Publications

Implementation and validation of time-of-flight PET image reconstruction module for listmode and sinogram projection data in the STIR library
N. Efthimiou, E. Emond, P. Wadhwa, C. Cawthorne, C. Tsoumpas, K. Thielemans
Physics in Medicine and Biology: 64 035004,
doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aaf9b9

The Digital-Analog SiPM Approach: a Story of Electronic and Excess Noise
S. M. Decker, M. Pizzichemi, A. Polesel, M. Paganoni, E. Auffray,S. Gundacker
conference record of IEEE NSS/MIC conference October 2019, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2019, pp. 1-5,
doi: 10.1109/NSS/MIC42101.2019.9059792.

CsPbBr3 Thin Films on the LYSO:Ce Substrate
K.Tomanová, A. Suchá, E. Mihóková, L. Procházková, I. Jakubec, R. M. Turtos, S. Gundacker, E.Auffray, and V.Čuba
IEEE TNS, Vol67 (6) 2020 933-938
doi: 10.1109/TNS.2020.2978581.

Time-of-Flight Computed Tomography a Proof of Principle Study
J. Rossignol, R. M. Turtos, S. Gundacker, D. Gaudreault, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq, Y. Berube-Lauziere, R. Fontaine
2020 Phys. Med. Biol. 65 085013
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab78bf

Improvement of timing properties of Ce-doped oxyorthosilicate LYSO scintillating crystals
G. Tamulaitis, E. Auffray, A. Gola, M. Korzhik, A. Mazzi, V.Mechinski, S. Nargelas, Y. Talochka, A. Vaitkevičius, A. Vasil’ev
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids Volume 139, April 2020, 109356
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2020.109356

Experimental time resolution limits of modern SiPMs and TOF-PET detectors with different scintillators, including Cherenkov emission in BGO
S. Gundacker, R. M. Turtos, N. Kratochwil, R. Pots, M. Paganoni, P. Lecoq, E. Auffray
2020 Phys. Med. Biol. 65 025001
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab63b4

On the use of CdSe scintillating nanoplatelets as time taggers for high-energy gamma detection,
R. M. Turtos, S. Gundacker, S. Omelkov, B. Mahler, A. Khan, J. Shaaring, M. Kirm, C. Dujardin, A. Vasiliev, I. Moreels, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq,
Nature partner journal 2D Materials and Applications, npj 2D Mater Appl 3, 37 (2019).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-019-0120-8

Light yield of scintillating nanocrystals under X-ray and electron excitation
R. M. Turtos, S. Gundacker, S. Omelkov, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq,
Journal of Luminescence, Volume 215, November 2019, 116613
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2019.116613

Towards a metamaterial approach for fast timing in PET: experimental proof-of-concept
R. M. Turtos, S. Gundacker, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq
2019 Phys. Med. Biol. 64 185018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab18b3.

On light sharing TOF-PET modules with depth of interaction and 157 ps FWHM coincidence time resolution
M Pizzichemi, A Polesel, G Stringhini, S Gundacker, P Lecoq, S Tavernier, M. Paganoni, E. Auffray
2019 Phys. Med. Biol. 64 155008
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab2cb0

Mechanisms of luminescence decay in YAG-Ce, Mg fibers excited by γ-and X-rays
A Belsky, K Lebbou, V Kononets, O Sidletskiy, A Gektin, E Auffray, …
Optical Materials 92, 2019, 341-346
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2019.04.054

Improving light output and coincidence time resolution of scintillating crystals using nanoimprinted photonic crystal slabs
R Pots, M Salomoni, S Gundacker, S Zanettini, V Gâté, E Usureau, D. turover, P. Lecoq, E. Auffray
Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, Vol 940, 2019, 254-261
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.06.026

Irradiation effects on Gd3Al2Ga3O12 scintillators prospective for application in harsh irradiation environments
E Auffray, G Dosovitskiy, A Fedorov, I Guz, M Korjik, N Kratochwill, …
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 164, 2019, 108365
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.108365

Fibre test benches for the characterisation of media for calorimeters with optical readout
E. Auffray et al.
AIDA-2020-NOTE-2019-004.(cds)

Fibre test benches
E. Auffray et al.
AIDA-2020-D14.1.- Geneva : CERN, 2019 AIDA-2020, 14.1

Dual Cherenkov and Scintillation Response to High-Energy Electrons of Rare-Earth Doped Silica Fibers
F. Cova, M. T. Lucchini, K. Pauwels, E. Auffray, N. Chiodini, M. Fasoli, and A. Vedda,
Phys. Rev. Applied 11 (2019) 024036 (cds)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.024036

Interstitial Li+ Controls the UV Transmission and the Radiation Hardness in YAG
M. V. Derdzyan, K.L. Hovhannesyan, Novikov, E. Auffray, A.G. Petrosyan, C. Dujardin
Phys. Status Solidi B 2019, 1800724
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201800724

High-frequency SiPM readout advances measured coincidence time resolution limits in TOF-PET
S. Gundacker, R. Martinez, M.Paganoni, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq
Phys. Med. Biol. 64 055012
DOI: doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aafd52

Garnet Crystal Growth in Non-precious Metal Crucibles
O. Sidletskiy, P. Arhipov, S. Tkachenko, Ia. Gerasymov, D. Kurtsev, V. Jarý, R. Kucerkova, M. Nikl, K. lebbou, E. Auffray
Springer Proc. Phys. 227 (2019) 83-95
DOI://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21970-3_7

Transient Phenomena in Scintillation Materials
G. Tamulaitis, S. Nargelas, A. Vaitkevičius, M. Lucchini, E. Auffray, A. Fedorov, V. Mechinsky, M. Korjik
Springer Proc. Phys. 227 (2019) 19-28
DOI://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21970-3_2

Progress in fabrication of long transparent YAG:Ce and YAG:Ce,Mg single crystalline fibers for HEP applications
O.Sidelskyi et al
CrystEngComm, 2019,21, 1728-1733
DOI: 10.1039/C8CE01781F

On the Structure, Synthesis and Characterization of Ultrafast Blue-Emitting CsPbBr3 Nanoplatelets
K. Tomanova et al
APL Materials 7, 011104 (2019)
DOI: doi.org/10.1063/1.5079300

A High Dynamic Range ASIC for Time of Flight PET with pixelated and monolithic crysta
S. Gómez, D. Sánchez, D. Gascón, J. M. Cela, L. Freixas, R. Graciani, R. Manera, J. Marín, J. Mauricio, J. J. Navarrete, J. C. Oller, J. M. Pérez, P. Rato Mendes, A. Sanmukh, O. Vela
2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
doi: 10.1109/NSS/MIC42101.2019.9059762.

PhD thesis in the framework of Crystal Clear

Development of an innovative PET Module
G. Stringhini
University Milano Biccoca, Milano, Italy, 20.02.2019

Boosting scintillation based detection
M. Salomoni
University Milano Biccoca, Milano, Italy, 20.02.2019