Photon-Counting Detectors in Computed Tomography: A Review

Abstract: Photon-counting computed tomography (CT) is a new technique that has the potential to revolutionize clinical CT and is predicted to be the next significant advancement. In recent years, tremendous research has been conducted to demonstrate the developments in hardware assembly and its working principles. The articles in this review were obtained by conducting a search of the MEDLINE database. Photon-counting detectors (PCDs) provide excellent quality diagnostic images with high spatial resolution, reduced noise, artifacts, increased contrast-to-noise ratio, and multienergy data acquisition as compared with conventionally used energy-integrating detector (EID). The search covered articles published between 2011 and 2021. The title and abstract of each article were reviewed as determined by the search strategy. From these, eligible studies and articles that provided the working and clinical application of PCDs were selected. This article aims to provide a systematic review of the basic working principles of PCDs, emphasize the uses and clinical applications of PCDs, and compare it to EIDs. It provides a nonmathematical explanation and understanding of photon-counting CT systems for radiologists as well as clinicians.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Photon-Counting Detectors in Computed Tomography: A Review ; day:04 ; month:07 ; year:2022
Journal of Health and Allied Sciences ; (04.07.2022)

Contributor
Gomes, Muriel Jeremia
Manakkal, Jaseemudheen M.

DOI
10.1055/s-0042-1749180
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022101010042260334628
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Gomes, Muriel Jeremia
  • Manakkal, Jaseemudheen M.

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