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Jean-François Pratte

Professeur, Faculté de génie
FGEN Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique

Présentation

Expériences académiques

  • Professor. (2009-). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

Publications

Articles

  • Frédéric Nolet, Valérie Gauthier, Samuel Parent, Frédéric Vachon, Nicolas Roy, Nicolas St-Jean, Serge A. Charlebois, Jean-François Pratte. (2023). Quenching Circuit Discriminator Architecture Impact on a Sub-10 ps FWHM Single-Photon Timing Resolution SPAD. Instruments. DOI
  • Simon Carrier, Michel Labrecque-Dias, Ramy Tannous, Pascal Gendron, Frédéric Nolet, Nicolas Roy, Tommy Rossignol, Frédéric Vachon, Samuel Parent, Thomas Jennewein, Serge Charlebois, Jean-François Pratte. (2023). Towards a Multi-Pixel Photon-to-Digital Converter for Time-Bin Quantum Key Distribution. Sensors. DOI
  • Jean-François Pratte, Frédéric Nolet, Samuel Parent, Frédéric Vachon, Nicolas Roy, Tommy Rossignol, Keven Deslandes, Henri Dautet, Réjean Fontaine, Serge A. Charlebois. (2021). 3D Photon-To-Digital Converter for Radiation Instrumentation: Motivation and Future Works. Sensors. DOI
  • Nolet, F., Roy, N., Carrier, S., Bouchard, J., Fontaine, R., Charlebois, S.A., Pratte, J.-F. (2020). 22 μW, 5.1 ps LSB, 5.5 ps RMS jitter Vernier time-to-digital converter in CMOS 65 nm for single photon avalanche diode array. Electronics Letters. DOI
  • Nolet, F., Lemaire, W., Dubois, F., Roy, N., Carrier, S., Samson, A., Charlebois, S.A., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2020). A 256 Pixelated SPAD readout ASIC with in-Pixel TDC and embedded digital signal processing for uniformity and skew correction. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. DOI
  • Lemaire, W., Nolet, F., Dubois, F., Therrien, A.C., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R. (2020). Embedded time of arrival estimation for digital silicon photomultipliers with in-pixel TDCs. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. DOI
  • Njoya, O., Tsang, T., Tarka, M., Fairbank, W., Kumar, K.S., Rao, T., Wager, T., Kharusi, S.A., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P.S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., Brodsky, J.P., Brown, E., Brunner, T., Caden, E., ... Ziegler, T. (2020). Measurements of electron transport in liquid and gas Xenon using a laser-driven photocathode. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. DOI
  • Vachon, F., Parent, S., Nolet, F., Dautet, H., Pratte, J.-F., Charlebois, S.A. (2020). Measuring count rates free from correlated noise in digital silicon photomultipliers. Measurement Science and Technology. DOI
  • Lv, P., Cao, G.F., Wen, L.J., Kharusi, S.A., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P.S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., Breur, P.A., Brodsky, J.P., Brown, E., Brunner, T., Mamahit, S.B., Caden, E., Cao, L., Chambers, C., ... Ziegler, T. (2020). Reflectance of Silicon Photomultipliers at Vacuum Ultraviolet Wavelengths. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Nakarmi, P., Ostrovskiy, I., Soma, A.K., Retière, F., Kharusi, S.Al., Alfaris, M., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P.S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., Blatchford, J., Breur, P.A., Brodsky, J.P., Brown, E., Brunner, T., Mamahit, S.B., ... Ziegler, T. (2020). Reflectivity and PDE of VUV4 Hamamatsu SiPMs in liquid xenon. Journal of Instrumentation. DOI
  • Lecoq, P., Morel, C., Prior, J.O., Visvikis, D., Gundacker, S., Auffray, E., Križan, P., Turtos, R.M., Thers, D., Charbon, E., Varela, J., De La Taille, C., Rivetti, A., Breton, D., Pratte, J.-F., Nuyts, J., Surti, S., Vandenberghe, S., Marsden, P., ... Benoit, M. (2020). Roadmap toward the 10 ps time-of-flight PET challenge. Physics in Medicine and Biology. DOI
