Low‐dose CT for the detection and classification of metastatic liver lesions: results of the 2016 low dose CT grand challenge

…, F Khan, S Leng, KL McMillan, GJ Michalak… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Using common datasets, to estimate and compare the diagnostic performance of
image‐based denoising techniques or iterative reconstruction algorithms for the task of …

CT metal artifact reduction in the spine: can an iterative reconstruction technique improve visualization?

AL Kotsenas, GJ Michalak… - American journal …, 2015 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Metal-related artifacts from spine instrumentation can
obscure relevant anatomy and pathology. We evaluated the ability of CT images reconstructed …

Validation of proton stopping power ratio estimation based on dual energy CT using fresh tissue samples

VT Taasti, GJ Michalak, DC Hansen… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Dual energy CT (DECT) has been shown, in theoretical and phantom studies, to improve the
stopping power ratio (SPR) determination used for proton treatment planning compared to …

CT-based internal density calibration for opportunistic skeletal assessment using abdominal CT scans

AS Michalski, BA Besler, GJ Michalak… - Medical engineering & …, 2020 - Elsevier
CT-based opportunistic skeletal assessment complements current osteoporosis diagnosis.
Quantitative assessment by internal density calibration overcomes the limitations of phantom-…

CT dental artifact: comparison of an iterative metal artifact reduction technique with weighted filtered back-projection

FE Diehn, GJ Michalak, DR DeLone… - Acta radiologica …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Dental hardware produces streak artifacts on computed tomography (CT)
images reconstructed with the standard weighted filtered back projection (wFBP) method. …

Low kV versus dual-energy virtual monoenergetic CT imaging for proven liver lesions: what are the advantages and trade-offs in conspicuity and image quality? A pilot …

GJ Hanson, GJ Michalak, R Childs, B McCollough… - Abdominal …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Single-energy low tube potential (SE-LTP) and dual-energy virtual monoenergetic (DE-VM)
CT images both increase the conspicuity of hepatic lesions by increasing iodine …

A universal protocol for abdominal CT examinations performed on a photon-counting detector CT system: a feasibility study

W Zhou, GJ Michalak, JM Weaver, H Gong… - Investigative …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aims of this study were to investigate the feasibility of using a universal
abdominal acquisition protocol on a photon-counting detector computed tomography (PCD-CT) …

Clinical assessment of metal artifact reduction methods in dual-energy CT examinations of instrumented spines

…, AA Nagelschneider, GJ Michalak… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of three metal
artifact reduction methods in dual-energy CT (DECT) examinations of instrumented spines. …

Dual-source photon counting detector CT with a tin filter: a phantom study on iodine quantification performance

A Tao, R Huang, S Tao, GJ Michalak… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Photon counting detectors (PCD) can provide spectral information to enable iodine quantification
through multi-energy imaging but performance is limited by current PCD technology. …

Multi-energy CT imaging for large patients using dual-source photon-counting detector CT

S Tao, JF Marsh, A Tao, GJ Michalak… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Multi-energy CT imaging of large patients with conventional dual-energy (DE)-CT using an
energy-integrating-detector (EID) is challenging due to photon starvation-induced image …