Systematic review on learning-based spectral CT

A Bousse, VSS Kandarpa, S Rit… - … on Radiation and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spectral computed tomography (CT) has recently emerged as an advanced version of
medical CT and significantly improves conventional (single-energy) CT. Spectral CT has two …

Spectral photon counting CT: Imaging algorithms and performance assessment

AS Wang, NJ Pelc - IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photon counting X-ray detectors (PCDs) with spectral capabilities have the potential to
revolutionize computed tomography (CT) for medical imaging. The ideal PCD provides …

MCR toolkit: A GPU‐based toolkit for multi‐channel reconstruction of preclinical and clinical x‐ray CT data

DP Clark, CT Badea - Medical physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The advancement of x‐ray CT into the domains of photon counting spectral
imaging and dynamic cardiac and perfusion imaging has created many new challenges and …

Multicolour imaging with spectral photon-counting CT: a phantom study

S Si-Mohamed, D Bar-Ness, M Sigovan… - European radiology …, 2018 - Springer
Background To evaluate the feasibility of multicolour quantitative imaging with spectral
photon-counting computed tomography (SPCCT) of different mixed contrast agents …

Comparison of five one-step reconstruction algorithms for spectral CT

C Mory, B Sixou, S Si-Mohamed… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last decade, dual-energy CT scanners have gone from prototypes to clinically
available machines, and spectral photon counting CT scanners are following. They require a …

Bicolor K-edge spectral photon-counting CT imaging for the diagnosis of thoracic endoleaks: A dynamic phantom study

B Cosset, M Sigovan, S Boccalini, F Farhat… - Diagnostic and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of identifying and
characterizing the three most common types of endoleaks within a thoracic aorta aneurysm …

Material decomposition in spectral CT using deep learning: a Sim2Real transfer approach

JFPJ Abascal, N Ducros, V Pronina, S Rit… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The state-of-the art for solving the nonlinear material decomposition problem in spectral
computed tomography is based on variational methods, but these are computationally slow …

Virtual monoenergetic images from photon-counting spectral computed tomography to assess knee osteoarthritis

C Chappard, J Abascal, C Olivier… - European radiology …, 2022 - Springer
Background Dual-energy computed tomography has shown a great interest for
musculoskeletal pathologies. Photon-counting spectral computed tomography (PCSCT) can …

Quantitative dual contrast photon-counting computed tomography for assessment of articular cartilage health

P Paakkari, SI Inkinen, MKM Honkanen, M Prakash… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Photon-counting detector computed tomography (PCD-CT) is a modern spectral imaging
technique utilizing photon-counting detectors (PCDs). PCDs detect individual photons and …

Addressing CT metal artifacts using photon‐counting detectors and one‐step spectral CT image reconstruction

TG Schmidt, BA Sammut, RF Barber, X Pan… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The constrained one‐step spectral CT image reconstruction (cOSSCIR) algorithm
with a nonconvex alternating direction method of multipliers optimizer is proposed for …