Dr. Réjean Fontaine, Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada, presented his work on advanced microelectronics and data acquisition for small animal PET scanner. Dr. Fontaine’s lab has developed a PET scanner that provides a powerful sub-mm image resolution for small animals. The latest version of the scanner, the LabPET-II, is based on one-to-one coupling of scintillator elements to APDs. In addition, the custom-designed electronics of the scanner were optimized to reduce stray capacitance and noise. The innovative design of the LabPET-II modular detector is expected to pave the way to a new generation of scanners for mid-size animal imaging.
Réjean Fontaine, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Research Group for Medical Apparatus (GRAMS)
Research Chair for Design of Medical Imaging Instrumentation
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Université de Sherbrooke
Dr. Fontaine presenting his small-animal PET scanner[/caption]