Spectral, Photon Counting Computed Tomography

Technology and Applications

Katsuyuki Taguchi, Ira Blevis, Krzysztof Iniewski, Katsuyuki Taguchi, Ira Blevis, Krzysztof Iniewski

• Editorial: CRC Press
• Año: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780429941993
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Tecnología e ingeniería
• Categoría: Ingeniería eléctrica y telecomunicaciones

Spectral, Photon Counting Computed Tomography is a comprehensive cover of the latest developments in the most prevalent imaging modality (x-ray computed tomography (CT)) in its latest incarnation: Spectral, Dual-Energy, and Photon Counting CT. Disadvantages of the conventional single-energy technique used by CT technology are that different materials cannot be distinguished and that the noise is larger. To address these problems, a novel spectral CT concept has been proposed. Spectral Dual-Energy CT (DE-CT) acquires two sets of spectral data, and Spectral Photon Counting CT (PC-CT) detects energy of x-ray photons to reveal additional material information of objects by using novel energy-sensitive, photon-counting detectors. The K-edge imaging may be a gateway for functional or molecular CT. The book covers detectors and electronics, image reconstruction methods, image quality assessments, a simulation tool, nanoparticle contrast agents, and clinical applications for spectral CT.

Índice

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Editors
• Contributors
• PART I Spectral, Dual-Energy CT: Clinical Perspective and Applications
• PART II Spectral, Photon-Counting CT: Clinical Perspective and Applications
• PART III Photon-Counting Detectors for Spectral CT
• PART IV Image Reconstruction for Spectral CT
• Index