Kuno, Hirofumi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4337-2782
Hiyama, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-4341
Sasaki, Tomoaki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6811-2381
Sakashita, Shingo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-3313
Onaga, Ryutaro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-4033
Tomioka, Toshifumi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-3976
Muramatsu, Yoshihisa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3485-9978
Akino, Naruomi
Taguchi, Hiroki
Sekiya, Kotaro
Kobayashi, Tatsushi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-2097
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI Grant Number 23K07099)
Article History
Received: 8 July 2025
Accepted: 30 September 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Declarations
:
: Hirofumi Kuno, Takashi Hiyama, Tomoaki Sasaki, Yoshihisa Muramatsu, and Tatsushi Kobayashi received research funding from Canon Medical Systems Corporation through an institutional collaborative research agreement. Naruomi Akino and Hiroki Taguchi are employees of Canon Medical Systems Corporation. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: The study design was approved by the appropriate institutional review board, and written informed consent was obtained from all the patients undergoing prototype PCD-CT imaging (IRB #CTA-E22010).