Assessment of Image Quality Performance of a Photon-Counting Computed Tomography Scanner Approved for Whole-Body Clinical Applications
This study establishes a detailed technical characterization of the first clinical PCCT scanner, demonstrating significant improvements in terms of spatial resolution and accuracy of the quantitative image analysis, while highlighting the need for noise-contrast optimization in high-resolution imaging.
Authors
- Antonella Del Vecchio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7889-7896)
- Antonio Esposito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1170-6266)
- Cristina Lenardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5522-6803)
- Francesca Saveria Maddaloni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3331-9738)
- Antonio Sarno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3034-7166)
- A. Loria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-7008)
- Anna Piai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2126-4796)
Institutions
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- University of Milan (IT)
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (IT)
- Mylan (Switzerland) (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sensors
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s25237338
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.67