Silicon photomultipliers for nuclear medical imaging applications

Massimo Mazzillo; Giovanni Condorelli; Delfo Sanfilippo; Alessandro Piazza; Giusy Valvo; Beatrice Carbone; Giorgio Fallica; Alfio Pappalardo; Luigi Cosentino; Paolo Finocchiaro; Michele Corselli; Giuseppe Suriani; Salvatore Lombardo; Sergio Billotta; Massimiliano Belluso; Giovanni Bonanno

doi:10.1117/12.780204

26 April 2008 Silicon photomultipliers for nuclear medical imaging applications

Massimo Mazzillo, Giovanni Condorelli, Delfo Sanfilippo, Alessandro Piazza, Giusy Valvo, Beatrice Carbone, Giorgio Fallica, Alfio Pappalardo, Luigi Cosentino, Paolo Finocchiaro, Michele Corselli, Giuseppe Suriani, Salvatore Lombardo, Sergio Billotta, Massimiliano Belluso, Giovanni Bonanno

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Proceedings Volume 7003, Optical Sensors 2008; 70030I (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.780204
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2008, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

In this contribution we present the results of the first morphological and electro-optical characterization of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM) for nuclear medical imaging applications fabricated in standard silicon planar technology at the STMicroelectronics Catania R&D clean room facility. We have improved our previous Geiger Mode Avalanche Photodiodes (GMAP) technology in order to realize a photodetector with relevant features in terms of single-photoelectron resolution, timing and photon detection efficiency. The performances of our devices, investigated in several experimental conditions and here reported make ST-SiPM suitable in many applications like for example PET (Positron Emission Tomography).

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Massimo Mazzillo, Giovanni Condorelli, Delfo Sanfilippo, Alessandro Piazza, Giusy Valvo, Beatrice Carbone, Giorgio Fallica, Alfio Pappalardo, Luigi Cosentino, Paolo Finocchiaro, Michele Corselli, Giuseppe Suriani, Salvatore Lombardo, Sergio Billotta, Massimiliano Belluso, and Giovanni Bonanno "Silicon photomultipliers for nuclear medical imaging applications", Proc. SPIE 7003, Optical Sensors 2008, 70030I (26 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.780204

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