Présentation

Sujets de recherche

Capteurs et dispositifs, Circuits intégrés, Imagerie, Instruments, Micro et nanoélectronique.

Disciplines de recherche

Génie électrique et génie électronique, Médecine nucléaire.

Mots-clés

Circuits intégrés, CMOS, Conception analogique, Conception à signaux mixtes, Diode à avalanche monophotonique, Encapsulation 3D, Instrumentation pour détecteurs de radiation, Mesure de gigue temporelle, Photodétecteurs, Systèmes électroniques, Tomographie par émission de positrons.

Langues parlées et écrites

Anglais, Français

Prix et distinctions

• 1st Place 2012 CMC Microsystems Texpo Componentware award. (Prix / Récompense).
• 1st Place 2013 CMC Microsystems Texpo Componentware Award. (Prix / Récompense).
• 1st place Best Paper Award at the 2012 IEEE Real-time Conference. (Prix / Récompense).
• 2e place Best Paper Award at the 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. (Prix / Récompense).
• 2e place Best Paper Award at the IEEE 19th Real-Time Conference. (Prix / Récompense).
• 2nd place 2014 CMC Microsystems Texpo Componentware Competition. (Prix / Récompense).
• CMC Microelectronics TEXPO Componentware, National recognition. (Distinction).

Publications

Articles de revue

• Tétrault M.-A., C. Therrien A., Desaulniers Lamy A., Boisvert A., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Dark Count Impact for First Photon Discriminators for SPAD Digital Arrays in PET. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, (Article sous presse).
• Bérubé B.-L., Rhéaume V.-P., Parent S., Maurais L., Corbeil Therrien A., Charette G. P., Charlebois S.A., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Implementation study of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) in 0.8 μm HV CMOS technology. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, (Article soumis).
• Tétrault M.-A., Desaulniers Lamy É., Boisvert A., Thibaudeau C., Dubois F., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Real-Time Discreet SPAD Array Readout Architecture for Time of Flight PET. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., (Article sous presse).
• Dragone A., Caragiulo P., Carini G.A., Herbst R., Pratte J.-F., O’Connor P., Rehak P., Siddons D.P., Haller G. (2014). eLine 10k : a High Dynamic Range Front-End ASIC for LCLS Detectors. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 61(2), 992-1000. (Article publié).
• Corbeil Therrien A., Bérubé B.-L., Charlebois S., Lecomte R., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Modeling of Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array Detector for PET Applications. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci, 61(1), 14-22. (Article publié).
• 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 Trans. Nucl. Sci., (9), 2727-2735. (Article publié).
• Convert L., Girard Baril F., 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, 12(22), 4683-4692. (Article publié).
• Schulz D., Southekal S., Junnarkar S.S., Pratte J.-F., Purschke M.L., Stoll S., 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, 8(4), 347-352. (Article publié).
• 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. Phys. Med. Biol, 56, 2459-2480. (Article publié).
• Carini G.A., Chen W., Dragone A., Fried J., Jakoncic J., Kuczweski A., Li Z., Mead J., Michta R., Pratte J.-F., Rehak P., Siddon D.P. (2009). Tests of small X-ray Active Matrix Pixel Sensor prototypes at the National Synchrotron Light Source. J. of Instrumentation, 4(3), (Article publié).
• 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 Trans. Nucl. Sci, 55(5), 2727-2735. (Article publié).
• 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. Braz. J. of Phys., 38(2), 287-291. (Article publié).
• Park S.-J., Southekal S., Purschke M., Junnarkar 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 Trans. Nucl. Sci, 55(1), 510-515. (Article publié).
• Junnarkar 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 Trans. Nucl. Sci, 55(1), 220-224. (Article publié).

