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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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Multimodal simulation of large area silicon photomultipliers for time resolution optimization
/ Sánchez, David (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Gómez, Sergio (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Fernández-Tenllado, José María (ICC, Barcelona U. ; CERN) ; Ballabriga, Rafael (CERN) ; Campbell, Michael (CERN) ; Gascón, David (ICC, Barcelona U.)
The Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) sensor is replacing the extensive use of the Photomultiplier Tube (PMT) in fast timing applications. These photo-sensors can be applied in different fields such as medical imaging systems like Positron Emission Tomography (PET), LIDAR technologies or High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments. [...]
2021 - 11 p.
- Published in : Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 1001 (2021) 165247
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A Scintillating Fibre Beam Profile Monitor for the Experimental Areas of the SPS at CERN
/ Ortega Ruiz, Inaki (CERN) ; Bay, Aurelio (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Haefeli, Guido (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Spanggaard, Jens (CERN) ; Tranquille, Gerard (CERN)
The CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) delivers a wide spectrum of particle beams (hadrons, leptons and heavy ions) that can vary greatly in momentum and intensity. The profile and position of these beams are measured using particle detectors. [...]
2017 - 4 p.
- Published in : 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2016-MOPG76
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In : International Beam Instrumentation Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 11 - 15 Sep 2016, pp.MOPG76
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On the way to the 10 ps time-of-flight PET challenge
/ Lecoq, P (CERN)
There is a consensus for gathering the multidisciplinary academic and industrial medical imaging community around the ambitious challenge to develop a 10 ps Time-of-Flight PET scanner (TOFPET). The goal is to reduce the radiation dose (currently 5–25 mSv for whole-body PET/CT) and/or scan time (currently > 10 min) by an order of magnitude, with a significant gain in the patient comfort and cost per exam (currently in the range of 1000 € per scan). [...]
2022 - 7 p.
- Published in : Eur. Phys. J. Plus 137 (2022) 964
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Petiroc2A: Characterization and Experimental Results
/ Ahmad, Salleh (Weeroc SAS, Palaiseau) ; Fleury, Julien (Weeroc SAS, Palaiseau) ; Cizel, Jean-Baptiste (Weeroc SAS, Palaiseau) ; de la Taille, Christophe (Ec. Polytech., OMEGA) ; Seguin-Moreau, Natalie (Ec. Polytech., OMEGA) ; Gundacker, Stefan (CERN ; Milan Bicocca U.) ; Auffray-Hillemanns, Etiennette (CERN)
Petiroc2A is a 32-channel SiPM readout ASIC, which has been designed for applications requiring precise timing and energy measurement such as time-of-flight positron emission tomography. In this work, experimental results of Petiroc2A are presented. [...]
2019 - 4 p.
- Published in : 10.1109/NSSMIC.2018.8824464
In : 2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2018), Sydney, Australia, 10 - 17 Nov 2018, pp.1
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DOI estimation through signal arrival time distribution: a theoretical description including proof of concept measurements
/ Loignon-Houle, Francis (Sherbrooke U.) ; Gundacker, Stefan (CERN ; Milan Bicocca U.) ; Toussaint, Maxime (Sherbrooke U.) ; Camirand Lemyre, Félix (Toronto U., Math. Dept.) ; Auffray, Etiennette (CERN) ; Fontaine, Réjean (Sherbrooke U. ; IPP, Canada) ; Charlebois, Serge A (Sherbrooke U. ; IPP, Canada) ; Lecoq, Paul (CERN ; GACE-ICMUV) ; Lecomte, Roger (Sherbrooke U.)
The challenge to reach 10 ps coincidence time resolution (CTR) in time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) is triggering major efforts worldwide, but timing improvements of scintillation detectors will remain elusive without depth-of-interaction (DOI) correction in long crystals. Nonetheless, this momentum opportunely brings up the prospect of a fully time-based DOI estimation since fast timing signals intrinsically carry DOI information, even with a traditional single-ended readout. [...]
2021 - 19 p.
- Published in : Phys. Med. Biol. 66 (2021) 095015
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Fast28 a low-power fast readout design for SiPMs in 28nm CMOS
/ Piller, M (CERN ; Graz, Tech. U.) ; Ballabriga, R (CERN) ; Bandi, F (CERN) ; Campbell, M (CERN) ; Deutschmann, B (Graz, Tech. U.) ; Fernández-Tenllado, J M (CERN) ; Gascon, D (Barcelona U.) ; Gomez, S (Barcelona, Polytechnic U. ; Barcelona U.) ; Michalowska-Forsyth, A (Graz, Tech. U.) ; Mauricio, J (Barcelona U.) et al.
The field of detector readout electronics for precise timing has experienced a remarkable surge of interest due to its diverse range of applications in nuclear medicine such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET), High Energy Physics (HEP), Time-of-Flight (ToF) mass spectrometry and many other fields. This growth can be attributed to rapid advancements in photodetectors, particularly the silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), which has demonstrated exceptional suitability for these applications, owing to its ability to generate signals with unprecedentedly fast rise times. [...]
2023 - 1 p.
- Published in : 10.1109/NSSMICRTSD49126.2023.10337864
In : 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector (RTSD) Conference (2023 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD), Vancouver, Canada, 4 - 11 Nov 2023
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