  • Gallina, G., Giampa, P., Retière, F., Kroeger, J., Zhang, G., Ward, M., Margetak, P., Li, G., Tsang, T., Doria, L., Al Kharusi, S., Alfaris, M., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P.S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., ... Ziegler, T. (2019). Characterization of the Hamamatsu VUV4 MPPCs for nEXO. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. DOI
  • Chambers, C., Walton, T., Fairbank, D., Craycraft, A., Yahne, D.R., Todd, J., Iverson, A., Fairbank, W., Alamre, A., Albert, J.B., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P.S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., Bourque, F., Brodsky, J.P., ... Ziegler, T. (2019). Imaging individual barium atoms in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO. Nature. DOI
  • Li, Z., Cen, W.R., Robinson, A., Moore, D.C., Wen, L.J., Odian, A., Kharusi, S.A., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P.S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., Brodsky, J.P., Brown, E., Brunner, T., Caden, E., Cao, G.F., ... Ziegler, T. (2019). Simulation of charge readout with segmented tiles in nEXO. Journal of Instrumentation. DOI
  • Jewell, M., Schubert, A., Cen, W.R., Dalmasson, J., Devoe, R., Fabris, L., Gratta, G., Jamil, A., Li, G., Odian, A., Patel, M., Pocar, A., Qiu, D., Wang, Q., Wen, L.J., Albert, J.B., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., ... Ziegler, T. (2018). Characterization of an Ionization Readout Tile for nEXO. Journal of Instrumentation. DOI
  • Nolet, F., Dubois, F., Roy, N., Parent, S., Lemaire, W., Massie-Godon, A., Charlebois, S.A., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2018). Digital SiPM channel integrated in CMOS 65 nm with 17.5 ps FWHM single photon timing resolution. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. DOI
  • Therrien, A.C., Lemaire, W., Lecoq, P., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2018). Energy discrimination for positron emission tomography using the time information of the first detected photons. Journal of Instrumentation. DOI
  • Albert, J.B., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bourque, F., Brodsky, J.P., Brown, E., Brunner, T., Burenkov, A., Cao, G.F., Cao, L., Cen, W.R., Chambers, C., Charlebois, S.A., Chiu, M., Cleveland, B., ... Ziegler, T. (2018). Sensitivity and discovery potential of the proposed nEXO experiment to neutrinoless double- β decay. Physical Review C. DOI
  • Sun, X.L., Tolba, T., Cao, G.F., Lv, P., Wen, L.J., Odian, A., Vachon, F., Alamre, A., Albert, J.B., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P.S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., Bourque, F., Brodsky, J.P., Brown, E., ... Ziegler, T. (2018). Study of silicon photomultiplier performance in external electric fields. Journal of Instrumentation. DOI
  • Jamil, A., Ziegler, T., Hufschmidt, P., Li, G., Lupin-Jimenez, L., Michel, T., Ostrovskiy, I., Retière, F., Schneider, J., Wagenpfeil, M., Alamre, A., Albert, J.B., Anton, G., Arnquist, I.J., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P.S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., ... Zhou, Y. (2018). VUV-Sensitive Silicon Photomultipliers for Xenon Scintillation Light Detection in nEXO. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Bouchard, J., Samson, A., Lemaire, W., Paulin, C., Pratte, J.-F., Berube-Lauziere, Y., Fontaine, R. (2017). A Low-Cost Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting System for Multiview Time-Domain Diffuse Optical Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. DOI
  • Tetrault, M.-A., Corbeil Therrien, A., Lemaire, W., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2017). TDC array tradeoffs in current and upcoming digital SiPM detectors for time-of-flight PET. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Nolet, F., Rheaume, V.-P., Parent, S., Charlebois, S.A., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2016). A 2D Proof of Principle Towards a 3D Digital SiPM in HV CMOS with Low Output Capacitance. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Dequivre, T., Alam, E.A., Maurais, J., Brisard, G.M., Pratte, J.-F., Charlebois, S.A. (2016). Electrografted P4VP for high aspect ratio copper TSV insulation in via-last process flow. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. DOI
