PURPOSE: Dual-source (DS) CT, dual-energy (DE) field of view (FoV) is limited to the size of the smaller detector array. The purpose was to establish a deep learning-based approach to DE extrapolation by estimating missing image data using data from ...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the image quality of low iodine concentration, dual-energy CT (DECT) combined with a deep learning-based noise reduction technique for pediatric abdominal CT, compared with standard iodine concentration single-energy polychrom...
Biomedical physics & engineering express
Jan 30, 2020
PURPOSE: To evaluate the benefit of the additional available information present in spectral CT datasets, as compared to conventional CT datasets, when utilizing convolutional neural networks for fully automatic localisation and classification of liv...
PURPOSE: Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) has shown great potential in many clinical applications. By incorporating the information from two different energy spectra, DECT provides higher contrast and reveals more material differences of tissue...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to develop a deep learning (DL) method for generating virtual noncontrast (VNC) computed tomography (CT) images from contrast-enhanced (CE) CT images (VNC ) and to evaluate its performance in dose calculations for h...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare the diagnostic performance of CT texture analysis (CTTA), perfusion CT (PCT), and dual-energy CT (DECT) in distinguishing between clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and non-ccRCC.
OBJECTIVES: We propose a deep learning (DL) multitask learning framework using convolutional neural network for a direct conversion of single-energy CT (SECT) to 3 different parametric maps of dual-energy CT (DECT): virtual-monochromatic image (VMI),...
Journal of X-ray science and technology
Jan 1, 2024
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) algorithm in dual-energy spectral CT (DEsCT) as a function of radiation dose and image energy level, in comparison with filtered-back-projection (FBP) and adaptive s...
Journal of X-ray science and technology
Jan 1, 2019
BACKGROUND: Spectral computed tomography (CT) has the capability to resolve the energy levels of incident photons, which has the potential to distinguish different material compositions. Although material decomposition methods based on x-ray attenuat...
Join thousands of healthcare professionals staying informed about the latest AI breakthroughs in medicine. Get curated insights delivered to your inbox.