Réjean Fontaine

Prix et distinctions

• (2022) Finaliste au Prix de l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec - Recherche ou enseignement du génie. Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec. (Distinction).
• (2020) IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award. IEEE Nuclear Plasma Science Society. (Prix).
• (2017) CMC success story. CMC microsystems. (Prix).
• (2009) Outstanding senior researcher award. Société canadienne de génie biomédical. (Prix).
• 1st place 2015 CMC Microsystems Texpo Componentware Competition - 3,000. CMC Microsystems. (Prix).
• 83e Congrès de l'ACFAS - ReSMiQ, 1st place student poster competition. 83e ACFAS - ReSMiQ. (Prix).
• 83e Congrès de l'ACFAS - ResMIQ - 3rd place student poster competition. 83e ACFAS - ReSMiQ. (Prix).
• 2014 CMC Microsystems Texpo Componentware Competition - 2nd place. CMC Microsystems. (Prix).
• 2015- IEEE NSS-MIC Student paper competition – 2nd place poster. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. (Prix).
• Best Paper Award IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference - 2e place. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. (Prix).
• Best Paper Award IEEE Real-time Conference - 1st place. IEEE Real-time Conference. (Prix).
• Best Paper Award at the IEEE 19th Real-Time Conference - 2nd place. IEEE Real-time Conference. (Prix).
• CMC Microsystems Texpo Componentware Award 1st place. CMC Microsystems. (Prix).
• CMC Microsystems Texpo Componentware award - 1st place. CMC Microsystems. (Prix).
• Célébrons le Partenariat. ADRIQ. (Distinction).
• IEEE Circuit and Systems and ReSMIQ - Journée innovation 2015- Student competition 2nd place. IEEE Circuit and System (CAS) and ResMiQ. (Prix).
• IEEE NSS-MIC Student paper competition 4e place. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. (Prix).
• IEEE senior. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. (Distinction).
• Innovative Program Award. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association – ECEDHA. (Prix).
• Manning Award for innovation. Manning Award. (Prix).
• Meilleur professeur en génie électrique. Université de Sherbrooke. (Prix).

Financement

• Subvention. (En cours d’évaluation). Cocandidat. Distributed Digital Intelligence Network 2.0 (D2IN2.0): New low-costmicrosystems for smart environments. Fondation Canadienne pour l'Innovation (FCI). Fond d'innovation. 8 975 023 $. (2023-2028)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Regroupement Stratégique en Microsystèmes du Québec. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Regroupements stratégiques. 30 000 000 $. (2022-2028)
• Subvention. (En cours d’évaluation). Cocandidat. Next generation closed-loop brain-machine interfaces. Australian Research Council (ARC). Linkage Project. 950 465 $. (2023-2027)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Restoring the volitional control of a paralyzed limb using patient-controlled spinal cord stimulation. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Horizon de la recherche. 500 000 $. (2022-2027)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Candidat principal. Distributed Digital Intelligence Network (D2IN): Development of disruptive and low-cost microsystems for edge computing.. Fondation Canadienne pour l'Innovation (FCI). Fond d'innovation. 17 200 000 $. (2020-2025)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. Tomodensitométrie par temps de vol des photons. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Subvention à la découverte. 275 000 $. (2020-2025)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Multi-user and low-cost silicon interposer platform for bio/quantum systems. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Alliance. 906 240 $. (2121-2024)
• Subvention. (En cours d’évaluation). Collaborateur. Maskless photolithography exposure system. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Outils et instruments de recherche. 150 000 $. (2023-2024)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Candidat principal. Radiographie et tomodensitométrie par temps de vol de photons. New Frontiers in Research funds. Exploration. 250 000 $. (2022-2024)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Collaborateur. Restoring gait in a paralyzed cat through continuous, real-time induction of spinal cord reflexes. New Frontiers in Research funds. Exploration. 250 000 $. (2022-2024)
• Chaire de recherche. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. Tomographie d’émission par positrons basée sur le temps de vol de photons. Chaires de Recherche du Canada (CRC). Chaires de recherche du Canada. 1 400 000 $. (2017-2024)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. A Distributed Neural Recorder/Stimulator for Epilepsy Monitoring. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Alliance. 406 678 $. (2021-2023)
