Spectral, Photon Counting Computed Tomography : Technology and Applications (Hardcover)

PART I - Spectral, Dual-Energy CT: Clinical Perspective and ApplicationsChapter 1 -Spectral Imaging Technologies and Apps and Dual Layer Detector SolutionChapter 2 - Clinical Applications of Dual Energy CT in Neuroradiology Chapter 3 - Dual Energy CT ? Clinical Chapter 4 - Imaging of the Breast with Photon Counting Detectors PART II - Spectral, Photon-Counting CT: Clinical Perspective and ApplicationsChapter 5 - Clinical Applications of photon-counting detector computed tomography, Part 1 Chapter 6 - Clinical Applications of photon-counting detector computed tomography, Part 2Chapter 7 - Spectral CT imaging using MARS scanners Chapter 8 - Advances in and uses of contrast agents for spectral photon counting computed tomography Chapter 9 - Targeting Contrast Media for Spectral CT PART III - Photon-Counting Detectors for Spectral CT Chapter 10 - X-ray Detectors for Spectral Photon Counting CTChapter 11 - Spectral Performance of Photon-Counting Detectors: How well can we catch the rainbow? Chapter 12 - Photon Counting Detectors Viewed as Non-Linear, Shift-Variant SystemsChapter 13 - Signal Generation in Semiconductor Detectors for Photon Counting CT, Chapter 14 - ASIC Electronics for Spectral CT Chapter 15 - ChromAIX: Energy-Resolving Photon Counting Electronics for High-Flux Spectral CTChapter 16 - Modelling the Performance of Photon-counting X-ray Imaging DetectorsChapter 17 - Design considerations for photon counting detectors: connecting detector characteristics to system performanceChapter 18 - Photon counting detector simulator: Photon counting toolkit (PcTK) PART IV - Image Reconstruction for Spectral CT Chapter 19 - Image Formation in Spectral Computed TomographyChapter 20 - Spectral Distortion Compensation for Spectral Chapter 21 - Novel regularization method with knowledge of region types and boundaries