Sensors for positron emission tomography applications

W Jiang, Y Chalich, MJ Deen - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is an essential tool in clinical applications for
the diagnosis of diseases due to its ability to acquire functional images to help differentiate …

Modeling for single-photon avalanche diodes: State-of-the-art and research challenges

X Qian, W Jiang, A Elsharabasy, MJ Deen - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the growing importance of single-photon-counting (SPC) techniques, researchers are
now designing high-performance systems based on single-photon avalanche diodes …

A low-noise CMOS SPAD pixel with 12.1 ps SPTR and 3 ns dead time

F Gramuglia, ML Wu, C Bruschini… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have become the sensor of choice in many
applications whenever high sensitivity, low noise, and sharp timing performance are …

High-resolution single-photon imaging with physics-informed deep learning

L Bian, H Song, L Peng, X Chang, X Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-resolution single-photon imaging remains a big challenge due to the complex
hardware manufacturing craft and noise disturbances. Here, we introduce deep learning into …

Engineering breakdown probability profile for PDP and DCR optimization in a SPAD fabricated in a standard 55 nm BCD process

F Gramuglia, P Keshavarzian, E Kizilkan… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CMOS single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have broken into the mainstream by
enabling the adoption of imaging, timing, and security technologies in a variety of …

Fundamental limits to depth imaging with single-photon detector array sensors

S Scholes, G Mora-Martín, F Zhu, I Gyongy, P Soan… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Single-Photon Avalanche Detector (SPAD) arrays are a rapidly emerging
technology. These multi-pixel sensors have single-photon sensitivities and pico-second …

A high-throughput photon processing technique for range extension of SPAD-based LiDAR receivers

SM Patanwala, I Gyongy, H Mai… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There has recently been a keen interest in developing Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
systems using Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensors. This has led to a variety of …

A CMOS SPAD sensor with a multi-event folded flash time-to-digital converter for ultra-fast optical transient capture

T Al Abbas, NAW Dutton, O Almer… - IEEE Sensors …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A digital silicon photomultiplier in 130-nm CMOS imaging technology implements time-
correlated single photon counting at an order of magnitude beyond the conventional pile-up …

Timing measurements with silicon single photon avalanche diodes: principles and perspectives

G Acconcia, F Ceccarelli, A Gulinatti, I Rech - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Picosecond timing of single photons has laid the foundation of a great variety of
applications, from life sciences to quantum communication, thanks to the combination of …

CMOS time-to-digital converters for biomedical imaging applications

R Scott, W Jiang, MJ Deen - IEEE Reviews in Biomedical …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-to-digital converters (TDCs) are high-performance mixed-signal circuits capable of
timestamping events with sub-gate delay resolution. As a result of their high-performance, in …