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A Systematic Study to Optimize SiPM Photo-Detectors for Highest Time Resolution in PET
/ Gundacker, S. (CERN) ; Auffray, E. (CERN) ; Frisch, B. (CERN) ; Hillemanns, H. (CERN) ; Jarron, P. (INFN, Turin) ; Meyer, T. (CERN) ; Pauwels, K. (CERN) ; Lecoq, P. (CERN)
We report on a systematic study of time resolution made with three different commercial silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) (Hamamatsu MPPC S10931-025P, S10931-050P, and S10931-100P) and two LSO scintillating crystals. This study aimed to determine the optimum detector conditions for highest time resolution in a prospective time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) system. [...]
2012
- Published in : IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 59 (2012) 1798-1804
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SiPM time resolution: From single photon to saturation
/ Gundacker, S (CERN) ; Auffray, E (CERN) ; Di Vara, N (CERN) ; Frisch, B (CERN) ; Hillemanns, H (CERN) ; Jarron, P (CERN) ; Lang, B (Geneva U.) ; Lecoq, P (CERN) ; Meyer, T (CERN) ; Mosquera-Vazquez, S (Geneva U.) et al.
The time resolution of photon detection systems is important for a wide range of applications in physics and chemistry. It impacts the quality of time-resolved spectroscopy of ultrafast processes and has a direct influence on the best achievable time resolution of time-of-flight detectors in high-energy and medical physics. [...]
2013 - 4 p.
- Published in : Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 718 (2013) 569-572
In : 12th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors: Frontier Detector for Frontier Physics, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italy, 20 - 26 May 2012, pp.569-572
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A comprehensive & systematic study of coincidence time resolution and light yield using scintillators of different size, wrapping and doping
/ Auffray, E. (CERN) ; Frisch, B. (CERN) ; Geraci, F. (Milan Bicocca U.) ; Ghezzi, A. (Milan Bicocca U.) ; Gundacker, S. (CERN) ; Hillemanns, H. (CERN) ; Jarron, P. (INFN, Turin) ; Meyer, T. (CERN) ; Paganoni, M. (Milan Bicocca U.) ; Pauwels, K. (CERN) et al.
Over the last years interest in using time-of-flight-based Positron Emission Tomography (TOF-PET) systems has significantly increased. High time resolution in such PET systems is a powerful tool to improve signal to noise ratio and therefore to allow smaller exposure rates for patients as well as faster image reconstruction. [...]
2011
In : 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Valencia, Spain, 23 - 29 Oct 2011, pp.64-71
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SiPM applications in positron emission tomography: toward ultimate PET time-of-flight resolution
/ Lecoq, P (CERN ; Valencia, Polytechnic U.) ; Gundacker, S (CERN ; U. Milan (main) ; RWTH Aachen U.)
The development of PET/MRI multimodality, requiring magnetic field immunity of the photodetectors associated with an increased demand for time-of-flight capabilities with a strong impact on effective PET sensitivity and image quality, has pushed the medical imaging community to progressively replace photomultipliers, traditionally used in PET scanners, by solid-state photodetectors, avalanche diodes (APD) and silicon photomultipliers (SiPM). Recent years have seen spectacular progresses in the performances of SiPMs, in terms of photodetection efficiency (PDE), noise and cross talk reduction, timing performance, etc., not mentioning their availability in a large variety of dimensions and packages, as single photodetectors, but also linear arrays and matrices of different sizes [...]
2021
- Published in : Eur. Phys. J. Plus 136 (2021) 292
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Detection of high energy muons with sub-20 ps timing resolution using L(Y)SO crystals and SiPM readout
/ Benaglia, A (CERN) ; Gundacker, S (CERN) ; Lecoq, P (CERN) ; Lucchini, M T (CERN) ; Para, A (Fermilab) ; Pauwels, K (CERN) ; Auffray, E (CERN)
Precise timing capability will be a key aspect of particle detectors at future high energy colliders, as the time information can help in the reconstruction of physics events at the high collision rate expected there. Other than being used in detectors for PET, fast scintillating crystals coupled to compact Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) constitute a versatile system that can be exploited to realize an ad-hoc timing device to be hosted in a larger high energy physics detector. [...]
2016 - 6 p.
- Published in : Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 830 (2016) 30-35
Elsevier Open Access article: PDF;
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On the comparison of analog and digital SiPM readout in terms of expected timing performance
/ Gundacker, S (CERN) ; Auffray, E (CERN) ; Jarron, P (CERN) ; Meyer, T (CERN) ; Lecoq, P (CERN)
In time of flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) and in particular for the EndoTOFPET-US Project (Frisch, 2013 [1] ), and other applications for high energy physics, the multi-digital silicon photomultiplier (MD-SiPM) was recently proposed (Mandai and Charbon, 2012 [2] ), in which the time of every single photoelectron is being recorded. If such a photodetector is coupled to a scintillator, the largest and most accurate timing information can be extracted from the cascade of the scintillation photons, and the most probable time of positron emission determined. [...]
2015 - 6 p.
- Published in : Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 787 (2015) 6-11
Elsevier Open Access article: PDF;
In : 7th International Conference on New Developments in Photodetection, Tours, France, 30 Jun - 4 Jul 2014, pp.6-11
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Understanding and simulating SiPMs
/ Acerbi, Fabio (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Trento) ; Gundacker, Stefan (CERN ; Milan Bicocca U.)
The silicon-photomultiplier (SiPM) is becoming the device of choice for different applications, for example in fast timing like in time of flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) and in high energy physics (HEP). It is also becoming a choice in many single-photon or few-photon based applications, like for spectroscopy, quantum experiments and distance measurements (LIDAR). [...]
2019 - 20 p.
- Published in : Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 926 (2019) 16-35
Fulltext from Publisher: PDF;
In : 11th International "Hiroshima" Symposium on the Development and Application of Semiconductor Tracking Detectors (HSTD11) in conjunction with 2nd Workshop on SOI Pixel Detectors (SOIPIX2017) at OIST, Okinawa, Japan, Okinawa, Japan, 10 - 15 Dec 2017, pp.16-35
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Endo-TOFPET-US: A multimodal ultrasonic probe featuring time of flight PET in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
/ Meyer, T.C (CERN)
/for the Endo-TOFPET-US Collaboration
This work outlines the functionality of a new medical instrument and describes the research and development work aiming at new and higher performance imaging techniques with Time of Flight-PET capability in endoscopy and surgical oncology. It focuses on the associated scientific and technological challenges to be met in fields such as scintillating crystallography, ultra-fast photo-detection, highly integrated electronics, and system integration. [...]
2013 - 5 p.
- Published in : Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 718 (2013) 121-125
In : 12th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors: Frontier Detector for Frontier Physics, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italy, 20 - 26 May 2012, pp.121-125
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