Publications by authors named "M Van der Straten"
Article Synopsis
- - After surgery for pulmonary carcinoids, the low recurrence rate (around 10%) suggests a need for regular scans, but young patients face risks from radiation, so careful consideration is essential.
- - A study analyzed follow-up guidelines from ENETS and ESMO, evaluating radiation exposure and potential lifetime cancer risks for young patients, particularly focusing on data from the Netherlands Cancer Registry.
- - The findings indicated that young patients generally didn't experience recurrence, suggesting that a more personalized, less intensive follow-up approach could reduce their radiation exposure and associated cancer risks. The study advocates for using predictive biomarkers to tailor follow-up strategies.
Article Synopsis
- Recent advancements in CT technology have led to the development of Photon-Counting Detector (PCD) CT imaging, which uses smaller pixels for higher spatial resolution and reduced noise without increasing radiation dose.
- This innovation is particularly beneficial for paediatric imaging, particularly in infants and young children, where the smaller anatomical structures require lower radiation exposure.
- Since January 2022, our hospital has implemented PCD-CT technology in paediatric imaging, and this review will present clinical examples and discuss its advantages over conventional CT methods.
Background: The aim of our current systematic dynamic phantom study was first, to optimize reconstruction parameters of coronary CTA (CCTA) acquired on photon counting CT (PCCT) for coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring, and second, to assess the feasibility of calculating CAC scores from CCTA, in comparison to reference calcium scoring CT (CSCT) scans.
Methods: In this phantom study, an artificial coronary artery was translated at velocities corresponding to 0, < 60, and 60-75 beats per minute (bpm) within an anthropomorphic phantom. The density of calcifications was 100 (very low), 200 (low), 400 (medium), and 800 (high) mgHA/cm, respectively.
Background: Photon-counting CT (PCCT) is the next-generation CT scanner that enables improved spatial resolution and spectral imaging. For full spectral processing, higher tube voltages compared to conventional CT are necessary to achieve the required spectral separation. This generated interest in the potential influence of thin slice high tube voltage PCCT on overall image quality and consequently on radiation dose.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The study is intended to assess the image quality of ultra-high resolution (UHR) coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) performed on dual source photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT).
Method: Consecutive patients, who underwent clinically indicated CCTA on PCD-CT (UHR 120x 0.2 mm collimation), were included.