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An outlook on x-ray CT research and development Ge Wanga and Hengyong Yub Biomedical Imaging Division, VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 240601 Bruno De Manc CT and X-ray Laboratory, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York 12309 Received 5 October 2007; revised 20 December 2007; accepted for publication 20 December 2007; published 25 February 2008 Over the past decade, computed tomography CT theory, techniques and applications have under- gone a rapid development. Since CT is so practical and useful, undoubtedly CT technology will continue advancing biomedical and non-biomedical applications. In this outlook article, we share our opinions on the research and development in this field, emphasizing 12 topics we expect to be critical in the next decade: analytic reconstruction, iterative reconstruction, local/interior reconstruc- tion, flat-panel based CT, dual-source CT, multi-source CT, novel scanning modes, energy-sensitive CT, nano-CT, artifact reduction, modality fusion, and phase-contrast CT. We also sketch several representative biomedical applications. © 2008 American Association of Physicists in Medicine. DOI: 10.1118/1.2836950 Key words: analytic reconstruction, iterative reconstruction, local/interior reconstruction, flat-panel based CT, dual-source CT, multi-source CT, scanning mode, energy-sensitive CT, nano-CT, artifact reduction, modality fusion, phase-contrast CT I. INTRODUCTION source CT scanner and other similar systems. Early 1990s, single-slice helical/spiral CT became the s