Articles de conférence

• Parent S., Rhéaume V.-P., Bérubé B.-L, Martel S., Fontaine R., Charlebois S.A., Pratte, J.-F. (2014). A Noise Reduction Method for Single Photon Avalanche Diodes in 0.8 μm HV CMOS Technology. 2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. (Article publié).
• Nolet F.,Rhéaume V.-P., Parent S., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Digital SiPM in HV CMOS with Adjustable Analog Dynamic Range (ORAL PRESENTATION). IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. (Article publié).
• Therrien A. C., Parent S., Berube B.-L., Rheaume V.-P., Charlebois S. A., Lecomte R.,Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Experimental Validation of a Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array Detector Simulator (ORAL PRESENTATION). IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. (Article publié).
• Maurais L., Charlebois S. A., Parent S., Rhéaume V.-P., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Impact of a 3D Microfabrication Process on the Dark Count Rate of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (ORAL PRESENTATION). IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. (Article publié).
• Nolet F., Rhéaume V.-P., Parent S., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Silicon Photomultiplier in HV CMOS 0.8 μm with Adjustable Dynamic Range. 2014 CMC Annual Symposium. (Article accepté).
• Fontaine R., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Current and Future Considerations for Design of Positron Emission Tomography Scanners Dedicated to Small Animal Imaging (ORAL PRESENTATION). CMOS Emerging Technologies Research. (Article publié).
• Chaput S., Renaudy M., Meingany 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. 12th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS 2014), Trois-Rivières, Canada, June 22 – 25, 2014. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M.-A., Desaulniers Lamy E., Boisvert A., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2014). Real-Time Discreet SPAD Array Readout Architecture for Time of Flight PET. 2014 IEEE 19th Real-Time Conference. (Article publié).
• Rhéaume V.-P., Bérubé B.-L., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2013). Integrated Circuit for Characterization of Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes in HV-CMOS, 0.8um. 2013 CMC Microsystems Annual Symposium. (Article accepté).
• Tétrault M.-A., Desaulniers Lamy E., Boisvert A., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2013). Low Dead Time SPAD Digital Readout Architecture for Real Time PET. In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE. 1-6. (Article publié).
• Bouziri H., Koua K., Arpin L., Ben Attouch M.W., Panier S., Abidi M., Paulin C., Martin B., Pepin C., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2013). Time-over-Threshold Based Crystal Identification in Phoswich Detectors (ORAL PRESENTATION). Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE, [M05-6]. (Article publié).
• Rhéaume V.-P., Bérubé B.-L., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2013). Architecture de circuit intégré pour caractérisation de photodiodes avalanche monophotonique. 81e Congrès de l'ACFAS, Colloque du ReSMiQ, Université Laval. (Article publié).
• Boisvert A., Tétrault M.-A., Bérubé B.-L., Desaulniers Lamy E., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2013). Circuit d’étouffement pour photodiodes à avalanche opérées en mode Geiger en technologie 3D CMOS 130 nm en vue d’une intégration 3D pour l’imagerie médicale. 81e Congrès de l'ACFAS, Colloque du ReSMiQ, Université Laval. (Article publié).
• Bérubé B.-L., Parent S., Rhéaume V.-P., Corbeil Therrien A., Maurais L., Charlebois S.A., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2013). Conception de photodiodes avalanche monophotoniques en technologie CMOS HV 0.8 um dédiées à une intégration 3D. 81e Congrès de l'ACFAS, Colloque du ReSMiQ, Université Laval. (Article publié).
• Corbeil Therrien A., Bérubé B.-L., Charlebois S.A., Fontaine R., Pratte J.-F. (2013). Développement d’un simulateur dédié à un module de comptage de photons appliqué à la tomographie d’émission par positrons. 81e Congrès de l'ACFAS, Colloque du ReSMiQ, Université Laval. (Article publié).
• Roy N., Mercier M.-O., Séguin-Godin G., Marcoux S., Brault L.-P., Lamoureux B., Picard S., St-Hilaire S., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2013). Sonde de calibration temporelle pour des scanners précliniques à tomographie d’émission par positrons. 81e Congrès de l'ACFAS, Colloque du ReSMiQ. (Article publié).
