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 …

Standardizing technical parameters and terms for abdominopelvic photon-counting CT: laying the groundwork for innovation and evidence sharing

S Leng, GV Toia, S Hoodeshenas… - Abdominal …, 2024 - Springer
Photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) is a new technology that has multiple diagnostic
benefits including increased spatial resolution, iodine signal, and radiation dose efficiency …

Photon-counting detector CT for liver fat quantification: validation across protocols in metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease

H Lin, X Xu, R Deng, Z Xu, X Cai, H Dong, F Yan - Radiology, 2024 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Traditional energy-integrating detector CT has limited utility in accurately
quantifying liver fat due to protocol-induced CT value shifts, but this limitation can be …

Deep silicon photon-counting CT: A first simulation-based study for assessing perceptual benefits across diverse anatomies

S Sharma, D Pal, E Abadi, P Segars, J Hsieh… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess perceptual benefits provided by the improved spatial resolution and
noise performance of deep silicon photon-counting CT (Si-PCCT) over conventional energy …

Impact of patient habitus and acquisition protocol on iodine quantification in dual-source photon-counting computed tomography

LP Liu, R Pua, M Dieckmeyer… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose Evaluation of iodine quantification accuracy with varying iterative reconstruction
level, patient habitus, and acquisition mode on a first-generation dual-source photon …

Comparing fully automated AI body composition biomarkers at differing virtual monoenergetic levels using dual-energy CT

GV Toia, JW Garret, SD Rose, TP Szczykutowicz… - Abdominal …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To investigate the behavior of artificial intelligence (AI) CT-based body composition
biomarkers at different virtual monoenergetic imaging (VMI) levels using dual-energy CT …

Photon-counting detector CT applications in musculoskeletal radiology

JP Grunz, H Huflage - Investigative Radiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Photon-counting detectors (PCDs) have emerged as one of the most influential technical
developments for medical imaging in recent memory. Surpassing conventional systems with …

Chances and challenges of photon-counting CT in musculoskeletal imaging

C Mourad, L Gallego Manzano, A Viry, R Booij… - Skeletal Radiology, 2024 - Springer
In musculoskeletal imaging, CT is used in a wide range of indications, either alone or in a
synergistic approach with MRI. While MRI is the preferred modality for the assessment of soft …

Misinterpretations about CT numbers, material decomposition, and elemental quantification

AM Salyapongse, TP Szczykutowicz - European Radiology, 2024 - Springer
Background Quantitative CT imaging, particularly iodine and calcium quantification, is an
important CT-based biomarker. Purpose This study quantifies sources of errors in …

[HTML][HTML] Photon-Counting Computed Tomomgraphy: Experience in Musculoskeletal Imaging

JP Grunz, H Huflage - Korean Journal of Radiology, 2024 - pc.kjronline.org
Since the emergence of the first photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) system in
late 2021, its advantages and a wide range of applications in all fields of radiology have …