Publications

“Potentiality of Ceramic Scintillators: General Considerations and YAG-Yb Optical Ceramics Performance”
I. Kamenskikh, M. Chugunova, S. T. Fredrich-Thornton, C. Pedrini, K. Petermann, A. Vasil’ev, U. Wolters, H. Yagi
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57, 2010, 1211 – 1217

“Exciton–Exciton Interaction in CdWO4 Under Resonant Excitation by Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses “
V. Nagirnyi, S. Dolgov, R. Grigonis, M. Kirm, L. L. Nagornaya, F. Savikhin, V. Sirutkaitis, S. Vielhauer, A. Vasil’ev
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57, 2010, 1182 – 1186

“Time-resolved VUV excited luminescence of Y2O3-Yb nanoparticles “
D. Amans, A. Belsky, C. Dujardin, A. Hovsepyan, I. Kamenskikh, A. Kotlov, G. Ledoux, N. Fedorov, C. Pedrini, A.N. Vasil’ev
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57, 2010, 1355 – 1360

“Usage of polarization approximation for the estimation of scintillator intrinsic energy resolution”
A. N. Vasil’ev, I.A. Markov, A.S. Zakharov,
Radiation Measurements, 45 (2010) 258-261.

“Measurement of the muon stopping power in lead tungstate”
Chatrchyan, S.; Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A. M.; et al.
Journal of Instrumentation Volume: 5 Published: 2010, DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/p03007

“Stimulated recovery of the optical transmission of PbWO 4 scintillation crystals for electromagnetic calorimeters after radiation damage”
V. Dormenev, T. Kuske, R.W. Novotny, A. Borisevich, A. Fedorov, M. Korjik, V. Mechinski, O. Missevitch, S. Lugert,
Nucl. Instrum. and Meth. A, Volume 623, Issue 3, November 2010, Pages 1082-1085.

“Maintaining low radiation damage of lead tungstate scintillation crystals operating in high dose rate radiation environment”
AE Borisevitch, VI Dormenev, AA Fedorov, MV Korjik, T Kuske, …
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE, 1010-1013

“Radiation hardness qualification of PbWO4 scintillation crystals for the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter.”
P Adzic, N Almeida, D Andelin, I Anicin, Z Antunovic, R Arcidiacono, …
Journal of Instrumentation 5 (03), P03010 , 2010

“Development of an anthropomorphic breast phantom for combined PET, B-mode ultrasound and elastographic imaging”
Jun Dang , Benjamin Frisch, Philippe Lasaygues, Dachun Zhang, Stefaan Tavernier, Nicolas Felix, Paul Lecoq, Etiennette Auffray, Joao Varela, Serge Mensah, and Mingxi Wan
IEEE Trans Nucl Science. accepted on 5/1/2011., to be published in issue TNS June 2011.

“Molecular Imaging Challenges With PET”
Paul Lecoq
IEEE Transactions on, 57(3), (2011) 1485-1491
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2037417

“Time-Based Readout of a Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) for Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomography (TOF-PET)”
F. Powolny; E. Auffray; S. E. Brunner; E. Garutti; M. Goettlich; H. Hillemanns; P. Jarron; P. Lecoq; T. Meyer; H. C. Schultz-Coulon; W. Shen; M. C. S. Williams
2011 IEEE Transactions on, 58(3), 597-604
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2119493

“Measurement of ultimate tensile strength and young modulus in LYSO scintillating crystals”
L. Scalise, D. Rinaldi, F. Davı, N. Paone
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 654 (2011) pp.122-126

“Choosing the Art relaxation parameter for Clear-PEM 2D image reconstruction”
J. Mesquita, N. Matela, N. Oliveira, M.V. Martins, P. Almeida
Comp. Biol. Med. 98 (2010) 183–190

“System Matrix Calculation for 2D Image Reconstruction Algorithms for the Clear PEM” Scanner”
N. Matela, M. V. Martins, N. Oliveira, P. Rodrigues, A. Trindade, J. Varela, P. D. Almeida,
Int J Tomogr Stat, (2010), vol13, nW10, pp 98-125

“A feasibility study of photosensor charge signal transmission to preamplifier using long cable for development of hybrid PET-MRI”
J. Kang, Y. Choi, K.J. Hong, J. H. Jung, W. Hu, Y. S. Huh, H. K. Lim, B-T Kim,
Medical Physics, 2010; 37(11):5655-5664

“Nonlinear least-squares modeling of 3D interaction position in a monolithic scintillator block”
Zhi LI, M. Wedrowski, P, Bruyndonckx, G. Vandersteen.
Phys. Med Biol. 55(2010) 6515-6532

Transparency variations and calibration in CMS electromagnetic calorimeter crystals: Monte-Carlo studies
R. Chipaux and F.-X. Gentit,
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57 (2010) 1460 1464

“A Simple and Improved Digital Timing Method for Positron Emission Tomography”
W Hu, Y. Choi, K. J. Hong, J. Kang, J. H. Jung, Y. S. Huh, H. K. Lim, S. S. Kim, B. T. Kim,
Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods in Physics Research, A 2010; 622:219-224

“Quality control on pre-serial Bridgman production of PbWO4 scintillating crystals by means of photoelasticity”
D. Rinaldi, A. Ciriaco, M. Lebeau, N. Paone
Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 615 (2010) 254–258

“Development of a position decoder circuit for PET consisting of GAPD arrays”
J.H. Jung, Y. Choi, K.J. Hong, W. Hu, J. Kang, B.J. Min, S, H, Shin, H.K. Lim, Y.S. Huh, E.J. Kim, Nuclear Instrumentation. and Methods in Physics Research, A 2010; 621:310-315

“Bridgman growth and site occupation in LuAG:Ce scintillator crystals”
A.G.Petrosyan, K.L.Ovanesyan, R.V.Sargsyan, G.O.Shirinyan, D.Abler, E.Auffray, P.Lecoq, C.Dujardin, C.Pedrini,
J. Crystal Growth, Vol 312, (2010) 3136-3142.