  • Convert, L., Lebel, R., Gascon, S., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F., Charette, P., Aimez, V., Lecomte, R. (2016). Real-Time microfluidic blood-counting system for pet and spect preclinical pharmacokinetic studies. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. DOI
  • Tétrault, M.-A., Therrien, A.C., Lamy, E.D., Boisvert, A., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2015). Dark count impact for first photon discriminators for SPAD digital arrays in PET. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Berube, B.-L., Rheaume, V.-P., Parent, S., Maurais, L., Therrien, A.C., Charette, P.G., Charlebois, S.A., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2015). Implementation Study of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) in 0.8μm HV CMOS Technology. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Tétrault, M.-A., Lamy, E.D., Boisvert, A., Thibaudeau, C., Kanoun, M., Dubois, F., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2015). Real-time discrete SPAD array readout architecture for time of flight PET. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Dragone, A., Caragiulo, P., Carini, G.A., Herbst, R., Pratte, J.F., O Connor, P., Rehak, P., Siddons, D.P., Haller, G. (2014). ELine10k: A high dynamic range front-end ASIC for LCLS detectors. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Corbeil Therrien, A., Berube, B.-L., Charlebois, S.A., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2014). Modeling of single photon avalanche diode array detectors for PET applications. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Njejimana, L., Tetrault, M.-A., Arpin, L., Burghgraeve, A., Maille, P., Lavoie, J.-C., Paulin, C., Koua, K.C., Bouziri, H., Panier, S., Attouch, M.W.B., Abidi, M., Cadorette, J., Pratte, J.-F., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R. (2013). Design of a real-time fpga-based data acquisition architecture for the labpet ii: An apd-based scanner dedicated to small animal pet imaging. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Convert, L., Baril, F.G., Boisselle, V., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R., Lecomte, R., Charette, P.G., Aimez, V. (2012). Blood compatible microfluidic system for pharmacokinetic studies in small animals. Lab on a Chip. DOI
  • Schulz, D., Southekal, S., Junnarkar, S.S., Pratte, J.-F., Purschke, M.L., Stoll, S.P., Ravindranath, B., Maramraju, S.H., Krishnamoorthy, S., Henn, F.A., O'Connor, P., Woody, C.L., Schlyer, D.J., Vaska, P. (2011). Simultaneous assessment of rodent behavior and neurochemistry using a miniature positron emission tomograph. Nature Methods. DOI
  • Maramraju, S.H., Smith, S.D., Junnarkar, S.S., Schulz, D., Stoll, S., Ravindranath, B., Purschke, M.L., Rescia, S., Southekal, S., Pratte, J.-F., Vaska, P., Woody, C.L., Schlyer, D.J. (2011). Small animal simultaneous PET/MRI: Initial experiences in a 9.4 T microMRI. Physics in Medicine and Biology. DOI
  • Carini, G.A., Chen, W., Dragone, A., Fried, J., Jakoncic, J., Kuczweski, A., Li, Z., Mead, J., Michta, R., Pratte, J.-F., Rehak, P., Siddons, D.P. (2009). Tests of small X-ray active matrix pixel sensor prototypes at the national synchrotron light source. Journal of Instrumentation. DOI
  • Park, S.-J., Southekal, S., Purschke, M., Junnarkar, S.S., Pratte, J.-F., Stoll, S.P., Woody, C.L., Schlyer, D.J., Vaska, P. (2008). Digital coincidence processing for the RatCAP conscious rat brain PET scanner. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Junnarkar, S.S., Fried, J., Southekal, S., Pratte, J.-F., O'Connor, P., Radeka, V., Vaska, P., Purschke, M., Tomasi, D., Woody, C., Fontaine, R. (2008). Next generation of real time data acquisition, calibration and control system for the RatCAP scanner. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Solis, E., Tomasi, D., Junnarkar, S., Schlyer, D., Vaska, P., Woody, C., Pratte, J.-F., O'Connor, P., Rodriguez, A.O. (2008). Shielded transceiver RF coil array for simultaneous PET-MRI. Brazilian Journal of Physics. DOI
