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Spectral photon-counting X-ray CT (sCT) opens up new possibilities for the quantitative measurement of materials in an object, compared to conventional energy-integrating CT or dual energy CT. However, achieving reliable and accurate…
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Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) provides a unique concept for simultaneous and fast acquisition of multiple quantitative MR parameters. Despite acquisition efficiency, adoption of MRF into the clinics is hindered by its dictionary…
X-ray computed tomography (CT) based on photon counting detectors (PCD) extends standard CT by counting detected photons in multiple energy bins. PCD data can be used to increase the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), increase spatial…
Spectral computed tomography (CT) reconstructs material-dependent attenuation images with the projections of multiple narrow energy windows, it is meaningful for material identification and decomposition. Unfortunately, the multi-energy…
We consider the problem of signal reconstruction for computed tomography (CT) under a nonlinear forward model that accounts for exponential signal attenuation, a polychromatic X-ray source, general measurement noise (e.g., Poisson shot…
Spectral computed tomography has received considerable interest in recent years since spectral measurements contain much richer information about the object of interest. In spectral computed tomography, we are interested in the energy…
Spectral CT is an emerging modality that uses a data acquisition scheme with varied spectral responses to provide enhanced material discrimination in addition to the structural information of conventional CT. Existing clinical and…