Pros and cons of dual-energy CT systems:“one does not fit all”

AP Borges, C Antunes, L Curvo-Semedo - Tomography, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) uses different energy spectrum x-ray beams for
differentiating materials with similar attenuation at a certain energy. Compared with single …

Low‐Dimensional Metal Halide for High Performance Scintillators

Q Zhou, W Li, J **ao, A Li, X Han - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic scintillators play a pivotal role in diverse fields like medical imaging,
nondestructive detection, homeland security, and high‐energy physics. However, traditional …

Pediatric applications of photon-counting detector CT

J Cao, S Bache, FR Schwartz, D Frush - American Journal of …, 2023 - ajronline.org
Please see the Editorial Comment by Gregory Vorona discussing this article. Photon-
counting detector (PCD) CT represents the most recent generational advance in CT …

Robustness of radiomics among photon-counting detector CT and dual-energy CT systems: a texture phantom study

L Zhu, H Dong, J Sun, L Wang, Y **ng, Y Hu, J Lu… - European …, 2025 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the robustness of radiomics features among photon-counting
detector CT (PCD-CT) and dual-energy CT (DECT) systems. Methods A texture phantom …

Photon-counting detector CT: early clinical experience review

T Sartoretti, JE Wildberger, T Flohr… - The British Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Since its development in the 1970s, X-ray CT has emerged as a landmark diagnostic
imaging modality of modern medicine. Technological advances have been crucial to the …

Accuracy of ultralow-dose photon-counting CT in the detection of lung changes after lung transplant

RI Milos, L Lechner, A Korajac, D Kifjak… - Radiology, 2024 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Data on the diagnostic accuracy of ultralow-dose (ULD) CT protocols for
periodic surveillance in recipients of lung transplant are lacking. Purpose To assess the …

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 …

Quantitative performance of photon‐counting CT at low dose: virtual monochromatic imaging and iodine quantification

S Vrbaski, S Bache, J Rajagopal, E Samei - Medical physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Quantitative imaging techniques, such as virtual monochromatic imaging (VMI)
and iodine quantification (IQ), have proven valuable diagnostic methods in several specific …

Consistency of monoenergetic attenuation measurements for a clinical dual-source photon-counting detector CT system across scanning paradigms: a phantom study

Y Yang, L Qin, H Lin, Z Xu, B Schmidt… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ajronline.org
BACKGROUND. Use of virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) from multienergy CT scans
can mitigate inconsistencies in traditional attenuation measurements that result from …

Virtual monochromatic images for coronary artery imaging with a spectral photon-counting CT in comparison to dual-layer CT systems: a phantom and a preliminary …

J Greffier, SA Si-Mohamed, H Lacombe, J Labour… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the quality of virtual monochromatic images (VMIs) from spectral
photon-counting CT (SPCCT) and two energy-integrating detector dual-energy CT (EID …