Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 13.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements and applications of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography (CT), including material differentiation, metal artifact reduction, photon-counting detectors, spectral imaging, virtual monochromatic imaging, K-edge imaging, iodine quantification, and material separation. The research covers a wide range of clinical and technical aspects of Dual-Energy CT in medical imaging.
- Dual-Energy CT
- Material Differentiation
- Metal Artifact Reduction
- Photon-Counting Detector
- Multi-Energy CT
- Spectral Imaging
- Virtual Monochromatic Imaging
- K-Edge Imaging
- Iodine Quantification
- Material Separation
- Research works
- 46k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +18% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.9k works
- 2 United States 1.7k works
- 3 Germany 645 works
- 4 Japan 475 works
- 5 India 445 works
- 6 United Kingdom 314 works
- 7 Italy 303 works
- 8 South Korea 275 works
- 9 France 246 works
- 10 Canada 181 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tsinghua University publishes the most Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging research, followed by Yonsei University and United Imaging Healthcare (China).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tsinghua UniversityChina 51 works
- 2 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 33 works
- 3 United Imaging Healthcare (China)China 32 works
- 4 Siemens Healthineers (Germany)Germany 31 works
- 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 29 works
- 6 Mayo ClinicUnited States 29 works
- 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 28 works
- 8 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 27 works
- 9 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 27 works
- 10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 27 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging include M. Morii.
- 1 M. Morii United Kingdom 9.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging research done?
The largest centres of Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Forchheim and Malvern.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ForchheimDE · 30.9 works152×
- MalvernUS · 22.6 works66×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging?
Among universities, judged by research, Semmelweis University, University of Zurich and ShanghaiTech University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semmelweis UniversityHungary | 50.6 | 9.1% | 8.5× | 14 | +225.8% |
| 2 | University of ZurichSwitzerland | 49.0 | 34.2% | 3.6× | 16 | +44.7% |
| 3 | ShanghaiTech UniversityChina | 46.1 | 8.2% | 10.3× | 17 | — |
| 4 | Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea | 44.4 | 16.1% | 5.0× | 33 | +30.8% |
| 5 | Maastricht UniversityNetherlands | 43.3 | 27.5% | 3.5× | 10 | +109.4% |
| 6 | Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUnited States | 41.4 | 18.0% | 8.3× | 9 | +57.1% |
| 7 | New York UniversityUnited States | 39.9 | 44.8% | 1.4× | 10 | +8.4% |
| 8 | Heidelberg UniversityGermany | 39.8 | 13.4% | 5.2× | 23 | +2.0% |
| 9 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 39.8 | 19.7% | 1.6× | 17 | +193.4% |
| 10 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany | 39.2 | 10.7% | 6.6× | 27 | -39.9% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.