  • Pratte, J.-F., Junnarkar, S., Deptuch, G., Fried, J., O’Connor, P., Radeka, V., Vaska, P., Woody, C., Schlyer, D., Stoll, S., Maramraju, S.H., Krishnamoorthy, S., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R. (2008). The RatCAP Front-End ASIC. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Woody, C., Vaska, P., Schlyer, D., Pratte, J.-F., Junnarkar, S., Park, S.-J., Stoll, S., Purschke, M., Southekal, S., Kriplani, A., Krishnamoorthy, S., Maramraju, S., Lee, D., Schiffer, W., Dewey, S., Neill, J., Kandasamy, A., O'Connor, P., Radeka, V., ... Lecomte, R. (2007). Initial studies using the RatCAP conscious animal PET tomograph. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. DOI
  • Woody, C., Schlyer, D., Vaska, P., Tomasi, D., Solis-Najera, S., Rooney, W., Pratte, J.-F., Junnarkar, S., Stoll, S., Master, Z., Purschke, M., Park, S.-J., Southekal, S., Kriplani, A., Krishnamoorthy, S., Maramraju, S., O'Connor, P., Radeka, V. (2007). Preliminary studies of a simultaneous PET/MRI scanner based on the RatCAP small animal tomograph. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. DOI
  • Fontaine, R., Bélanger, F., Cadorette, J., Leroux, J.-D., Martin, J.-P., Michaud, J.-B., Pratte, J.-F., Robert, S., Lecomte, R. (2005). Architecture of a dual-modality, high-resolution, fully digital positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner for small animal imaging. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Pratte, J.-F., Robert, S., De Geronimo, G., O'Connor, P., Stoll, S., Pepin, C.M., Fontaine, R., Lecomte, R. (2004). Design and performance of 0.18-μm CMOS charge preamplifiers for APD-based PET scanners. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Pratte, J.-F., De Geronimo, G., Junnarkar, S., O'Connor, P., Yu, B., Robert, S., Radeka, V., Woody, C., Stoll, S., Vaska, P., Kandasamy, A., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R. (2004). Front-end electronics for the RatCAP mobile animal PET scanner. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Woody, C., Kriplani, A., O'Connor, P., Pratte, J.-F., Radeka, V., Rescia, S., Schlyer, D., Shokouhi, S., Stoll, S., Vaska, P., Villaneuva, A., Volkow, N., Yu, B. (2004). RatCAP: A small, head-mounted PET tomograph for imaging the brain of an awake RAT. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. DOI
  • Vaska, P., Woody, C.L., Schlyer, D.J., Shokouhi, S., Stoll, S.P., Pratte, J.-F., O'Connor, P., Junnarkar, S.S., Rescia, S., Yu, B., Porschke, M., Kandasamy, A., Villanueva, A., Kriplani, A., Radeka, V., Volkow, N., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R. (2004). RatCAP: Miniaturized head-mounted PET for conscious rodent brain imaging. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Shokouhi, S., Stoll, S.P., Villanueva, A., Vaska, P., Schlyer, D.J., Woody, C.L., Yu, B., O'Connor, P., Pratte, J.-F., Radeka, V., Volkow, N., Fowler, J.S. (2003). A Noninvasive LSO-APD Blood Radioactivity Monitor for PET Imaging Studies. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Pratte, J.-F., Pepin, C.M., Rouleau, D., Ménard, O., Mouine, J., Lecomte, R. (2002). Design of a fast-shaping amplifier for PET/CT APD detectors with depth-of-interaction. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI
  • Lecomte, R., Pepin, C.M., Lepage, M.D., Pratte, J.-F., Dautet, H., Binkley, D.M. (2001). Performance analysis of phoswich/APD detectors and low-noise CMOS preamplifiers for high-resolution PET systems. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. DOI

Articles de conférence

  • Parent, S., Cote, M., Vachon, F., Groulx, R., Martel, S., Dautet, H., Charlebois, S.A., Pratte, J.-F. (2018). Single Photon Avalanche Diodes and Vertical Integration Process for a 3D Digital SiPM using Industrial Semiconductor Technologies. 2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings. DOI
