Spectral, Photon Counting Computed Tomography: Technology and Applications [Hardcover]

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.

PART I  Spectral, Dual-Energy CT: Clinical Perspective and Applications. Chapter 1 Spectral Imaging Technologies and Apps and Dual-Layer Detector Solution. Chapter 2  Clinical Applications of Dual Energy CT in Neuroradiology. Chapter 3 Clinical Perspective on Dual Energy Computed Tomography. PART II Spectral, Photon-Counting CT: Clinical Perspective and Applications. Chapter 4 Imaging of the Breast with Photon- Counting Detectors.  Chapter 5 Clinical Applications of Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography. Chapter 6  Clinical Perspectives of Spectral Photon-Counting CT. Chapter 7 Spectral CT imaging using MARS Scanners. Chapter 8 Advances in and Uses of Contrast Agents for Spectral Photon Counting Computed Tomography. Chapter 9 Clinical Applications of Spectral Computed Tomography: Enabling Technique for Novel Contrastl³)