Publications

“Light yield temperature dependence of lutetium-based scintillation crystals.”
Andrei Fedorov, Mikhail Korzhik, Alexander Lobko, Oleg Missevitch and Alexander Annenkov.
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. А537 (2005)276-278.

“Radiation damage of REAlO3: Ce3+(RE=Y, Lu) scintillators under γ and neutron irradiation.”
S. Baccaro, A. Cecilia, A. Venezia, A. Fedorov, M.V. Korzhik, A. Barisevich and V. Domenev.
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. А537 (2005)431-434.

“Industrial growth of LuYAP scintillation crystals”
Alexander Annenkov, Andrei Fedorov, Mikhail Korzhik, Vladimir Ligoun, Oleg Missevitch, Alexander Tkachev and Paul Lecoq
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. А537 (2005)182-184.

“Characterization of pilot batch of LuYAP crystals to be used in prototypes of small animal positron emission tomograph ClearPET.”
Andrei Fedorov, Alexander Annenkov, Mikhail Korzhik, Paul Lecoq, Oleg Missevitch and Alexander Tkachev.
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. А537 (2005)193-196.

“Lead tungstate scintillation crystal with increased light yield for the PANDA electromagnetic calorimeter.”
A. Borisevich, A. Fedorov, A. Hofstaetter, M. Korzhik, B.K. Meyer, O. Missevitch and R. Novotny.
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. А537 (2005)101-104.

“Double-end readout of Lu-based scintillation pixels in Positron Emission Tomography.”
A. Fedorov, M. Korzhik, O. Missevitch and V. Panov.
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. А537 (2005)331-334.

“Application of PWO crystals for detection of low-activity gamma-radiation in the energy range above 3 MeV”
G.Yu. Drobychev, V.G. Baryshevsky, A.A. Fedorov, A.A. Khruschinsky, M.V. Korjik, P. Lecoq and O.V. Missevitch.
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. А537 (2005)439-442.

“Optimization of light collection in the PWO detector unit cell.”
A. Fyodorov, V. Dormenev, G. Drobychev, M. Korzhik, A. Lobko, O. Missevich, K.Rudov.
Applied to the LANL Preprint archive. 2005.

“A modified OSEM algorithm for PET reconstruction using Wavelet processing”
Lee NY, Choi Y.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2005; 80:236-245.

“Development of analytical model for optimization of dual layer phoswich detector length for PET”
Chung YH, Choi Y, Choe YS, Lee KH, Kim BT.
Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research 2005; 26(1):17-22.

“Optimization of dual layer phoswich detector consisting of LSO and LuYAP for small animal PET”
Chung YH, Choi Y, Cho G, Choe YS, Lee KH, Kim BT..
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 2005; 52(1): 217-221.

“Clear-PEM: A dedicated PET camera for improved breast cancer detection”
M.C. Abreu, P. Almeida, F. Balau, N.C. Ferreira, S. Fetal, F. Fraga, M. Martins, N. Matela, R. Moura, C. Ortigão, L. Peralta, P. Rato, R. Ribeiro, P. Rodrigues, A. I. Santos, A. Trindade, J. Varela,
Radiation Protection Dosimetry vol. 116, nº 1-4, (2005) 208-210

“Comparison of LuAP and LuYAP crystal properties from statistically significant batches produced with two different growth methods”
J.Trummer, E.Auffray, P.Lecoq, A.G.Petrosyan, P.Sempere-Roldan,
Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. A, (2005) 551, 339-351.

“Mapping residual stresses in PbWO4 crystals using photo-elastic analysis”
M. Lebeau, L. Gobbi, G. Majni, N. Paone, P.Pietroni, D. Rinaldi
Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A 537(2005) 207-210

“Development of non-destructive young modules measurement techniques in non-oriented CeF3 crystals”P. Pietroni, N. Paone, M. Lebeau, G. Majni, D. Rinaldi
Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A 537(2005) 203-206

“Surface quality inspection oif PbWO4 crystals by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction”
P. Mengucci, A. Di Cristoforo, M. Lebeau, G. Majni, N. Paone, P. Pietroni, D. Rinaldi
Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research, A 537(2005) 154-158

“A high resolution PET detector based on continuous scintillators”
S. Tavernier, P. Bruyndonckx, S. Leonard, O. Devroede
Nucl. Instr. meth., A537(2005) 321-325