• Ben attouch M.W., Koua K.M., 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. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Electronics Design, Systems and Applications (ICEDSA. 130-134. (Article publié).
• 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 Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) Arrays in High Voltage CMOS 0.8 um dedicated to a 3D Integrated Circuit (3DIC). In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC). 1835-1839. (Article publié).
• 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. In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE. 3530-3532. (Article publié).
• Thibodeau C., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R., Lecomte R. (2012). Polyenergetic CT Sinogram Generator. In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE. 2707-2710. (Article publié).
• Pratte J.-F., Tétrault M.-A., Berube B.-L., Corbeil-Therrien A., Rheaume V.-P., Boisvert A., Desaulniers Lamy E., Charlebois S., Fontaine R. (2012). Toward the Realization of 3D Single Photon Counting Modules for Radiation Instrumentation (ORAL PRESENTATION). In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE. (Article publié).
• 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. In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE. 898-905. (Article publié).
• Bouziri H., Koua K., Panier S., Ben Attouch M.W., Arpin L., Abidi M., Paulin C., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). 64-channel readout ASIC for LabPET II. In CMC Symposium 2011. (Article publié).
• Ben Attouch M.W., Bouziri H., Koua K., Panier S., Arpin L., Abidi M., Paulin C., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). A 64‐Channel Readout ASIC for the LabPET II APD Array Dedicated to Small Animal PET/CT Imaging Scanners. CMC Symposium 2011. (Article publié).
• Panier S., Koua K., Arpin L., Bouziri H., Ben Attouch M.W., Abidi M., Paulin C., Pratte J.-F., Lecomte R., Fontaine R. (2011). A Small Area, Ultra-Low Power Baseline Holder for the APD-Based LabPET II Detector. Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE, [NP2.S-63]. (Article publié).
• Fontaine R., Koua K., Bouziri H., Arpin L., Panier S., Ben Attouch M.W., Abidi M., Paulin C., Pratte J.-F., Lecomte R. (2011). A Time over Threshold-Based 64-Channel Readout ASIC for the LabPET II APD Array Dedicated to Small Animal Imaging PET Scanner. Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE, [NP2.S-69]. (Article publié).
• Arpin L., Bouziri H., Koua K., Panier S., Ben Attouch M.W., Abidi M., Paulin C., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). An Embedded Real Time Digital Signal Processing Unit and its Digital Design Flow for a 64‐Channel PET Detector Module in a TSMC 0.18 um CMOS mixed‐signal ASIC. CMC Symposium 2011. (Article publié).
• Vaska P., Purschke M.L., Fried J., Junnarkar S.S., Gualtieri E., 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. In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE. 3169-3172. (Article publié).
• Ravindranath B., Huang P.-J., Junnarkar S., Hong X., Purschke M.L., Stoll S., Maramraju S.H., Wang G.-J., Vaska P., Pratte J.-F., Woody C., Schlyer D. (2011). Clinical Evaluation of a Prototype Simultaneous PET-MRI Breast Imaging System (ORAL PRESENTATION). Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE, [MIC13-2]. (Article publié).
• Thibaudeau C., Leroux J.D., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R., Lecomte R. (2011). Cylindrical and Spherical Ray-Tracing for CT Iterative Reconstruction. In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE. 4378-4381. (Article publié).
• 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. In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE. 1545-1550. (Article publié).
• 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. In Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE. 617-620. (Article publié).
• Bouziri H., Koua K., Panier S., Ben Attouch M.W., Arpin L., Abidi M., Paulin C., Pepin C.M., Bergeron M., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). Time-over-Threshold Based Crystal Identification in Phoswich Detectors (ORAL PRESENTATION). Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE. (Article publié).
• Convert L., Girard-Baril F., Boisselle V., Chabot V., Zermatten P.-J., Hamel R Jr., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R., Cloarec J.-P., Lecomte R., Charette P.G., Aimez V. (2011). Real time microfluidic analysis system for small animal molecular imaging. 4ème Colloque du Laboratoire International Associé : Nanotechnologies & Nanosystèmes (LIA-LN2). (Article publié).
