Innovation
May 4, 2023
By CT Clinical Innovation Center 
Aunt Minnie, one of the leading radiology industry blogs, recently gave one of our manuscripts a great writeup. In PCCT allows radiologists to ‘see more with less’, Kate Madden Yee summarizes lead author Avinash Nehra and company’s review of the current state of photon counting detector CT, published in the May 2023 issue of RadioGraphics. […]
Tags: AuntMinnie.com, Cynthia McCollough, Francis Baffour, NIBIB, Photon-Counting Detector
April 5, 2023
Publications Roundup: Spring 2023
By CT Clinical Innovation Center
There just might be one or two snowstorms waiting behind a corner to jump out and surprise us, but there’s 60s in the forecast, and that means…knock on wood…Spring has sprung, and among the first blooms of the year is a hearty crop of CIC articles for your reading pleasure! In Abdominal Radiology: “Rectal Cancer […]
Tags: Abdominal Radiology (Journal), European Radiology (Journal), Investigative Radiology (Journal), JCAT (Journal), JMI (Journal), Medical Physics (Journal), Pediatric Radiology (Journal), Photon-Counting Detector, RadioGraphics (Journal), Skeletal Radiology (Journal)
October 19, 2022
CT CIC in the News: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
By CT Clinical Innovation Center
The efforts of the CT CIC were recently featured on the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) website. “Two Monumental Milestones Achieved in CT Imaging” details the role the CT CIC played (in conjunction with Siemens Healthineers and with funding with funding from the NIBIB) in developing photon-counting detector (PCD)-CT. Included in the […]
Tags: Cynthia McCollough, Deep Learning, NIBIB, Photon-Counting Detector
August 15, 2022
New Publications in AJR and European Radiology
By CT Clinical Innovation Center
Two new papers by CT CIC authors are now available online. In the American Journal of Roentgenology, “Diagnostic Performance in Low- and High-Contrast Tasks of an Image-Based Denoising Algorithm Applied to Radiation Dose–Reduced Multiphase Abdominal CT Examinations” (Lead Author: Akitoshi Inoue). In European Radiology, “Ultra-high-resolution imaging of the shoulder and pelvis using photon-counting-detector CT: a […]
Tags: AJR (Journal), European Radiology (Journal), Photon-Counting Detector
May 31, 2022
SPIE Medical Imaging 2022 Proceedings
By CT Clinical Innovation Center
In February, members of the CT CIC took part in the SPIE Medical Imaging 2022 conference. Whether in person or virtually, it is always a privilege to present our findings to the world, and this year in San Diego and online was no exception. 2022 was a particularly productive year, with 14 proceedings papers produced […]
Tags: Conference, Photon-Counting Detector, SPIE
December 14, 2021
Radiology article “First Clinical Photon-counting Detector CT System: Technical Evaluation”
Our paper titled “First Clinical Photon-counting Detector CT System: Technical Evaluation” is now available *in press* on the Radiology website. Link to accepted article – https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.212579 Aunt Minnie has also covered this article here. Check it out!
December 13, 2021
For 50 years, CT scans have saved lives, revealed beauty and more
From Science News: The technology gave doctors and scientists a new way to peer at the inner world beneath skin. Read more here.
June 29, 2021
With photon-counting-detector CT, Mayo Clinic at forefront of CT imaging technology
Performing the first cardiac scan on their new photon-counting-detector CT scanner was a once-in-a-career moment for Joel (J.G.) Fletcher, M.D., and Cynthia McCollough, Ph.D. The medical and scientific directors, respectively, of the CT Clinical Innovation Center describe the arrival of this latest research CT system as a major milestone in CT imaging, one where Mayo Clinic is again at the […]