Vision 20/20: Single photon counting x-ray detectors in medical imaging.

By K. Taguchi, J. Iwanczyk. Medical Physics (Lancaster), 2013

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Timepix4, a large area pixel detector readout chip which can be tiled on 4 sides providing sub-200 ps timestamp binning (2022, background): “Recent advances in spectroscopic X-ray detection promise a small revolution in medical imaging [3, 4].”
Tensor-Based Formulation and Nuclear Norm Regularization for Multienergy Computed Tomography (2013, background): “Even though challenges exist in accurate spectrum identification and resolution [14], PCDs offer reduction in image noise in addition to their energy discriminating properties [15].”
The evolution of image reconstruction for CT—from filtered back projection to artificial intelligence (2018, background): “Also, these detectors can perform B color ^ x-ray detection; they can discriminate the energy of individual photons and divide them into several pre-defined but selectable energy bins, thereby providing a spectral analysis of the transmitted x-ray beam [76 – 79].”
Photon-counting CT: Technical Principles and Clinical Prospects. (2018, background): “Photon-counting CT has the potential to improve CNR, which could be clinically used to reduce either the amount of contrast agent or the radiation dose (4,6,22).”