First characterization of the SPADnet sensor: a digital silicon photomultiplier for PET applications

Silicon Photomultipliers have the ability to replace photomultiplier tubes when used as light sensors in scintillation gamma-ray detectors. Their timing properties, compactness, and magnetic field compatibility make them interesting for use in Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Imaging compatible Positron Emission Tomography. In this paper, we present a new fully digital Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) based detector fabricated in CMOS image sensor technol- ogy. It contains 16x8 pixels with a pitch of 610x571.2 mm 2 .

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