“Clear PEM Data Reconstruction Using STIR”
M. V. Martins, N. Matela, N. Oliveira, A. Trindade, P. Rodrigues, N.Ferreira, J. Varela, P. Almeida
Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging (32) – supplement 1 – September 2005

“Evaluation of Rebinning Methods in a 2D Reconstruction Scenario With Linograms for Clear-PEM”
M. Correia, H. Cordeiro, N. Matela, A. Trindade, M. V. Martins, N. Oliveira, P. Rodrigues, N. C. Ferreira, J. Varela, P. M. D. Almeida,
Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging (32) – supplement 1 – September 2005

“Temperature dependence of the charge transfer and f-f luminescence of Yb3+ in garnets and YAP” I.Kamenskikh, C.Dujardin, N.Garnier, N.Guerassimova, G.Ledoux, V.Mikhailin, C.Pedrini, A.Petrosyan, A.Vasil’ev,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2005, 17, 5587-5594.

“Structural and scintillation properties of spray coated lutetium borate films doped with Ce3+ and Eu3+”
G. Chadeyron-Bertrand, D. Boyer, C. Dujardin, C. Mansuy, R. Mahiou,
Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. B, 229, (2005) 232-239

Presentations

“The melt growth of large LuAP and related single crystals for PET scanners”
A.G.Petrosyan, K.L.Ovanesyan, G.O.Shirinyan, M.V.Derzyan, T.I.Butaeva, C.Pedrini, N.Garnier, C.Dujardin, I.A.Kamenskikh,
Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. A 537 (2005) 168-172
(Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications, SCINT2003, Valencia, Spain, September 8- September 12, 2003)

“Growth and properties of LuAP co-doped with divalent or tetravalent ions”
M.V.Derzyan, A.G.Petrosyan, T.I.Butaeva, K.L.Ovanesyan, C.Pedrini, C.Dujardin, N.Garnier, I.A.Kamenskikh,
Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. A 537 (2005), 200-202.
(Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications, SCINT2003, Valencia, Spain, September 8- September 12, 2003)

“New class of indium-containing room temperature inorganic scintillators”
A.Borisevich, R. Chipaux, J.-F. Cavaignac and M.V. Korzhik
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A537 (2005) 228‑231
(Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications, SCINT2003, Valencia, Spain, September 8- September 12, 2003)

“Thin scintillating films of sesquioxides doped with Eu3+”
C. Dujardin, C. Le Luyer, C. Martinet, C. Garapon, J. Mugnier, A. G. Murrillo, C. Pedrini, T. Martin,
Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. A 537 (2005) 237-241.
(Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications, SCINT2003, Valencia, Spain, September 8- September 12, 2003)

“Advances in the scintillation Performance of LuYAO: Ce single crystals”
C. Kuntner, E. Auffray, D. Bellotto, C. Dujardin, N. Grumbach, I. A. Kamenskikh, P. Lecoq, H. Mojzisova, C. Pedrini, M. Schneegans
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 537 (2005) 295-301
(Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications, SCINT2003, Valencia, Spain, September 8- September 12, 2003)

“The ClearPET Project: Development of a 2nd generation high performance small animal PET scanner”
K.Ziemons et al. (14 authors), Crystal Clear Collaboration
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 537 (2005) 307-311
(Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications, SCINT2003, Valencia, Spain, September 8- September 12, 2003)

“Influence of Sr/Hf ratio and annealing treatment on structural and scintillating properties of sol-gel Ce3+-doped strontium hafnate powders”
M. Villanueva-Ibanez, C. Le Luyer, S. Parola, C. Dujardin, J. Mugnier,
Optical Materials, Vol 27 (2005) 1541-1546
Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Sol-Gel Materials, Research, Technology, Applications JUN 06-11, 2004, Wroclaw, POLAND

“Comparison of Different Image Reconstruction Strategies in Clear-PEM”
N. Matela, A. Trindade, N. C. Ferreira, M. V. Martins, P. Rodrigues, N. Oliveira, J. Varela, P. D. Almeida
CIMED2005 – Lisboa – Portugal.