“Photonic crystals: A novel approach to enhance the light output of scintillation based detectors”
Knapitsch, A. ; Auffray, E.; Fabjan, C.W.; Leclercq, J-L.; Lecoq, P.; Letartre, X.; Seassal, C
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 628, Issue 1, p. 385-388., 2010.

“Towards a Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography System Based on Multi-Pixel Photon Counter Read-Out”
M. Goettlich, E. Garutti, T. Harion, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, W. Shen, R. Stamen, A. Tadday, E. Auffray, P. Jarron, P. Lecoq, T. Meyer, F. Powolny
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), Knoxville, USA, October 31-November 6 2010, (2010) 1050 – 1055
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873927

“A time driven readout scheme for PET and CT using APDs and SiPMs
F. Powolny, E. Auffray, S. Brunner, G. Condorelli, M. Despeisse, G. Fallica, H. Hillemanns, P. Jarron, A. Kluge, P. Lecoq, M. Mazzillo, T.C. Meyer, M. Morel, D. Sanfillipo, G. Valvo
NIMA, Volume 617, Issues 1–3, 11–21 May 2010, Pages 232-236

“LuAG:Ce fibers for high energy calorimetry”
C.Dujardin, D.Abler, E.Auffray, P.Lecoq, C.Mancini, D.Amans, G.Ledoux, D.Perrodin, K.Ovanesyan, A.Petrosyan,
J. Applied Phys., 2010, 108, 1013510.

“CAD em Mamografia: Estado da Arte e Potencialidades Clínicas”
N. Oliveira, N. Matela, L. Janeiro, L. Freire, M. Pereira, P. Almeida;
Acta Radiológica Portuguesa, Vol.XXII, nº 86, pág. 21-22, Abr.-Jun., 2010

Presentations

“Design and prototyping of a human brain PET scanner based on monolithic scintillators”
P. Rato Mendes et al.,
2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2798-2800

“Correction of random events for a dual-head PEM detector”
Ferreira, Cláudia S; Bugalho, Ricardo; Martins, Mónica V.; Matela, Nuno; Varela, João; Almeida, Pedro,
Poster presentation at the SNM 2011 meeting, Texas – USA

“Design and prototyping of a human brain PET scanner based on monolithic scintillators”
P. Rato Mendes, J. Alberdi, M. Cañadas, P. García de Acilu, J. Navarrete, L. Nuñez, J. M. Pérez, L. Romero, I. Sarasola and C. Willmott, 2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conf. Rec., pp. 2798-2800, 2011.

“Studies on Dual Readout Calorimetry with Meta-Crystals”
G. Mavromanolakis, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq
To be published in Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), Knoxville, USA, October 31-November 6 2010

“A GATE simulation study of a fan-beam collimator for SPECT mammography”
Ricardo Capote, P. Almeida,
Poster presentation at the EANM 2010 Congress – Viena – Austria

“Initial Evaluation of Real Data Obtained With the Clear-PEM Scanner”
Sofia Ferreira, P. Almeida et al,
Oral presentation at the EANM 2010 Congress – Viena – Austria

“The ClearPEM breast Imaging scanner”
E. Albuquerque, …, S. Tavernier, et al.,
The 12the Vienna conference on instrumentation, 15-20 February 2010. oral presentation. To be published in the proceedings.

“Progress on photonic crystals”
P. Lecoq, E. Auffray, S. Gundacker, H. Hillemanns, P. Jarron, A. Knapitsch, J.L. Leclercq, X. Letartre, T. Meyer, K. Pauwels, F. Powolny and C. Seassal
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, pp.1970-1975, Nov. 2010

“Studies on Dual Readout Calorimetry with Meta-Crystals”
G. Mavromanolakis, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), Knoxville, USA, October 31-November 6 2010, (2010) 3963-3967

“Calorimetry with metacable”
E. Auffray, P. Lecoq, G. Mavromanolakis,
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 293(2011) 012082 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/293/1/012082
(proceedings of the Calor2010 conference, Beijing, China, May 10-14 2010)

PhD thesis in the framework of Crystal Clear

“Etude et construction d’un tomographe TEP/TDM pour petits animaux, combinant et modules phoswich à scintillateurs et détecteurs à pixels hybrids”
Stanislas Nicol
PhD in science – Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II – 2010

“Neural network based position estimation in PET”
Mateusz Wedrowski
Ph.D. in science – Vrije Universiteit Brussel – 2010

“Preparation of laser and scintillator garnets with Yb3+ ions and investigation of their optical and structural properties”
A. Eganyan
PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Institute for Physical Research, Academy of Sciences of Armenia – 2010

“Small animal PET Imaging using Monte Carlo simulations: implementation of physiological and metabolic information”
Susana Silva
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics – University of Lisbon – Portugal, 2010