ReviewRadiology2025
Photon-Counting CT: Technology, Current and Potential Future Clinical Applications, and Overview of Approved Systems and Those in Various Stages of Research and Development.
Review in Radiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 28 papers.
What it found
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Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed.
- Photon-counting detector CT for follow-up after TACE in hepatocellular carcinoma: effects of reconstruction kernel and sharpness.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Contemporary Concise Review 2025: Interstitial Lung Disease.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2026Review
- Application and Development of Spectral CT in Target Delineation for Lung Cancer Radiotherapy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Quantification of intervertebral disc degeneration using dual-energy computed tomography collagen maps: a comparative study with MRI Pfirrmann grading.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Fusion of photon-counting CT and MRI improves assessment of the knee: a pilot study.Osteoarthritis imaging · 2026Article
- Commissioning a single photon counting CT simulator for radiotherapy planning: Methods, challenges, and initial results.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Quantitative iodine-mapping of photon-counting CT detects large-vessel vasculitis: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Impact of beam hardening on proton stopping-power ratio estimation using photon-counting, dual-energy, and single-energy computed tomography.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Technical advances and clinical impact of photon-counting computed tomography angiography for peripheral artery disease.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026Article
- Pancreatic Cancer-Advances in the Last 50 Years.World journal of surgery · 2026Review
- A physics primer on photon-counting detectors in CT: Physics, signal formation, and performance.Medical physics · 2026Review
- Ultra-High-Resolution Photon-Counting CT Angiography for Noninvasive Detection of Neurovascular In-Stent Restenosis.Stroke · 2026Article
- Comparison of clinical-radiological and radiomics features for predicting pulmonary nodule malignancy in a multicenter study of mixed clinical and surveillance populations.European radiology · 2026Article
- From Materials to Medical Images: Translating Perovskite-Based X-Ray Detectors Toward Clinical Imaging.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Pancreatic malignancy in disguise: imaging pitfalls and mimickers of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- Photon-counting CT in the diagnosis of esophageal diverticulum: a case description.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Design of a next-generation conventional scintillator x-ray detector: Improved spatial resolution and fill factor.Medical physics · 2026Article
- Whole-body Dual-source Photon-counting CT in Multiple Myeloma-The Value of Virtual Monoenergetic Imaging for Lesion Vitality Assessment.Investigative radiology · 2026Article
- Photon-counting detector CT in oncology: a new era of cancer imaging.Insights into imaging · 2026Review
- Photon-Counting CT in Musculoskeletal Radiology: Technical Principles, Clinical Applications, and Future Directions.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Photon-counting CT (PCCT) has emerged as a transformative technology, with the potential to herald a new era of clinical capabilities. This review provides an overview of the current status and potential future developments of PCCT, including basic physics principles and technical implementation by different vendors, with special attention to applications that have not, to date, been emphasized in the literature. The technologic underpinnings that distinguish PCCT scanners from traditional energy-integrating detector (EID) CT scanners with dual-energy capability are discussed. The inherent challenges of PCCT and the innovative breakthroughs that have enabled key PCCT features, such as enhanced image resolution, material discrimination, and radiation dose efficiency, are reviewed. Two categories of clinical applications are considered:
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