Optimizing Photon-counting CT for Congenital Heart Disease: The Value of Ultrasharp Kernels in Neonates and Infants
Ultrasharp kernel settings and high iterative reconstruction levels improved effective image resolution and diagnostic image quality in photon-counting detector CT for neonates and infants with congenital heart disease, based on both quantitative and visual assessments.
Authors
- Daniel Kuetting (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6520-1020)
- Ulrike Herberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-0258)
- Julian Alexander Luetkens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7715-4636)
- André Rüffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3842-4955)
- Tatjana Dell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2835-8560)
- Claus C. Pieper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0893-1200)
- Sebastian Nowak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5175-5559)
- Alexander Isaak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2016-6166)
- Timm Dirrichs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7436-1306)
- Christiane Katharina Kuhl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8696-2363)
- Alois M. Sprinkart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1435-9562)
- Christopher Hart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5880-3576)
- Babak Salam
- D Kravchenko
Institutions
- University of Bonn (DE)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1148/ryct.250338
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00