“Performance Evaluation of the Clear-PEM Imaging System by Monte Carlo Simulation”
P. Almeida, M. V. Martins, N. Matela, N. Oliveira, N.C. Ferreira, R. Moura, C. Ortigão, L. Peralta, P. Rodrigues, A. Trindade, J. Varela
Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting – Chattanooga, Tenessee, EUA – Abril 2005

“High resolution imaging with ClearPET™ Neuro – First animal images”
M. Khodaverdi, S. Weber, M. Streun, Ch. Parl, H. Larue, G. Brandenburg, A. Bauer, M. Dehnhardt, E. Auffray, M. Boutemeur, P. Bruyndonckx, Y. Choi, Y. D’Asseler, O. Devroede, C. Dujardin, A. Fedorov, U. Heinrichs, M. Janier, J.H. Jung, M. Korjik, M. Krieguer, G. Largeron, C. Lartizien, P. Lecoq, C. Lemaître, S. Léonard, J. F. Loude, C. Morel, J. B. Mosset, C. Pedrini, A.G. Petrosyan, M. Rey, D. Sappey-Marinier, P. Sempere Roldan, L. Simon, T.Y. Song, S. Staelens, S. Tavernier, J. Trummer, R. Van Holen, J. M. Vieira, E. Wieërs, M. Wisniewska, D. Wisniewski, Y. Wu, U. Pietrzyk, K. Ziemons
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, (NSS/MIC) Puerto Rico, USA October 23-29 2005, Volume: 3 (2005) 1641-1644.
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596634

“First experimental results with the Clear-PEM detector”
Maria C. Abreu, João D. Aguiar, Edgar Albuquerque, Fernando G. Almeida, Pedro Almeida, Pedro Amaral, Pedro Bento, Bruno Carriço, Miguel Ferreira, Nuno C. Ferreira, Fernando Gonçalves, Carlos Leong, Filipe Lopes, Pedro Lousã, Mónica V. Martins, Nuno Matela, Pedro R. Mendes, Rui Moura, João Nobre, Nuno Oliveira, Catarina Ortigão, Luís Peralta, Joel Rego, Rui Ribeiro, Pedro Rodrigues, Ana I, Santos, José C. Silva, Manuel M. Silva, Isabel C. Teixeira, João P. Teixeira, Andreia Trindade, João Varela
Proceedings of the IEEE-MIC Conference (2005 – Puerto Rico, USA)

“Breast Cancer Imaging Studies by Monte Carlo Simulation with Clear-PEM”
Pedro Almeida, Andreia Trindade, Nuno C. Ferreira, Mónica V. Martins, Nuno Matela, Nuno Oliveira, Pedro Rodrigues, João Varela
Proceedings of the IEEE-MIC Conference 2005 (Puerto Rico, USA)

“Reconstruction of Clear-PEM Data with STIR”
M. V. Martins, N. Matela, P. Rodrigues, A. Trindade, N. Oliveira, M. Correia, H. Cordeiro, N. C. Ferreira, J. Varela, P. Almeida
Proceedings of the IEEE-MIC Conference 2005 (Puerto Rico, USA).

“Measured and simulated specifications of the Lausanne ClearPET scanner demonstrator”
M. Rey, J. M. Vieira, J. B. Mosset, M. Moulin Sallanon, P. Millet, J. F. Loude, C. Morel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, (NSS/MIC) Puerto Rico, USA October 23-29 2005, (2005) 2070-2073.

“Digital pulse shape discrimination methods for phoswich detectors”
D. Wisniewski, M. Wisniewska, P. Bruyndonckx, M. Krieguer, S. Tavernier, O. Devroede, C. Lemaître, J. B. Mosset, C. Morel (2005
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, (NSS/MIC) Puerto Rico, USA October 23-29 2005, (2005) 2979-2983.