• Arpin L., Koua K., Panier S., Bouziri H., Abidi M., Ben Attouch M.W., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). Architecture numérique et procédure de validation pour un ASIC à signaux mixtes utilisé dans un scanner bimodal TEP/TDM avec 64 canaux d’acquisition. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université de Sherbrooke. (Article publié).
• Panier S., Koua K., Arpin L., Ben Attouch M.W., Bouziri H., Abidi M., Paulin C., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). Conception et intégration en technologie CMOS 0.18 µm d’un circuit de maintien de tension de base en sortie d’un filtre de mise en forme unipolaire dans un scanner bimodal TEP/TDM. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université de Sherbrooke. (Article publié).
• Ben Attouch M.W., Koua K., Panier S., Arpin L., Abidi M., Bouziri H., Paulin C., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). Conception et intégration en technologie CMOS 0.18 µm d’un pulseur permettant de stimuler une quantité de charge à l’entrée des chaines d’acquisitions pour le scanner bimodal de TEP/TDM. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université de Sherbrooke. (Article publié).
• Convert L., Girard-Baril F., Boisselle V., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R., Aimez V. (2011). Détecteur microfluidique haute efficacité pour les études pharmacocinétiques précliniques avec des radiotraceurs TEP et TEM. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université de Sherbrooke. (Article publié).
• Panier S., Koua K., Arpin L., Ben Attouch M.W., Bouziri H., Abidi M., Paulin C., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). Intégration en technologie CMOS 0.18µm d’un contrôleur haute tension pour la polarisation de photodiode à avalanche dans un scanner TEP/TDM. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université de Sherbrooke. (Article publié).
• Thibaudeau C., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R., Lecomte R. (2011). Tomodensitométrie spectrale par comptage de photons. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université de Sherbrooke. (Article publié).
• Bouziri H., Koua K., Panier S., Arpin L., Abidi M., Ben Attouch M.W., Paulin C., Lecomte R., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2011). Étude de la mise en forme du signal analogique pour l’optimisation de la résolution en temps et de la résolution en énergie d’un scanner TEP/TDM avec 64 canaux d’acquisition. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas, Université de Sherbroo. (Article publié).
• 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. Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE. 2128-2131. (Article publié).
• 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 (ORAL PRESENTATION). In 2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference and 17th Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop - 2010 NSS-MIC,(p. [M09-6]). (Article publié).
• Abidi M., Calliste K.K., Kanoun M., Panier S., Arpin L., Tétrault M.-A., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R. (2010). A delay locked loop for fine time base generation in a positron emission tomography scanner. In 5th Conference on Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era, DTIS 2010. 1-4. (Article publié).
• 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. In 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009. 2917-2919. (Article publié).
• Koua K.M.C., Pratte J.-F., Assane A.-A.I., Viscogliosi N., Pepin C., Lecomte R., Fontaine R. (2009). Design and Performance of a 0.18-μm CMOS Charge Sensitive Preamplifier for the LabPET II, a Novel 64-Channel APD-Based Detector for PET/CT. 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imag¬ing Conference [N13-30]. (Article publié).
• Vaska P., Kim D., Southekal S., Krishnamoorthy S., Stoll S., Fried J., Schulz D., Pratte J.-F., Dragone A., Cui Y.-G., DeGeronimo G., Bolotnikov A., Woody C.L., O’Connor P. (2009). Performance of a Prototype Ultra-High Resolution PET Scanner Using CZT Pixel Detectors (ORAL PRESENTATION). In 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imag¬ing Conference [M15-2]. (Article publié).
• Southekal D., Schulz D., Schlyer S., Junnarkar S.S., Maramraju S.H., Ravindranath B., Stoll S., Purschke M., Pratte J.-F., Woody C.L., Vaska P. (2009). Quantitative Dynamic Neuroimaging with the RatCAP. 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imag¬ing Conference [N13-30]. (Article publié).
• 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. In 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009. 3315-3317. (Article publié).
