Authors: Ehsan Abadi, Njood Alsaihati, Steven T. Bache, Mridul Bhattarai, Cindy Marie McCabe, Francesco Ria, Ehsan Samei
Affiliation: Duke University, Center for Virtual Imaging Trials, Duke University, Duke University Health System, Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Department of Radiology, Duke University Health System
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To compare and contrast alternative methods including reader (in hominum), phantom (in phantasma), in vivo, and in silico methods deployed to assess the performance of photon counting (PCCT) ...
Authors: Gisell Ruiz Boiset, Paulo ROBERTO Costa, Luuk J Oostveen, Elsa Bifano Pimenta, Ioannis Sechopoulos, Alessandra Tomal
Affiliation: Radboud University Medical Center, University of São Paulo (USP), Institute of Physics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin
Abstract Preview: Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the precision and accuracy of volume measurements for solid nodules (SNs) and ground-glass opacities (GGOs) in lung images acquired using energy-integrating CT (E...
Authors: Gisell Ruiz Boiset, Paulo ROBERTO Costa, Luuk J Oostveen, Elsa Bifano Pimenta, Ioannis Sechopoulos, Alessandra Tomal
Affiliation: Radboud University Medical Center, University of São Paulo (USP), Institute of Physics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The study evaluated the accuracy and precision of lung nodule volume measurements, specifically solid nodules (SNs) and ground-glass opacities (GGOs) in different imaging settings.
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Authors: Magdalena Bazalova-Carter, Ross I. Berbeco, James Day, Xinchen Deng, Chelsea Amanda Saffron Dunning, Dianne M. Ferguson, Matthew W. Jacobson, Toby Morris, Marios Myronakis, Jericho Daniel O'Connell, Fides Schwartz, Jainil Shah, Aaron Sodickson
Affiliation: Brigham and Womens Hospital, University of Massachsetts Lowell and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, Medical Physics Department, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medial School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, University of Victoria, Siemens Healthineers, Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Abstract Preview: Purpose: While CT imaging has advanced with improved machine design, we propose further gains can be achieved by enhancing sensitivity to contrast agents. Current CT sensitivity is limited to 1% bismu...