The objective of this workshop is to update the SPIE Physics of Medical Imaging community on the latest development of the rapidly advancing photon-counting CT (PC-CT) technology. Over the past two decades, the Physics of Medical Imaging conference has seen a growing number of presentations on PC-CT detectors, material decomposition methods, image reconstruction and novel clinical applications of PC-CT. At this workshop, experts in the field will provide an overview of the current status and future directions of PC-CT.

• 5:45 pm: Welcome and introduction
  

  Wei Zhao, Stony Brook Univ. (USA)
  Lifeng Yu, Mayo Clinic (USA)

• 5:50 pm: Overview and Physics Principles
  

  Thomas Flohr, Siemens Healthineers (USA)

• 6:10 pm: Clinical Applications
  

  Cynthia McCollough, Mayo Clinic (USA)

• 6:30 pm: Contrast Agents
  

  Benjamin Yeh, Univ. of California, San Francisco (USA)

SHORT TALKS: INDUSTRY PC-CT UPDATE

• 6:40 pm: Richard Thompson, Canon Medical Research USA (USA)
• 6:50 pm: Jonathan Maltz, GE Healthcare (USA)
• 7:00 pm: Ravi Manjeshwar, Philips Healthcare (USA)
• 7:10 pm: Karl Stierstorfer, Siemens Healthineers (USA)
• 7:20 pm: Daniel Kolditz, AB-CT – Advanced Breast-CT (USA)

7:30 pm:
Panel Discussion on Advancing Photon-Counting CT (PC-CT) Technology
Moderators: Lifeng Yu, Mayo Clinic (USA) and Rebecca Fahrig, Siemens Healthcare GmbH (Germany)

This workshop is part of the Physics of Medical Imaging conference.