• Bourse d’études. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. MITACS. Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS). Accélération. 34 500 $. (2021-2023)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. Source de rayon X à impulsion de 10 picosecondes. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Outil et instrumentation de recherche. 150 000 $. (2020-2023)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. Realtime signal processing for Time of flight-based computed tomography. XILINX Inc.. Xilinx university programm. 10 200 $. (2022-2023)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. High resolution retinal prothesis. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Recherche en développement coopératif. 590 000 $. (2018-2021)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Collaborateur. CAT-IQ-US: Calcul quantique efficace en ressources à l’aide de spins uniques et circuits supraconducteurs. Institut Quantique U. Sherbrooke. Appel à projets IQ16-2018. 226 000 $. (2018-2021)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Candidat principal. Tomographe à positrons à ultra-haute résolution pour l’imagerie d’animaux intermédiaires et du cerveau humain / Ultra-high resolution positron tomograph for imaging medium size animals and the human brain.. Consortium MedTEQ. Regroupement sectoriel de l'industrie. 4 615 541 $. (2018-2021)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cochercheur. Ultra high resolution PET scanner for in vivo auradiography imaging. International Institute of Health Sciences. RO1. 2 063 328 $. (2018-2021)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Collaborateur. 3D digital Silicon Photomultiplier (3DdSiPM). Institut Quantique - U. Sherbrooke. Appel à projets IQ4-2018. 140 000 $. (2018-2020)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. Tomodensitométrie par temps de vol de photons - preuve par l'image. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Innov phase 1a. 125 000 $. (2019-2020)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. The nEXO search for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Subvention à la découverte sub-atomique. 2 030 000 $. (2017-2020)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. ICYSHSA1 - Stimulator ASIC for retinal prosthesis. CMC Microsystems. RFMR. 21 701 $. (2018-2019)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Candidat principal. Centre d'excellence en systèmes intelligents intégrés de l'Université de Sherbrooke. Université de Sherbrooke. Reconnaissance des centres de recherche de l'Université de Sherbrooke. 230 000 $. (2015-2019)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. Development of the LabPET II Scanners with DOI Capabilities. CMC Microsystems. MNT. 2 000 $. (2018-2019)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. MRI-Compatible PET Detector Assembly in 2.5D. CMC Microsystems. MNT. 2 000 $. (2018-2019)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Cocandidat. 3D microscopy from nanoelectronics devices to integrated systems. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Outils et instruments de recherche. 150 000 $. (2018-2019)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Cocandidat. Imprimante 3D Lithographique B9Creator v1.2. Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Sherbrooke Inc. (CRCHUS) (Sherbrooke, QC). Programme de financement interne de petits équipements. 6 988 $. (2018-2019)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Quantum Enabled Magnetic Anomaly Detection for Military Surveillance and Quality Assurance. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Idée à l'innovation. 125 000 $. (2018-2019)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Candidat principal. Process Developpement Toward 2.5D Packaging. CMC. CMC solution. 56 500 $. (2017-2018)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. Stimulator ASIC for retinal Prosthesis (APROCHES project). PROMPT-Québec. PROMPT. 21 260 $. (2017-2018)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. FACTSHDE1 FlipChip Assembly of Detector Modules on PCB. CMC microsystems. FACT. 9 355 $. (2017-2018)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. Flip Chip Assembly of Daughter Board LabPETII, rev. 3. CMC microsystems. FACT. 4 189 $. (2017-2018)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Candidat principal. Neurostimulation oculaire. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Connexion. 25 000 $. (2017-2017)

Publications

Articles de revue

• Francis Loignon-Houle, Serge A.Charlebois, Réjean Fontaine, Roger Lecomte. (2022). Monte Carlo simulations of energy, time and spatial evolution of primary electrons generated by 511 keV photons in various scintillators. NIMA 1030 (Article publié).
• Narjes Moghadam, Roger Lecomte, Réjean Fontaine. (2022). Novel carbon nanotube-composite for electromagnetic shielding of radiation detectors: A step toward fully integrated positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems. Microelectronic Engineering 262 (1), (Article publié).
• Jean-François Pratte, Frédéric Nolet, Samuel Parent, Frédéric Vachon, Nicolas Roy, Tommy Rossignol, Keven Deslandes, Henri Dautet, Réjean Fontaine, Serge A Charlebois. (2021). 3D Photon-to-Digital Converter for Radiation Instrumentation: Motivation and Future Works. Sensors 21 (2), 598. (Article publié).
• Francis Loignon-Houle, Stefan Gundacker, Maxime Toussaint, Félix Camirand Lemyre, Etiennette Auffray, Réjean Fontaine, Serge A Charlebois, Paul Lecoq, Roger Lecomte. (2021). DOI estimation through signal arrival time distribution: a theoretical description including proof of concept measurements. Physics in Medicine & Biology 66 (9), 095015. (Article publié).
• Haithem Bouziri, Catherine M. Pepin, Christian Thibaudeau, Konin Koua, Maher Benhouria, Émilie Gaudin, Caroline Paulin, Georges El Fakhri, Jean-François Pratte, Roger Lecomte, Réjean Fontaine. (2021). Depth of Interaction Measurement based on a DualThreshold Time-over-Threshold Technique for the Scanner Approaching In Vivo Autoradiographic Neuro Tomography (SAVANT). IEEE TRPMS (Article sous presse).
• Haithem Bouziri; Catherine M. Pepin; Konin Koua; Maher Benhouria; Caroline Paulin; Jinsong Ouyang; Marc Normandin; Jean-François Pratte; Georges El Fakhri; Roger Lecomte; Réjean Fontaine. (2021). Investigation of a Model-basedTime-over-threshold Technique for Phoswich Crystal Discrimination. IEEE TRPMW 6 (4), 393-403. (Article publié).
• Zarif Yussefian, Nikta; Gaudin, Emilie; Lecomte, Roger; Fontaine, Réjean. (2021). Novel Phantom for Practical PerformanceEvaluation of TOF-PET Scanners. Physics in Medicine and Biology (Article soumis).
• Émilie Gaudin, Christian Thibaudeau, Louis Arpin, Jean-Daniel Leroux, Maxime Toussaint, Jean-Francois Beaudoin, Jules Cadorette, Maxime Paillé, Catherine M Pepin, Konin Koua, Jonathan Bouchard, Nicolas Viscogliosi, Caroline Paulin, Réjean Fontaine, Roger Lecomte. (2021). Performance evaluation of the mouse version of the LabPET II PET scanner. PMB 66 (6), 06519. (Article publié).
• Zarifyussefian Nikta, Gaudin Emilie, Lecomte Roger Fontaine Rejean. (2021). Predicting Small Lesion Detectability for aSmall Animal TOF PET Scanner. IEEE TRPMS 6 (5), 601-8. (Article publié).
• Lemaire W*, Benhouria M*, Koua K*, Besrour M*, Gauthier LP*, Martin-Hardy G*, Roy S, Fontaine R. (2021). Retinal Stimulator ASICArchitecture Based on a Joint Power and Data Optical Link. IEEE JSSC 56 (7), 2158-71. (Article publié).
• Nolet F, Roy N, Carrier S, Bouchard J*, Fontaine R, Charlebois S A, Pratte J-F. (2020). A 22 µW, 5.1 ps LSB, 5.5 ps RMS jitter Verniertime-to-digital converter in CMOS 65 nm for single photon avalanche diode array. Electronics letters 56 (9), 424-6. (Article publié).
• Espagnet R.*, Lakhssassi A., Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2020). A thermal model of the LabPET II ASIC. NIMA 953 1-8. (Article publié).
• Gaudreault D*, Rossignol J*, Bérubé-Lauzière Y. Fontaine R. (2020). Comparative Study of Image Quality in Time-CorrelatedSingle Photon Counting Computed Tomography. TRPMS 5 (3), 343-49. (Article accepté).
• Gaudin E*; Thibaudeau C, Arpin L, Bouziri H*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2020). Dual-Threshold Time-over-ThresholdNonlinearity Correction for PET Detectors. NIMA 971 1-6. (Article publié).
• Lemaire W*, Nolet F, Dubois F, Corbeil-Therrien A, Pratte JF, Fontaine R. (2020). Embedded Time of Arrival Estimation for DigitalSilicon Photomultiplier with In-Pixel TDCs. NIMA 959 1-9. (Article publié).
• Edalati K, Stamp M, Ganesan K, Stacey A, Martin-Hardy G, Fontaine R, Prawer S, Garret D. (2020). Improved wetting of gold active braze alloy ondiamond for use in medical implants. Diamond & Related Materials (Article accepté).
• Arman Ahnood, Ross Cheriton, Anne Bruneau, James A Belcourt, Jean Pierre Ndabakuranye, William Lemaire, Rob Hilkes, Rejean Fontaine, John PD Cook, Karin Hinzer, Steven Prawer. (2020). Laser Driven Miniature Diamond Implant for Wireless Retinal Prostheses. Advanced Biosystems 4 (11), 2000055. (Article accepté).
• Moghadam N*, Bouchard J*, Espagnet, R*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2020). MRI‐Compatibility Study of a PET‐Insert based ona Low‐Profile Detection Front‐End with Submillimeter Spatial Resolution. Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.14254 (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Thibaudeau C, Arpin L, Leroux JD, Beaudoin JF, Cadorette J, Paille N, Pepin C, Koua K*, Bouchard J*, Viscogliosi N*, Paulin C*, Fontaine R and Lecomte R. (2020). Performance evaluation of the mouse version of the LabPET II PET scanner. PMB 9 (66), 065019. (Article publié).
• Moghadam N*, Arpin L, Espagnet R*, Bouchard J*, Viscogliosi N, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2020). Performance investigation of LabPET II detector technology in an MRI-like environment. PMB 65 (3), 0750031-18. (Article publié).
• Zarif Yussefian N*, Toussaint M, Gaudin, E*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2020). TOF Benefits and Trade-Offs on Image Contrast-to-NoiseRatio Performance for a Small Animal PET Scanner. TRPMS 5 (5), 687-93. (Article publié).
• Espagnet R*, Bouchard J*, Moghadam N*, Samson A, Lakhssassi A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2020). Thermal management proposal for a low-profilepositron emission tomography fully pixelated front-end for submillimetricresolution MRI compatible insert dedicated to small animals. NIMA 966 1-7. (Article publié).
• Rossignol J*, Martinez Turtos R, Gundacker S, Gaudreault D*, Auffray E, Lecoq P, Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Fontaine R. (2020). Time-of-Flight Computed Tomography. PMB 65 (8), 1-15. (Article publié).
• Nolet F, Lemaire W*, Dubois F, Roy N, Carrier S, Samson A*, St-Hilaire G, Charlebois S A, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2019). A 256 Pixelated Readout ASIC with in Pixel TDC and Embedded Digital SignalProcessing for SPAD Array. NIMA 949 (2020), 1-10. (Article publié).
• Lemaire W*, Corbeil-Therrien A, Pratte JF, Fontaine R. (2019). Dark count resilient time estimators for Time-of-Flight PET. TRPMS 10.1109/TRPMS.2019.2920746 (Article publié).
• C. Chambers et al for the nEXO collaboration. (2019). Imaging individual Ba atoms in solid xenon for barium tagging in nEXO. Nature 569 203-7. (Article publié).
• Moghadam N*, Espagnet, R*., Bouchard, J*., Lecomte R. Fontaine R,. (2019). Study of the effects of PET-insert components onPET/MRI performance due to gradient switching. PMB 64 (7), 1-13. (Article publié).
• nEXO Collaboration: M. Jewell, A. Schubert, W.R. Cen, J. Dalmasson, R. DeVoe, L. Fabris, G. Gratta, A. Jamil, G. Li, A. Odian, M. Patel, A. Pocar, D. Qiu, Q. Wang, L.J. Wen, J.B. Albert, G. Anton, I.J. Arnquist, I. Badhrees, P. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, F. Bourque, J. P. Brodsky, E. Brown, T. Brunner, A. Burenkov, G.F. Cao, L. Cao, C. Chambers, S.A. Charlebois, M. Chiu, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, A. Craycraft, W. Cree, M. Côté, T. Daniels, S.J. Daugherty, J. Daughhetee, S. Delaquis, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, T. Didberidze, J. Dilling, Y.Y. Ding, M.J. Dolinski, A. Dragone, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, S. Feyzbakhsh, R. Fontaine, D. Fudenberg, G. Giacomini, R. Gornea, E.V. Hansen, D. Harris, M. Hasan, M. Heffner, E. W. Hoppe, A. House, P. Hufschmidt, M. Hughes, J. Hößl, Y. Ito, et al. (2018). Characterization of an Ionization Readout Tilefor nEXO. Journal Instrumentation and Detectors 13 (1), P01006--P01006. (Article publié).
• Therrien A.C*., Lemaire W*, Lecoq P, Fontaine R, Pratte J.F. (2018). Digital Energy discrimination for positron emission tomography using the time information of the first detected photons. Journal of Instrumentation 13 (1), P01012. (Article publié).
• F. Nolet, F. Dubois, N. Roy, S. Parent, W. Lemaire, A. Massie-Godon, S.A.Charlebois, R. Fontaine, J.F. Pratte. (2018). Digital SiPM channel integrated in CMOS 65 nm with 17.5 ps FWHM single photon timing resolution. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 912 29-32. (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Thibaudeau C, Toussaint M, Paillé M, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2018). Performance Simulation of an Ultra-High Resolution Brain PET Scanner Using 1.2-mm Pixel Detectors. IEEE TRPMS 3 (3), 334-342. (Article publié).
• Nolet F, Parent S, Roy N, Mercier M-O*, Charlebois S A, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2018). Quenching Circuit and SPAD Integrated in CMOS 65 nm with 7.8 ps FWHM Single Photon Timing Resolution. Instrument 2 (19), 1-17. (Article publié).
• J. B. Albert et al. for the nEXO collaboration. (2018). Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of nEXO to Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay. Phys. Rev. C 97 (6), 22. (Article publié).
• Bouchard*, J.; Samson*, A; Lemaire*, W.; Paulin*, C.; Pratte, J.-F.; Bérubé-Lauzière, Y.; Fontaine, R. (2017). A Low-Cost Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting System for Multiview Time-Domain Diffuse Optical Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 66 (10), 2505-2515. (Article publié).
• N. Roy, F. Nolet, F. Dubois, M.-O. Mercier*, R. Fontaine, J.-F. Pratte,. (2017). Low Power and Small Area, 6.9 ps RMSTime-to-Digital Converter for3-D Digital SiPM. IEEE Transaction on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 1 (6), 486-94. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M.A.*, Corbeil Therrien A*, Lemaire W*, Fontaine R, Pratte J.F,. (2017). TDC Array Trade-Offs in Current and UpcomingDigital SiPM Detectors for Time-of-Flight PET. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Sciences 64 (3), 925-32. (Article publié).
• Nolet F, Rhéaume V.P., Parent S, Charlebois S, Fontaine R, Pratte JF. (2016). A 2D Proof of Principle towards a 3D Digital SiPM in HV CMOS with Low Output Capacitance. Transaction on nuclear science 63 (4), 2293-9. (Article publié).
• Charest J*, Beaudoin J.F., Bergeron M*, Cadorette J, Arpin L, Lecomte R, Brunet C.A., Fontaine R. (2016). Impacts of Intelligent Automated Quality Control on a Small Animal APD-Based Digital PET Scanner. Transaction on nuclear science 10.1109/TNS.2016.260 (Article publié).
• Kanoun M*, Ben Attouch W*, Berube-Lauziere Y, Fontaine R. (2015). A 10-bit, 12 ps resolution CMOS time-to-digital converter dedicated to ultra-fast optical timing applications. Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing 34 (4), 1129-1148. (Article publié).
• Charest J*, Beaudoin J-F, Cadorette J, Lecomte R, Brunet C-A, Fontaine R. (2015). Automatic Channel Fault Detection on a Small Animal APD-Based Digital PET Scanner. Transaction on nuclear science 61 (5), 2494-2502. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M-A*, Corbeil-Therrien A*, Desaulniers-Lamy E*, Boisvert A*, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Dark Count Impact for First Photon discriminators for SPAD Digital Arrays in PET. Transaction on nuclear science 62 (3), 719-26. (Article publié).
• Bérubé B-L*, Rhéaume V-P*, Parent S*, Maurais L*, Corbeil-Therrien A*, Charette P, Charlebois S, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Implementation study of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) in HV CMOS 0.8 ?m technology. Transaction on nuclear science 62 (3), 710-18. (Article publié).
• Bergeron M*, Pepin C,Cadorette J, Loignon-Houle F, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2015). Improved LabPET Detectors using Lu1.8Gd0.2SiO5:Ce (LGSO) Scintillator Blocks. Transaction on Nuclear Science 62 (1), 36-41. (Article publié).
• Bergeron M*, Thibaudeau C*. Cadorette J, Tétrault M-A*, Pepin C, Clerk-Lamalice J, Davies M, Dautet H, Deschamps P, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2015). LabPET II, an APD-based Detector Module with PET and Counting CT Imaging Capabilities. Transaction on nuclear science 62 (3), 756-65. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M-A*, Desaulniers-Lamy E*, Boisvert A*, Thibaudeau C*, Dubois F, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Real-Time Discrete SPAD Array Readout Architecture for Time of Flight PET. Transaction on nuclear science 62 (3), 1077-82. (Article publié).
• Geoffroy C*, Michaud J-B, Tétrault M-A, Clerk-Lamalice J, Brunet C-A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2015). Real Time Artificial Neural Network FPGA Implementation for Triple Coincidences Recovery in PET. Transaction on Nuclear Science 62 (3), 824-31. (Article publié).
• Convert L, Lebel R, Gascon S, Fontaine R, Pratte JF, Charette P, Aimez V, Lecomte R. (2015). Real Time Microfluidic Blood Counting System for PET and SPECT Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Studies. Journal of Nuclear Medecine 57 (9), 1460-1466. (Article publié).
• Michaud J-B*, Tétrault M-A*, Beaudoin J-F, Cadorette J, Leroux J.D*, Brunet C.A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2015). Sensitivity Increase through a Neural Network Method for LOR Recovery of ICS Triple Coincidences in High-Resolution Pixelated-Detectors PET Scanners. Transaction on nuclear science 62 (1), 82-94. (Article publié).
• Bergeron M*, Cadorette J, Tétrault M-A*, Beaudoin J-F, Leroux J-D, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2014). Imaging performance of LabPET APD-based digital PET scanners for pre-clinical research. Physics in Medicine and Biology 59 (3), 661-78. (Article publié).
• Corbeil-Therrien A*, Bérubé B-L*, Charlebois S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2014). Modeling of Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array Detectors for PET Applications. Transaction on Nucluar science 61 (1), 14-22. (Article publié).
• Njejimana L*, Tetrault M-A*, Arpin L*, Burghgraeve A*, Maille P*, Lavoie J-C*, Paulin C, Koua K.C, Bouziri H*, Panier S*, Attouch M.W.B*, Abidi M*, Cadorette J, Pratte J-F, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2013). Design of a Real-Time FPGA-Based Data Acquisition Architecture for the LabPET II: An APD-Based Scanner Dedicated to Small Animal PET Imaging. Transactions on Nuclear Science 60 (5), 3633-8. (Article accepté).
• Thibaudeau C*, Leroux, J-D*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2013). Fully 3D iterative CT reconstruction using polar coordinates. Medical Physics 40 (11), 111904-16. (Article publié).
• Convert L, Girard-Baril F, Boisselle V, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R, Lecomte R, Charette P, Aimez V. (2012). Blood compatible microfluidic system for pharmacokinetic studies in small animals. LabOnChip 12 (22), 4683-4692. (Article publié).
• Yousefzadeh H.C.*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2012). Contribution of Photon Statistics and Shaping Filter in Crystal Identification of PET phoswich detectors. Transaction on nuclear science 59 (3), 513-519. (Article publié).
• Thibaudeau C*, Bérard P, Tétrault M-A*, Leroux J.D.*,Bergeron M*,Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2012). Towards Truly Combined PET/CT Imaging using PET Detectors and Photon Counting CT with Iterative Reconstruction Implementing Physical Detector Response. Medical Physics 39 (9), 5697-5708. (Article publié).
• Michaud J-B*, Pepin C.M, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2010). ARMAX-RLS Parameter-Estimation Crystal Identification in phoswich PET Detectors. Transaction on nuclear science 57 (3), 982-989. (Article publié).
• Arpin L*, