Recent and upcoming technological developments in computed tomography: high speed, low dose, deep learning, multienergy

MM Lell, M Kachelrieß - Investigative radiology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The advent of computed tomography (CT) has revolutionized radiology, and this revolution
is still going on. Starting as a pure head scanner, modern CT systems are now able to …

How I do it: managing radiation dose in CT

WW Mayo-Smith, AK Hara, M Mahesh, DV Sahani… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Computed tomography (CT) is an imaging test that is widely used worldwide to establish
medical diagnoses and perform image-guided interventions. More recently, concern has …

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 …

Assessment of an advanced image-based technique to calculate virtual monoenergetic computed tomographic images from a dual-energy examination to improve …

KL Grant, TG Flohr, B Krauss, M Sedlmair… - Investigative …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods Four circular phantoms of different diameter (10–40 cm) with an
iodine insert at the center were scanned at a fixed radiation dose with different single-(80 …

Evolution in computed tomography: the battle for speed and dose

MM Lell, JE Wildberger, H Alkadhi… - Investigative …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The advent of computed tomography (CT) has revolutionized radiology. Starting as head-
only scanners, modern CT systems are now capable of performing whole-body …

CT dose reduction applications: available tools on the latest generation of CT scanners

SP Raman, PT Johnson, S Deshmukh… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Elsevier
Increasing concerns about radiation dose have led CT manufacturers to further develop
radiation dose reduction tools in the latest generation of CT scanners. These tools include …

Low-dose CT of the lung: potential value of iterative reconstructions

S Baumueller, A Winklehner, C Karlo, R Goetti… - European …, 2012 - Springer
Objectives To prospectively assess the impact of sinogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction
(SAFIRE) on image quality of nonenhanced low-dose lung CT as compared to filtered back …

Unenhanced third-generation dual-source chest CT using a tin filter for spectral shaping at 100 kVp

H Haubenreisser, M Meyer, S Sudarski… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To prospectively investigate image quality and radiation dose of 100 kVp spectral
shaping chest CT using a dedicated tin filter on a 3rd generation dual-source CT (DSCT) in …

Automatic tube current modulation and tube voltage selection in pediatric computed tomography: a phantom study on radiation dose and image quality

AE Papadakis, J Damilakis - Investigative radiology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a modern automatic tube
current modulation (ATCM) and automatic tube voltage selection (ATVS) system on radiation …

The future of computed tomography: personalized, functional, and precise

H Alkadhi, A Euler - Investigative radiology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Modern medicine cannot be imagined without the diagnostic capabilities of computed
tomography (CT). Although the past decade witnessed a tremendous increase in scan …