of photon counting detector CT

CH McCollough, K Rajendran, FI Baffour, FE Diehn… - European …, 2023 - Springer
The X-ray detector is a fundamental component of a CT system that determines the image
quality and dose efficiency. Until the approval of the first clinical photon-counting-detector …

Quantum iterative reconstruction for abdominal photon-counting detector CT improves image quality

T Sartoretti, A Landsmann, D Nakhostin, M Eberhard… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background An iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithm was introduced for clinical photon-
counting detector (PCD) CT. Purpose To investigate the image quality and the optimal …

High-pitch photon-counting detector computed tomography angiography of the aorta: intraindividual comparison to energy-integrating detector computed tomography …

A Euler, K Higashigaito, V Mergen… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The aims of this study were to determine the objective and subjective image quality
of high-pitch computed tomography (CT) angiography of the aorta in clinical dual-source …

Contrast-enhanced abdominal CT with clinical photon-counting detector CT: assessment of image quality and comparison with energy-integrating detector CT

K Higashigaito, A Euler, M Eberhard, TG Flohr… - Academic radiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives To determine quantitative and qualitative image quality of contrast-
enhanced abdominal photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) compared to energy …

Standardization and quantitative imaging with photon-counting detector CT

CH McCollough, K Rajendran, S Leng - Investigative radiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Computed tomography (CT) images display anatomic structures across 3 dimensions and
are highly quantitative; they are the reference standard for 3-dimensional geometric …

Virtual noncontrast abdominal imaging with photon-counting detector CT

V Mergen, D Racine, L Jungblut, T Sartoretti, S Bickel… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Accurate CT attenuation and diagnostic quality of virtual noncontrast (VNC)
images acquired with photon-counting detector (PCD) CT are needed to replace true …

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 …

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 …

Extracellular volume quantification with cardiac late enhancement scanning using dual-source photon-counting detector CT

V Mergen, T Sartoretti, E Klotz, B Schmidt… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of cardiac late
enhancement (LE) scanning for extracellular volume (ECV) quantification with dual-source …