Advances in metal artifact reduction in CT images: A review of traditional and novel metal artifact reduction techniques

M Selles, JAC van Osch, M Maas, MF Boomsma… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metal artifacts degrade CT image quality, hampering clinical assessment. Numerous metal
artifact reduction methods are available to improve the image quality of CT images with …

Approaches, advantages, and challenges to photon counting detector and multi-energy CT

GV Toia, A Mileto, AA Borhani, GH Chen, L Ren… - Abdominal …, 2024 - Springer
Photon counting detector CT (PCD-CT) is the newest major development in CT technology
and has been commercially available since 2021. It offers major technological advantages …

Convergence for nonconvex ADMM, with applications to CT imaging

RF Barber, EY Sidky - Journal of Machine Learning Research, 2024 - jmlr.org
The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm is a powerful and flexible
tool for complex optimization problems of the form $\min\{f (x)+ g (y): Ax+ By= c\} $. ADMM …

Influence of helical pitch and gantry rotation time on image quality and file size in ultrahigh-resolution photon-counting detector CT

P Feldle, JP Grunz, H Huflage, AS Kunz, S Ergün… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The goal of this experimental study was to quantify the influence of helical pitch and gantry
rotation time on image quality and file size in ultrahigh-resolution photon-counting CT (UHR …

Spectral calibration of photon‐counting detectors at high photon flux

EY Sidky, ER Paul, T Gilat‐Schmidt, X Pan - Medical physics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Calibration of photon‐counting detectors (PCDs) is necessary for quantitatively
accurate spectral computed tomography (CT), but the calibration process can be …

Beam-hardening correction method for quantifying moisture content in cement paste based on X-ray radiography

X Wang, B Dong, X Feng, S Hong, X Huang - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The X-ray spectrum changes while traveling through specimen, and this phenomenon,
known as the beam-hardening effect, breaks the linear relationship between the intensity …

Low-dose CT imaging of the pelvis in follow-up examinations—significant dose reduction and impact of tin filtration: evaluation by phantom studies and first systematic …

S Schüle, K Gärtner, D Halt, M Beer… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Low-dose (LD) computed tomography (CT) is still rarely used in musculoskeletal
(MSK) radiology. This study evaluates the potentials of LD CT for follow-up pelvic imaging …

Convergence for nonconvex ADMM, with applications to CT imaging

RF Barber, EY Sidky - arxiv preprint arxiv:2006.07278, 2020 - arxiv.org
The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm is a powerful and flexible
tool for complex optimization problems of the form $\min\{f (x)+ g (y): Ax+ By= c\} $. ADMM …

Image quality improvement of a one-step spectral CT reconstruction on a prototype photon-counting scanner

PA Rodesch, SA Si-Mohamed, J Lesaint… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. X-ray spectral computed tomography (CT) allows for material decomposition
(MD). This study compared a one-step material decomposition MD algorithm with a two-step …

Assessment of material identification and quantification in the presence of metals using spectral photon counting CT

B Tariq, O Sikander, N Francis, M Alkhatib, F Naseer… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Spectral Photon Counting Computed Tomography (SPCCT), a ground-breaking
development in CT technology, has immense potential to address the persistent problem of …