“Scintillation properties of LuYAP and LYSO crystals measured with MiniACCOS, an automatic crystal quality control system”
J. Trummer, D. Aimard, E. Auffray, G. Chevenier, C. Laffay, P. Lecoq, P. Sempere-Roldan, O Teller,
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, (NSS/MIC) Puerto Rico, USA October 23-29 2005, Volume: 5 , (2005) 2807 – 2810

“Image reconstruction for the ClearPET™ Neuro”
S. Weber, C. Morel, L. Simon, M. Krieguer, M. Rey, B. Gundlich, M. Khodaverdi
Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 569 (2): (2006). 381-385.
Conference : ITBS’2005, 3rd International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences, Sep 25-29 2005, Milos, Greece

“First results with the ClearPET small animal PET scanners”
E. Auffray, M. Boutemeur, G. Brandenburg, P. Bruyndonckx, Y. Choi, Y. D’Asseler, O. Devroede, O. Dietzel, C. Dujardin, A. Fedorov, M. Janier, J.H. Jung, M. Khodaverdi, M. Korjik, M. Krieguer, C. Lartizien, H. Larue, P. Lecoq, C. Lemaître, J. F. Loude, C. Morel, J. B. Mosset, C ; Parl, C ; Pautrot, C. Pédrini, A.G. Petrosyan, U. Pietrzyk, M. Rey, D. Sappey-Marinier, P. Sempere Roldan, T.Y. Song, S. Staelens, M. Streun, S. Tavernier, J. Trummer, S. Vandenberghe, R. Van Holen, J. M. Vieira, S. Weber, E. Wieërs, M. Wisniewska, D. Wisniewski, Y. Wu, K. Ziemons Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications, NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics, edited by S. Tavernier, A. Gektin, B. Grinyov and W.W. Moses, (2006) 149-164.
Conference : SCINT’2005, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications, Sep 19-23 2005, Alushta, Ukraine

“Investigation of crystal identification methods for ClearPET phoswich detector”
D. Wisniewski, M. Wisnievska, P. Bruyndonckx, M. Krieguer, S. Tavernier, O. Devroede, C. Lemaître, J. B. Mosset, C. Morel
Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications, NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics, edited by S. Tavernier, A. Getkin, B. Grinyov and W.W. Moses, (2006). pp. 165-189.
Conference : SCINT’2005, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications, Sep 19-23 2005, Alushta, Ukraine

“Description and performance of MiniACCOS : an automatic system for fast characterization of small scintillating pixels”
E. Auffray,G. Chevenier, C. Laffay, P. Lecoq, P. Sempere Roldan,O. Teller, J. Trumer
In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Inorganic scintillators and their applications (SCINT2005), Alushta, Ukraine, 19-23 September 2005), Eds. A.Gektin and B.Grinyov, Kharkov (2006) 468-472

“Optical and scintillation properties of LuAP as a function of chemical perfection”
A.G.Petrosyan, M.Derdzyan, C.Pedrini, C.Dujardin, I.Kamenskikh, P.Anfre, I.Kamenskikh,
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Inorganic scintillators and their applications (SCINT2005), Alushta, Ukraine 19-23 September 2005) Eds. A.Gektin and B.Grinyov, Kharkov (2006) 442-445.

“Quality monitoring in PWO scintillating crystal production during R&D phase”
M. Lebeau, A. Ciriaco, L. Gobbi, G. Majni, N. Paone, P. Pietroni, D. Rinaldi
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications, Publisher: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov (2006) 334-337.

“Light collection dependence on polishing method”
M. Lebeau, C.Armataffet, A.Ciriaco, A. Di Cristoforo, P.Mengucci, R.Paramatti, D.Rinaldi
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications, Publisher: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov (2006) 262-266

“Investigation of crystal identification methods for ClearPET™ phoswich detector”
D. Wisniewski, M. Wisniewska, P. Bruyndonckx, M. Krieguer, S. Tavernier, O. Devroede, and C. Lemaitre,
S. Tavernier et al. (eds), Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications, 165-189, 2006 Springer, proceedings of the Nato Advanced research workshop, September 19-23, 2005. Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine

“LuAP:Ce and LuYAP:Ce crystals: relaxation channels competing with cerium emission”
I.Kamenskikh, E.Auffray, N.Guerassimova, C.Dujardin, P.Lecoq, V.Mikhailin, C.Pedrini, A.Petrosyan, A.Vasil’ev,
In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Inorganic scintillators and their applications (Alushta, Ukraine, 19-23 September 2005, Eds. A.Gektin and B.Grinyov, Kharkov (2006) 11-14.

PhD thesis in the framework of Crystal Clear

“Spatial resolution study of PET detector modules bases on LSO crystals and avalanche photodiode arrays”
Sophie Leonard
PhD in science – Vrije Universiteit Brussel – 2005