Impact of slice thickness on CACS calculation with virtual non-contrast in photon-counting CT
CACS derived from the PureCalcium algorithm with optimized reconstruction parameters shows excellent correlation with true non-contrast scans derived values. Thus, it is may possible to use the PureCalcium virtual non-iodine algorithm to replace the true non-contrast scans for CACS quantification, without additional radiation dose exposure.
Authors
- Meirong Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-4356)
- Song Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4516-1444)
- Qiuju Hu
- J. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6783-3754)
- Bangjun Guo
- Huixin Zhang
- Yane Zhao
- Guang-ming Lu
- Dongsheng Jin
Institutions
- Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command (CN)
- Soochow University (CN)
- Siemens Healthcare (United States) (US)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (CN)
- Nanjing Jiangning Hospital (CN)
- Jinling Institute of Technology (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Imaging
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12880-026-02162-0
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00