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ReviewKorean journal of radiology2024

Photon-Counting Computed Tomography: Experience in Musculoskeletal Imaging.

Jan-Peter Grunz, Henner Huflage

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Review in Korean journal of radiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jan-Peter GrunzDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. Grunz_J@ukw.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4524-1620
Henner HuflageDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2784-3257

Funding

Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research Würzburg Z-3BC/02Siemens Healthineers
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the emergence of the first photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) system in late 2021, its advantages and a wide range of applications in all fields of radiology have been demonstrated. Compared to standard energy-integrating detector-CT, PCCT allows for superior geometric dose efficiency in every examination. While this aspect by itself is groundbreaking, the advantages do not stop there. PCCT facilitates an unprecedented combination of ultra-high-resolution imaging without dose penalty or field-of-view restrictions, detector-based elimination of electronic noise, and ubiquitous multi-energy spectral information. Considering the high demands of orthopedic imaging for the visualization of minuscule details while simultaneously covering large portions of skeletal and soft tissue anatomy, no subspecialty may benefit more from this novel detector technology than musculoskeletal radiology. Deeply rooted in experimental and clinical research, this review article aims to provide an introduction to the cosmos of PCCT, explain its technical basics, and highlight the most promising applications for patient care, while also mentioning current limitations that need to be overcome.

Indexed as

PhotonsTomography, X-Ray ComputedHumansMusculoskeletal DiseasesMusculoskeletal SystemRadiation DosageArtifact reductionMulti-energyMusculoskeletal imagingPhoton-counting CTUltra-high resolution

Identifiers

PMID38942460
PMCPMC11214923

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