  • Tetrault, M.-A., Therrien, A.C., Lemaire, W., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2016). Digital SPAD scintillation detector simulation flow to evaluate and minimize real-Time requirements. 2016 IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference, RT 2016. DOI
  • Jurgensen, N., Arpin, L., Bouziri, H., Njejimana, L., Koua, K., Gaudin, E., Pratte, J.-F., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R. (2016). Initial results for automatic calibration of the LabPET II front-end detector module. 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015. DOI
  • Therrien, A.C., Parent, S., Tetrault, M.-A., Gundacker, S., Lecoq, P., Lecomte, R., Charlebois, S.A., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2016). Optimization of Single Photon Avalanche Diode array detectors with a custom simulator. 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015. DOI
  • Bouchard, J., Lemaire, W., Samson, A., Paulin, C., Pratte, J.-F., Bérubé-Lauzière, Y., Fontaine, R. (2016). Preliminary results of a low-cost 4-channel time-correlated single photon counting system for time-domain diffuse optical tomography. 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2016 - Proceedings. DOI
  • Traore, M.S., Thibaudeau, C., Koua, K., Tetrault, M.-A., Pepin, C.M., Cadorette, J., Pratte, J.-F., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R. (2016). System architecture of a fully combined PET/CT scanner using LabPET™ electronics with an upgraded analog front-end optimized for PET and CT counting mode operation. 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015. DOI
  • Chaput, S., Renaud, M., Meingan, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2014). A 3.7 v to 200 v highly integrated DC-DC converter with 70.4% efficiency for portable electrostatic MEMS applications. 2014 IEEE 12th International New Circuits and Systems Conference, NEWCAS 2014. DOI
  • Tetrault, M.-A., Lamy, E.D., Boisvert, A., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R. (2014). Real-time discreet SPAD array readout architecture for time of flight PET. 2014 19th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference, RT 2014 - Conference Records. DOI
  • Tétrault, M.-A., Lamy, E.D., Boisvert, A., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2013). Low dead time digital SPAD readout architecture for realtime small animal PET. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Ben Attouch, M.W., Koua, K.M.-C., Panier, S., Arpin, L., Njejimana, L., Bouziri, H., Abidi, M., Paulin, C., Lecomte, R., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R. (2012). A fully integrated pulse charge generator embedded in a 64-channel readout ASIC dedicated to a PET/CT detector module. International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems, and Applications. DOI
  • Njejimana, L., Tetrault, M.-A., Arpin, L., Burghgraeve, A., Maille, P., Lavoie, J.-C., Paulin, C., Koua, K.C., Bouziri, H., Panier, S., Ben Attouch, M.W., Abidi, M., Pratte, J.-F., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R. (2012). Design of a real-time FPgA-based DAQ architecture for the LabPET II, an APD-based scanner dedicated to small animal PET imaging. 2012 18th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference, RT 2012. DOI
  • Berube, B.-L., Rheaume, V.-P., Therrien, A.C., Parent, S., Maurais, L., Boisvert, A., Carini, G., Charlebois, S.A., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2012). Development of a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array in high voltage CMOS 0.8 μm dedicated to a 3D integrated circuit (3DIC). IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Dragone, A., Caragiulo, P., Carini, G.A., Herbst, R., Pratte, J.F., O'Connor, P., Rehak, P., Siddons, D.P., Haller, G. (2012). ELine10k: A high dynamic range front-end ASIC for LCLS detectors. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Budassi, M., Stoll, S., Purschke, M.L., Ravindranath, B., Fried, J., Cao, T., Pratte, J.