Monthly Archives: April 2023

Denoising dual-energy abdominal CT of obese patients

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a novel algorithm for noise reduction in obese patients for dual-source dual-energy (DE) CT abdominal imaging. We demonstrated that multi-channel denoising methods (RSKR, multi-energy (ME)-NLM) could reduce image noise and improve both objective image quality metrics like contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and subjective metrics like reader satisfaction.Fides R. Schwartz, Darin P. Clark, Francesca Rigiroli, Kevin Kalisz, Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, Sarah Thomas, Joshua Wilson, Cristian T. Badea & Daniele Marin . Evaluation of the impact of a novel denoising algorithm on image quality in dual-energy abdominal CT of obese patientsEur Radiol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-023-09644-7 

Spectral CT imaging using GaAs and CdTe photon counting detectors

In this study, we compared the performance of PC micro-CT imaging when using two types of PCDs. We have also demonstrated the ability of PCDs to separate a wide range of K-edge materials.

Alex Jeffrey Allphin, Darin P Clark, Thomas Thüring, Prajwal Bhandari, Ketan B Ghaghada, Cristian T Badea. Micro-CT imaging of multiple K-edge elements using GaAs and CdTe photon counting detectors. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2023, DOI 10.1088/1361-6560/acc77e