Photon-counting detector CT for musculoskeletal imaging: a clinical perspective

FI Baffour, KN Glazebrook, A Ferrero… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by Carsten Hackenbroch discussing this article. Photon-
counting detector (PCD) CT has emerged as a novel imaging modality that represents a …

Photon counting CT: clinical applications and future developments

SS Hsieh, S Leng, K Rajendran, S Tao… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of a photon counting detector in CT (PCD CT) is currently the subject of intense
investigation and development. In this review article, we will describe potential clinical …

First clinical photon-counting detector CT system: technical evaluation

K Rajendran, M Petersilka, A Henning, ER Shanblatt… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background The first clinical CT system to use photon-counting detector (PCD) technology
has become available for patient care. Purpose To assess the technical performance of the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Computed tomography 2.0: new detector technology, AI, and other developments

M Lell, M Kachelrieß - Investigative Radiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Computed tomography (CT) dramatically improved the capabilities of diagnostic and
interventional radiology. Starting in the early 1970s, this imaging modality is still evolving …

Full field-of-view, high-resolution, photon-counting detector CT: technical assessment and initial patient experience

K Rajendran, M Petersilka, A Henning… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a comprehensive evaluation of a full field-of-view (FOV) photon-counting detector
(PCD) computed tomography (CT) system using phantoms, and qualitatively assess image …

Quantum iterative reconstruction for low-dose ultra-high-resolution photon-counting detector CT of the lung

T Sartoretti, D Racine, V Mergen, L Jungblut, P Monnin… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to characterize image quality and to determine the optimal strength
levels of a novel iterative reconstruction algorithm (quantum iterative reconstruction, QIR) for …

Spectral sha** via tin prefiltration in ultra-high-resolution photon-counting and energy-integrating detector CT of the temporal bone

JP Grunz, JF Heidenreich, S Lennartz… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Hardening the x-ray beam, tin prefiltration is established for imaging of high-
contrast subjects in energy-integrating detector computed tomography (EID-CT). With this …

First performance evaluation of an artificial intelligence-based computer-aided detection system for pulmonary nodule evaluation in dual-source photon-counting …

L Jungblut, C Blüthgen, M Polacin… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the image quality (IQ) and performance of an
artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer-aided detection (CAD) system in photon-counting …

Effective spatial resolution of photon counting CT for imaging of trabecular structures is superior to conventional clinical CT and similar to high resolution peripheral CT

FSL Thomsen, S Horstmeier, JH Niehoff… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Photon counting computed tomography (PCCT) might offer an effective spatial
resolution that is significantly improved compared with conventional state-of-the-art …