Exploiting the potential of photon-counting CT in abdominal imaging

FR Schwartz, E Samei, D Marin - Investigative Radiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) imaging uses a new detector technology to
provide added information beyond what can already be obtained with current CT and MR …

Improved GAN: Using a transformer module generator approach for material decomposition

G Wang, Z Liu, Z Huang, N Zhang, H Luo, L Liu… - Computers in biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dual-energy computed tomography (CT) can be used for material decomposition, allowing
for the precise quantitative map** of body substances; this has a wide range of clinical …

Multi-energy CT material decomposition using graph model improved CNN

Z Shi, F Kong, M Cheng, H Cao, S Ouyang… - Medical & Biological …, 2024 - Springer
In spectral CT imaging, the coefficient image of the basis material obtained by the material
decomposition technique can estimate the tissue composition, and its accuracy directly …

Multi-contrast CT imaging using a high energy resolution CdTe detector and a CZT photon-counting detector

N Clements, D Richtsmeier, A Hart… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Computed tomography (CT) imaging with high energy resolution detectors shows great
promise in material decomposition and multi-contrast imaging. Multi-contrast imaging was …

Fat quantification in dual-layer detector spectral CT: How to handle iron overload, varying tube voltage and radiation dose Indices

I Molwitz, GM Campbell, T Knopp, N Schubert, J Erley… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Opposed to other spectral CT techniques, fat quantification in dual-layer detector
CT (dlCT) has only recently been developed. The impact of concomitant iron overload and …

One-step inverse generation network for sparse-view dual-energy CT reconstruction and material imaging

X Zhang, L Li, S Wang, N Liang, A Cai… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Sparse-view dual-energy spectral computed tomography (DECT) imaging is a
challenging inverse problem. Due to the incompleteness of the collected data, the presence …

Design optimization of spatial-spectral filters for cone-beam ct material decomposition

M Tivnan, W Wang, G Gang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spectral CT has shown promise for high-sensitivity quantitative imaging and material
decomposition. This work presents a new device called a spatial-spectral filter (SSF) which …

Spectral optimization using fast kV switching and filtration for photon counting CT with realistic detector responses: a simulation study

S Wang, Y Yang, D Pal, Z Yin, JS Maltz… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose Photon counting CT (PCCT) provides spectral measurements for material
decomposition. However, the image noise (at a fixed dose) depends on the source …

A Multienergy Computed Tomography Method Based on a Blind Decomposition Model for Multivoltage X-Ray Transmission Images

J Wei, Z Wang, P Chen - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multienergy computed tomography (CT) can be implemented based on traditional CT
systems to reduce the hardware cost. However, prior knowledge of the X-ray spectra or …

[PDF][PDF] Spectral optimization using fast kV switching and filtration for photon counting CT with

S Wang, Y Yang, D Pal - Journal of Medical Imaging, 11 (, 2024 - core.ac.uk
Purpose: Photon counting CT (PCCT) provides spectral measurements for material
decomposition. However, the image noise (at a fixed dose) depends on the source …