Gantry-based cone-beam CT of the thoracolumbar spine: A phantom comparison with Photon-Counting CT and Energy-Integrating CT
Gantry-based CBCT was able to generate diagnostic-quality images of large spinal regions at relatively low radiation doses in a phantom setting, although the upper thoracic spine (above Th6) required higher doses. The overall subjective image quality remained below EICT and PCCT.
Authors
- D. Cester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6937-6127)
- Jonas Kroschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1225-3016)
- Egon Burian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0428-8569)
- Andreas M. Hötker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4748-8758)
- Thomas Frauenfelder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-6619)
- Falko Ensle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1097-404X)
- Tabea Borde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3019-5470)
- Ulf Bach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9031-3779)
Institutions
- Kantonsspital Winterthur (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Radiology
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2026.112762
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00