Determination of optimal image type and lowest detectable concentration for iodine detection on a photon counting detector-based multi-energy CT system

Photon counting detector (PCD) based multi-energy CT is able to generate different types of images such as virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) and material specific images (e.g., iodine maps) in addition to the conventional single energy images. The purpose of this study is to determine the image type that has optimal iodine detection and to determine the lowest detectable iodine concentration using a PCD-CT system. A 35 cm body phantom with...