Image-Quality Assessment of Polyenergetic and Virtual Monoenergetic Reconstructions of Unenhanced CT Scans of the Head: Initial Experiences with the First Photon-Counting CT Approved for Clinical Use.
image quality
neuroradiology
photon-counting computed tomography
photon-counting detector
unenhanced CT of the head
virtual monoenergetic imaging
Journal
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2075-4418
Titre abrégé: Diagnostics (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101658402
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 Jan 2022
21 Jan 2022
Historique:
received:
21
12
2021
revised:
14
01
2022
accepted:
19
01
2022
entrez:
25
2
2022
pubmed:
26
2
2022
medline:
26
2
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In 2021, the first clinical photon-counting CT (PCCT) was introduced. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the image quality of polyenergetic and virtual monoenergetic reconstructions in unenhanced PCCTs of the head. A total of 49 consecutive patients with unenhanced PCCTs of the head were retrospectively included. The signals ± standard deviations of the gray and white matter were measured at three different locations in axial slices, and a measure of the artifacts below the cranial calvaria and in the posterior fossa between the petrous bones was also obtained. The signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and contrast-to-noise ratios (CNRs) were calculated for all reconstructions. In terms of the SNRs and CNRs, the polyenergetic reconstruction is superior to all virtual monoenergetic reconstructions (
Identifiants
pubmed: 35204356
pii: diagnostics12020265
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12020265
pmc: PMC8871064
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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