[PDF][PDF] Dual-energy CT revisited with multidetector CT: review of principles and clinical applications

M Karcaaltincaba, A Aktas - Diagnostic and interventional radiology, 2011 - Citeseer
Although dual-energy CT (DECT) was first conceived in the 1970s, it was not widely used for
CT indications. Recently, the simultaneous acquisition of volumetric dual-energy data has …

New applications of cardiac computed tomography: dual-energy, spectral, and molecular CT imaging

I Danad, ZA Fayad, MJ Willemink, JK Min - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2015 - jacc.org
Computed tomography (CT) has evolved into a powerful diagnostic tool, and it is impossible
to imagine current clinical practice without CT imaging. Because of its widespread …

Improved dual‐energy material discrimination for dual‐source CT by means of additional spectral filtration

AN Primak, JC Ramirez Giraldo, X Liu, L Yu… - Medical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The use of additional spectral filtration for dual‐energy (DE) imaging using a dual‐source
CT (DSCT) system was investigated and its effect on the material‐specific was evaluated for …

Dual-and multi-energy CT: approach to functional imaging

J Fornaro, S Leschka, D Hibbeln, A Butler… - Insights into …, 2011 - Springer
The energy spectrum of X-ray photons after passage through an absorber contains
information about its elemental composition. Thus, tissue characterisation becomes feasible …

Stress myocardial perfusion: imaging with multidetector CT

A Rossi, D Merkus, E Klotz, N Mollet, PJ de Feyter… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Computed tomographic (CT) coronary angiography is a well-established, noninvasive
imaging modality for detection of coronary stenosis, but it has limited accuracy in …

Dual-source dual-energy CT with additional tin filtration: dose and image quality evaluation in phantoms and in vivo

AN Primak, JCR Giraldo… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect on radiation dose and
image quality of the use of additional spectral filtration for dual-energy CT using dual-source …

Spectral performance of a whole-body research photon counting detector CT: quantitative accuracy in derived image sets

S Leng, W Zhou, Z Yu, A Halaweish… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) uses a photon counting detector to count
individual photons and allocate them to specific energy bins by comparing photon energy to …

Maximizing iodine contrast-to-noise ratios in abdominal CT imaging through use of energy domain noise reduction and virtual monoenergetic dual-energy CT

S Leng, L Yu, JG Fletcher, CH McCollough - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the iodine contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) for abdominal computed
tomography (CT) when using energy domain noise reduction and virtual monoenergetic …

Dual-energy CT angiography in the evaluation of intracranial aneurysms: image quality, radiation dose, and comparison with 3D rotational digital subtraction …

LJ Zhang, SY Wu, JB Niu, ZL Zhang… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the image quality, radiation dose,
and diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy CT angiography (CTA) compared with 3D rotational …

CT myocardial perfusion imaging

A Varga-Szemes, FG Meinel… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. CT myocardial perfusion imaging is rapidly becoming an important adjunct to
coronary CT angiography for the anatomic and functional assessment of coronary artery …