• Maramraju S.H., Smith S.D., Rescia S., Junnarkar S., Ravindranath B., Stoll S., Purschke M., Schulz D., Southekal S., Lenz W., Pratte J.-F., Vaska P., Woody C., Schlyer D. (2009). Simultaneous acquisition of PET/MR images of small animals at 9.4 T. 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imag¬ing Conference [M05-247]. (Article publié).
• 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. In 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2009. 2151-2153. (Article publié).
• Vaska P., Kim D., Southekal S., Pratte J.-F., Fried J., Krishnamoorthy S., Stoll S., Bolotnikov A. (2009). Ultra-high resolution PET: a CZT-based scanner for the mouse brain (ORAL PRESENTATION). In 2009 SNM Annual Meeting. (Article publié).
• Maramraju S.H., Junnarkar S., Ravindranath B., Southekal S., Stoll S., Smith S.D., Lenz W., Pratte J.-F., Purschke M., Rescia S., Krishnamoorthy S., Vaska P., Woody C., Schlyer D. (2008). An MR compatible PET scanner based on RatCAP for small animal imaging at 9.4 T. In 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008. 3679-3682. (Article publié).
• 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. In 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008. 4650-4655. (Article publié).
• Krishnamoorthy S., Stoll S., Purschke M., Pratte J.-F., Woody C., Yu B., O'Connor P., Shlyer D., Vaska P. (2008). Design and Performance of a Light-Sharing Detector for 3D Gamma-Ray Imaging (ORAL PRESENTATION). In 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference , NSS/MIC 2008. (Article publié).
• Vaska P., Pratte J.-F., Dragone A., Fried J., Cui Y.-G., De Geronimo G., Kim D., Krishnamoorthy S., Bolotnikov A., O'Connor P., Dilmanian A., James R.B. (2008). Initial Results from a Full-Ring PET Scanner for the Mouse Brain Using CZT Pixel Detectors. IEEE 2008 NSS-MIC. (Article publié).
• Ravindranath B., Maramraju S.H., Cheng K., Hong X., Jiang A., Tomasi D., Junnarkar S., Stoll S., Pratte J.-F., Smith D., Southekal S., Purschke M., Krishnamoorthy S., Vaska P., Woody C., Schlyer D. (2008). MRI Performance Evaluation of a Dedicated Breast PET/MRI Scanner based on the RatCAP (ORAL PRESENTATION). In IEEE 2008 NSS-MIC Breast Imaging Workshop,[MR3-2]. (Article publié).
• Vaska P., Woody C.L., Schlyer D.J., Junnarkar S., Southekal S., Schulz D., Pratte J.-F., Stoll S., Purschke M., Fried J., Schiffer W., Maramraju S.H., Ravindranath B., Krishnamoorthy S., Radeka V., O'Connor P., Lecomte R., Fontaine R. (2008). Physical Performance and Quantitative Brain Imaging Studies Using the RatCAP Tomograph. IEEE 2008 NSS-MIC. (Article publié).
• Pratte J.-F., Junnarkar S., Deptuch G., Fried J., O'Connor P., Radeka V., Vaska P., Woody C., Schlyer D., Lecomte R., Fontaine R. (2008). The RatCAP Front-End Electronics, TEXPO competition’s 2008 CMC Componentware/CAD Award, (1ST PLACE WINNER). 2008 CMC Annual Symposium. (Article publié).
• Dragone A., Pratte J.F., Rehak P., Carini G.A., Herbst R., O'Connor P., Siddons D.P. (2008). XAMPS detector readout ASIC for LCLS. In 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008. 2970-2975. (Article publié).
• 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. (2008). XAMPS prototypes for the x-ray pump probe instruments at the LCLS. In 2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008. 1572-1577. (Article publié).

Autres contributions

Présentations

• (2015). Frontend electronics for single photon avalanche diodes with minimum single photon timing resolution. CERN Detector group. Geneva.
• (2013). Design criteria, advantages and tradeoffs of 3D Single photon counting modules for tens of ps resolution. 2013 IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD. Séoul.
• (2012). Development of 3D Single Photon Counting Modules for Radiation Instrumentation. SLAC Advanced Instrumentation Seminars. Menlo Park.
• (2011). 3D Digital Photodetectors Status and Plans. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on Front-End Electronics [Art. No.: 5751422]. Bergamo.
• (2010). High sensitivity fully digital photodetector. In 3D Systems Integration Conference 2010 IEEE International (3DIC). Munich.
• (2010). Circuits intégrés en 3D et photodétecteurs numériques. Colloque Sherbrooke-Montpellier 2010. Sherbrooke.
• (2010). Circuits intégrés en 3D et instrumentation pour imagerie médicale. 78e Congrès de l'ACFAS. Montréal.
• (2009). A passion for microelectronics and medical imaging. CMC Microsystems. Kingston.
• (2009). Front End Electronics for Instruments at LCLS. FEXAMPS: a case study. 7th International Meeting on Front-End Electronics (FEE 2009). Montauk.