Review of clinical applications for virtual monoenergetic dual-energy CT

MH Albrecht, TJ Vogl, SS Martin, JW Nance… - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
In this article, the authors discuss the technical background and summarize the current body
of literature regarding virtual monoenergetic (VM) images derived from dual-energy CT data …

Spectral photon-counting CT in cardiovascular imaging

V Sandfort, M Persson, A Pourmorteza, PB Noël… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) is an emerging technology promising to
substantially improve cardiovascular imaging. Recent engineering and manufacturing …

Photon-counting computed tomography for vascular imaging of the head and neck: first in vivo human results

R Symons, DS Reich, M Bagheri, TE Cork… - Investigative …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate image quality of a spectral photon-
counting detector (PCD) computed tomography (CT) system for evaluation of major arteries …

Multimodality imaging assessment of myocardial fibrosis

S Gupta, Y Ge, A Singh, C Gräni, RY Kwong - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2021 - jacc.org
Myocardial fibrosis, seen in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathies, is associated with
adverse cardiac outcomes. Noninvasive imaging plays a key role in early identification and …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical applications of dual-energy CT

S Hamid, MU Nasir, A So, G Andrews… - Korean Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dual-energy CT (DECT) provides insights into the material properties of tissues and can
differentiate between tissues with similar attenuation on conventional single-energy …

Myocardial delayed enhancement CT for the evaluation of heart failure: comparison to MRI

Y Ohta, S Kitao, H Yunaga, S Fujii, N Mukai… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the diagnostic performance of dual-energy CT with myocardial delayed
enhancement (MDE) in the detection and classification of myocardial scar in patients with …

Next-generation hardware advances in CT: cardiac applications

AC Kwan, A Pourmorteza, D Stutman, DA Bluemke… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Impending major hardware advances in cardiac CT include three areas: ultra-high-
resolution (UHR) CT, photon-counting CT, and phase-contrast CT. Cardiac CT is a …

Ultrahigh-resolution K-edge imaging of coronary arteries with prototype deep-silicon photon-counting CT: initial results in phantoms

TW Holmes, Z Yin, R Bujila, P Madhav, C Kim, JS Maltz… - Radiology, 2024 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Photon-counting CT (PCCT) represents a recent advancement in CT, offering
improved spatial resolution and spectral separability. By using multiple adjustable energy …

Optimized energy of spectral coronary CT angiography for coronary plaque detection and quantification

R Symons, Y Choi, TE Cork, MA Ahlman… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background To optimize spectral coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) for
quantification of coronary artery plaque components. Materials and methods Fifty-one …

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 …