{"id":239,"date":"2020-10-01T14:31:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T19:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/?p=239"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T19:31:29","slug":"photon-counting-ct-book-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/index.php\/2020\/10\/01\/photon-counting-ct-book-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Photon counting CT book released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are very excited that our photon counting CT book has finally been released! A total of 21 chapters written by excellent authors outline the state of the art and futuristic visions of various topics from detectors\/ASICs to algorithms to clinical applications. The three editors including me as well as the chapter authors are very proud of the scientific quality and the practical value of the book. A copy is available at the following links. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Spectral-Photon-Counting-Computed-Tomography-Technology-and-Applications\/Taguchi-Blevis-Iniewski\/p\/book\/9781138598126\">Taylor &amp; Francis (CRC Press)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spectral-Photon-Counting-Computed-Tomography\/dp\/1138598127\/ref=sr_1_44?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Katsuyuki+taguchi&amp;qid=1601579252&amp;sr=8-44\">Amazon (USA)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PCDbook-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PCDbook-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PCDbook-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PCDbook-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PCDbook-1077x1536.jpg 1077w, https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PCDbook-1436x2048.jpg 1436w, https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PCDbook-189x270.jpg 189w, https:\/\/pctk.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PCDbook-scaled.jpg 1795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Part I Spectral, Dual-Energy CT: Clinical Perspective and Applications<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 1\u00a0<\/strong>Spectral Imaging Technologies and Apps and Dual-Layer Detector Solution by <em>Nadav Shapira, Yoad Yagil, Naor Wainer, and Ami Altman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 2\u00a0<\/strong>Clinical Applications of Dual Energy CT in Neuroradiology by <em>Rajiv Gupta, Maarten Poirot, and Rick Bergmans<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 3\u00a0<\/strong>Clinical Perspective on Dual Energy Computed Tomography by <em>Charis McNabney, Shamir Rai, and Darra T. Murphy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><em>Part II Spectral, Photon-Counting CT: Clinical Perspective and Applications<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 4\u00a0<\/strong>Imaging of the Breast with Photon-Counting Detectors by <em>Stephen J. Glick and Bahaa Ghammraoui<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 5\u00a0<\/strong>Clinical Applications of Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography by<em> Shuai Leng, Shengzhen Tao, Kishore Rajendran, and Cynthia H. McCollough<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 6\u00a0<\/strong>Clinical Perspectives of Spectral Photon-Counting CT by <em>Salim Si-Mohamed, Loic Boussel, and Philippe Douek<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 7\u00a0<\/strong>Spectral CT Imaging Using MARS Scanners by <em>Aamir Raja, et al<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 8\u00a0<\/strong>Advances in and Uses of Contrast Agents for Spectral Photon Counting Computed Tomography by <em>Johoon Kim, Pratap C. Naha, Peter B. No\u00ebl, and David P. Cormode<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 9\u00a0<\/strong>Clinical Applications of Spectral Computed Tomography: Enabling Technique for Novel Contrast Development and Targeting Imaging? by <em>Thorsten Fleiter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Part III Photon-Counting Detectors for Spectral CT<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 10\u00a0<\/strong>X-Ray Detectors for Spectral Photon Counting CT by <em>Ira Blevis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 11\u00a0<\/strong>Spectral Performance of Photon-Counting X-Ray Detectors: How Well Can We Capture the Rainbow? by <em>Peter Trueb, Pietro Zambon, and Christian Broennimann<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 12\u00a0<\/strong>Photon Counting Detectors Viewed as Nonlinear, Shift-Variant Systems by <em>Thomas Koenig<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 13\u00a0<\/strong>Signal Generation in Semiconductor Detectors for Photon-Counting CT by <em>Xiaochun Lai, Liang Cai, Kevin Zimmerman, and Richard Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 14\u00a0<\/strong>Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) for Spectral Photon Counting by <em>Chris Siu, Conny Hansson, and Krzysztof Iniewski<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 15\u00a0<\/strong>ChromAIX: Energy-Resolving Photon Counting Electronics for High-Flux Spectral CT by <em>Roger Steadman, Christoph Herrmann, and Amir Livne<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 16\u00a0<\/strong>Modeling the Imaging Performance of Photon Counting X-Ray Detectors by <em>Jesse Tanguay and Ian Cunningham<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 17\u00a0<\/strong>Design Considerations for Photon-Counting Detectors: Connecting Detector Characteristics to System Performance by <em>Scott S. Hsieh<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 18\u00a0<\/strong>Photon Counting Detector Simulator: Photon Counting Toolkit (PcTK) by <em>Katsuyuki Taguchi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Part IV Image Reconstruction for Spectral CT<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 19\u00a0<\/strong>Image Formation in Spectral Computed Tomography by <em>Simon Rit, Cyril Mory, and Peter B. No\u00ebl<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 20\u00a0<\/strong>Spectral Distortion Compensation for Spectral CT by <em>Okkyun Lee and Katsuyuki Taguchi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 21\u00a0<\/strong>Novel Regularization Method with Knowledge of Region Types and Boundaries by <em>Kenji Amaya and Katsuyuki Taguchi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very excited that our photon counting CT book has finally been released! A total of 21 chapters written by excellent authors outline the state of the art and futuristic visions of various topics from detectors\/ASICs to algorithms to clinical applications. 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