MARS spectral CT for orthopaedic applications

MARS (Medipix All Resolution System) is a revolutionary diagnostic imaging
modality developed by Universities of Otago and Canterbury, New Zealand in
collaboration with CERN, Geneva. This talk will introduce the MARS imaging
technology and its application in medical imaging.  Medipix family of
photon-counting detectors for x-ray detection will be described. The
speaker will also present a K-edge hiding effect encountered in multi-
energy CT using contrast pharmaceuticals and its influence on clinical K-
edge imaging, followed by a multi-energy CT image denoising technique for
photon starvation scenarios. The talk will conclude with the results from
preclinical orthopaedic applications of MARS imaging.

About Mr. Kishore Rajendran:
Kishore Rajendran obtained his M.Sc (Eng.) degree in Advanced Medical
Electronics (gold medalist) from Coventry University, UK in 2011, and B.E.
Biomedical Engineering degree from Anna University, Chennai. He recently
submitted his Ph.D. thesis titled ‘MARS spectral CT technology for
orthopaedic applications’. He has 5 peer-reviewed publications, 4
conference proceedings, a patent and a text book chapter from his Ph.D.
research. He received the R.H.T. Bates award from the Royal Society of New
Zealand in 2015 for his interdisciplinary research.