ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Coronary Calcium Scoring with First Generation Dual-Source Photon-Counting CT-First Evidence from Phantom and In-Vivo Scans.
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- Photon-counting CT versus energy-integrating detectors for cardiac imaging: a systematic review of evidence from in vivo human studies on image quality and radiation dose.BMC medical imaging · 2025Pooled it
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- Coronary artery calcium scoring: expanding the new standard by photon-counting detector CT Part II: Impact of virtual monoenergetic image reconstructions with adjusted calcium scoring thresholds.European radiology · 2026Article
- Photon-Counting CT in Cardiovascular Imaging: Clinical Applications.Korean journal of radiology · 2026Review
- Ultra-high spatial resolution at photon-counting computed tomography: technical insights and sustainable applications in cardiothoracic imaging.European radiology experimental · 2026Review
- Multiphase aortic valve calcium scoring on true-non-contrast and calcium-preserving spectral reconstructions using dual-source photon-counting detector CT.European radiology · 2026Article
- Early detection of cardiovascular disease in chest population screening: challenges for a rapidly emerging cardiac CT application.The British journal of radiology · 2025Review
- Impact of vessel size, dose levels, and body habitus on iodine quantification in cardiovascular photon-counting computed tomography.The British journal of radiology · 2025Article
- Simultaneous ultra-high resolution multi-energy cardiac imaging in a dual-source photon counting detector CT system.The British journal of radiology · 2025Article
- Spectral Imaging Techniques in Heart Disease Assessment Using Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2025Review
- Evaluation of low-dose chest scans for coronary artery calcium scoring using photon-counting computed tomography with different slice thicknesses and iterative reconstruction levels.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Effect of temporal resolution on calcium scoring: insights from photon-counting detector CT.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2025Article
- Decalcify cardiac CT: unveiling clearer images with deep convolutional neural networks.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Technical principles, benefits, challenges, and applications of photon counting computed tomography in coronary imaging: a narrative review.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2024Review
- Charting the Unseen: How Non-Invasive Imaging Could Redefine Cardiovascular Prevention.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Review
- CT radiomic features reproducibility of virtual non-contrast series derived from photon-counting CCTA datasets using a novel calcium-preserving reconstruction algorithm compared with standard non-contrast series: focusing on epicardial adipose tissue.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2024Article
- Spectral Photon-Counting Computed Tomography: Technical Principles and Applications in the Assessment of Cardiovascular Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Virtual non-iodine photon-counting CT-angiography for aortic valve calcification scoring.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Impact of virtual monoenergetic levels on coronary plaque volume components using photon-counting computed tomography.European radiology · 2023Article
- Clinical Applications of Photon-counting CT: A Review of Pioneer Studies and a Glimpse into the Future.Radiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
We evaluated the accuracy of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring on a dual-source photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT). An anthropomorphic chest phantom underwent ECG-gated sequential scanning on a PCD-CT at 120 kV with four radiation dose levels (CTDIvol, 2.0-8.6 mGy). Polychromatic images at 120 kV (T3D) and virtual monoenergetic images (VMI), from 60 to 75 keV without quantum iterative reconstruction (no QIR) and QIR strength levels 1-4, were reconstructed. For reference, the same phantom was scanned on a conventional energy-integrating detector CT (120 kV; filtered back projection) at identical radiation doses. CAC scoring in 20 patients with PCD-CT (120 kV; no QIR and QIR 1-4) were included. In the phantom, there were no differences between CAC scores of different radiation doses (all,
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