ReviewRadiology2023
Milestones in CT: Past, Present, and Future.
Review in Radiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Radiation dose and objective image quality of photon-counting detector computed tomography in pediatric imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric radiology · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Contrast CT for Acute Appendicitis in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Greening computed tomography: a position paper on environmentally responsible imaging practice from the computed tomography subspecialty section of the Italian society of radiology.La Radiologia medica · 2026Article
- Institutional CT dose reduction: A retrospective evaluation of dose indices from 2015-2024.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Generalist foundation models from a multimodal dataset for 3D computed tomography.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Application of upright multidetector CT in orthopedics and the musculoskeletal system: insights into anatomy, alignment, and biomechanics.Japanese journal of radiology · 2026Review
- CT Radiation Dose Reduction With Preserved Diagnostic Performance: How Far Have We Come Over 25 Years?AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2026Review
- Absence of submucosal edema and pseudopolyps on computed tomography in toxic megacolon is associated with increased mortality.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Automated contrast-to-noise ratio analysis in chest CT: validation of an open-source segmentation approach.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Gram-Scale Synthesis of Hafnium-Rich Carbon Dots for Preclinical Computed Tomography Imaging Across Various Systems.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Clinical Feasibility Studies and Potential Applications of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Integrated in Multimodality X-Ray System for Small Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
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- Factors influencing diagnostic yield and complication risk in computed tomography fluoroscopy-guided lung biopsies: a 10-year single-center study.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Value of Photon-Counting CT in Pericardial Metastases: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Thoracic cancer · 2025Article
- Dual-Head Pix2Pix Network for Material Decomposition of Conventional CT Projections with Photon-Counting Guidance.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nanoscale synthetic biology with innovative medicinal applications.Fundamental research · 2025Review
- Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Computed Tomography and the Presence of Intravascular Air: A Patient Safety Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The potential role of cardiac CT in ischemic stroke: bridging cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2025Review
- So many countries, so many customs, so many ways of using CT.European radiology · 2025Article
- Applications of machine learning-assisted extracellular vesicles analysis technology in tumor diagnosis.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Review
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Abstract
In 1971, the first patient CT examination by Ambrose and Hounsfield paved the way for not only volumetric imaging of the brain but of the entire body. From the initial 5-minute scan for a 180° rotation to today's 0.24-second scan for a 360° rotation, CT technology continues to reinvent itself. This article describes key historical milestones in CT technology from the earliest days of CT to the present, with a look toward the future of this essential imaging modality. After a review of the beginnings of CT and its early adoption, the technical steps taken to decrease scan times-both per image and per examination-are reviewed. Novel geometries such as electron-beam CT and dual-source CT have also been developed in the quest for ever-faster scans and better in-plane temporal resolution. The focus of the past 2 decades on radiation dose optimization and management led to changes in how exposure parameters such as tube current and tube potential are prescribed such that today, examinations are more customized to the specific patient and diagnostic task than ever before. In the mid-2000s, CT expanded its reach from gray-scale to color with the clinical introduction of dual-energy CT. Today's most recent technical innovation-photon-counting CT-offers greater capabilities in multienergy CT as well as spatial resolution as good as 125 μm. Finally, artificial intelligence is poised to impact both the creation and processing of CT images, as well as automating many tasks to provide greater accuracy and reproducibility in quantitative applications.
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