-F., O'Connor, P., Babst, B., Woody, C.L., Vaska, P., Schlyer, D.J. (2012). First results from the BNL plant imaging system. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Thibaudeau, C., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R., Lecomte, R. (2012). Polyenergetic CT sinogram generator. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Vaska, P., Purschke, M.L., Fried, J., Junnarkar, S.S., Gualtieri, E., Pickup, S., Karp, J.S., Stoll, S., Maramraju, S.-H., Ravindranath, B., Budassi, M., Cao, T., Pratte, J.-F., O'Connor, P., Schlyer, D., Woody, C.L. (2011). An MRI-compatible PET insert for whole body studies in rodents at high functional and anatomical resolution. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Thibaudeau, C., Leroux, J.-D., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R., Lecomte, R. (2011). Cylindrical and spherical ray-tracing for CT iterative reconstruction. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Arpin, L., Koua, K., Panier, S., Bouziri, H., Abidi, M., Ben Attouch, M.W., Paulin, C., Maillé, P., Geoffroy, C., Lecomte, R., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R. (2011). Embedded real time digital signal processing unit for a 64-channel PET detector module. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Therrien, A.C., Bérubé, B.-L., Thibaudeau, C., Charlebois, S., Lecomte, R., Fontaine, R., Pratte, J.-F. (2011). Modeling of single photon avalanche diode array detectors for PET applications. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Purschke, M.L., Budassi, M., Cao, T., Fried, J., Gualtieri, E., Junnarkar, S.S., Karp, J.S., Maramraju, S.-H., O'Connor, P., Pratte, J.-F., Ravindranath, B., Schlyer, D., Stoll, S.P., Vaska, P., Woody, C. (2011). Readout technologies for the BNL-UPenn MRI-compatible PET scanner for rodents. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Abidi, M., Calliste, K.K., Kanoun, M., Panier, S., Arpin, L., Tétraul, M.-A., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R. (2010). A delay locked loop for fine time base generation in a positron emission tomography scanner. 5th Conference on Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era, DTIS 2010. DOI
  • Pratte, J.-F., Tétrault, M.-A., Fontaine, R. (2010). High sensitivity fully digital photodetector. IEEE 3D System Integration Conference 2010, 3DIC 2010. DOI
  • Convert, L., Girard-Baril, F., Boisselle, V., Pratte, J.-F., Fontaine, R., Aimez, V., Charette, P., Lecomte, R. (2010). Microfluidic beta and conversion electron radiation detector for preclinical pharmacokinetic studies with PET and SPECT radiotracers. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Ravindranath, B., Junnarkar, S.S., Purschke, M.L., Maramraju, S.H., Southekal, S.S., Stoll, S.P., Pratte, J.F., Vaska, P., Woody, C.L., Schlyer, D.J. (2009). 3D tomographic wrist scanner for non-invasive determination of input function. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Ravindranath, B., Junnarkar, S.S., Purschke, M.L., Maramraju, S.H., Hong, X., Tomasi, D., Bennett, D., Cheng, K., Southekal, S.S., Stoll, S.P., Pratte, J.-F., Vaska, P., Woody, C.L., Schlyer, D.J. (2009). Results from prototype II of the BNL simultaneous PET-MRI dedicated breast scanner. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Carini, G.A., Dragone, A., Chen, W., Fried, J., Kuczewski, A., Li, Z., Mead, J., O'Connor, P., Pratte, J.-F., Rehak, P., Wolniewicz, K., Siddons, D.P. (2009). The XAMPS detector for the X-ray pump-probe instrument at LCLS. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
  • Ravindranath, B., Maramraju, S.H., Junnarkar, S.S., Southekal, S.S., Stoll, S.P., Pratte, J.-F., Purschke, M.L., Hong, X., Bennett, D., Cheng, K., Tomasi, D., Smith, D.S., Krishnamoorthy, S., Vaska, P., WOOdy, C.L., Schlyer, D.J. (2008). A simultaneous PET/MRI breast scanner based on the RatCAP. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record. DOI
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