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Deep-silicon photon-counting CT estimated narrowing more closely than conventional CT in twelve static coronary phantoms.
Summary
Deep-silicon photon-counting CT estimated narrowing more closely than conventional CT in twelve static coronary phantoms.
Researchers scanned 12 realistic calcified coronary-vessel sections with energy-integrating CT, deep-silicon photon-counting CT and micro-CT ground truth. Photon counting reduced whole-profile mean absolute stenosis error from 3.10 to 1.62 percent and vessel-area error from 0.55 to 0.31 square millimeters. The study used static, resolution-optimized phantoms and explicitly calls for dynamic and clinical evaluation.
Why it matters
Deep-silicon photon-counting CT estimated narrowing more closely than conventional CT in twelve static coronary phantoms.
Limits and context
No additional limitation was separately recorded.
Key claims
Deep-silicon photon-counting CT estimated narrowing more closely than conventional CT in twelve static coronary phantoms.
Evidence: source-2026-08-07-007
Sources
- arXiv preprint 2608.06158arXiv · primary research
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