Dual-Energy and Spectral CT in Clinical Practice: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Nuclear Medicine & Radiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 19 September 2025 | Viewed by 463
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Interests: MSK imaging; CT; DECT; MRI; shoulder; hip; adrenal; liver; pancreas; lung; infectious diseases; endometriosis
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Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce the second volume of our Special Issue, “Dual-Energy and Spectral CT in Clinical Practice: 2nd Edition”. The first volume is available at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/EQDSQ646AJ.
Spectral CT systems, including dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) and photon-counting CT, represent powerful imaging tools in clinical practice. Due to its intrinsic high spatial and contrast resolution, DECT can be utilized to diagnose brain, body and skeletal disorders in both acute and elective settings. In particular, DECT has been widely employed to improve the identification of substances from different spectral information by using dedicated algorithms. DECT has been proposed as an alternative to MRI in musculo-skeletal radiology. Additionally, monoenergetic reconstructions can be employed in order to reduce metal-induced artifacts, or to increase the conspicuity of contrast material within the arterial and venous vessels or to increase the contrast in the abdominal parenchyma. In addition, DECT and spectral CT systems has been used to image oncologic patients via a qualitative and quantitative approach. In recent years, photon-counting CT has proven to be a reliable method in the complex diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, not only for the detailed evaluation of coronary arteries but also for functional assessments. Additionally, it represents an extremely promising technique in the fields of oncology and musculoskeletal imaging.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive overview of the role of dual-energy and spectral CT applications in clinical practice. Therefore, researchers working in the field of DECT, spectral CT or photon-counting CT are encouraged to submit their findings as original research articles or reviews to this Special Issue.
Dr. Giovanni Foti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dual-energy CT
- spectral CT
- photon counting CT
- oncology
- bone marrow edema
- prosthesis
- liver
- pancreas
- lung
- kidney
- adrenal
- brain
- abdomen
- cardiac
- coronary arteries
- arthritis
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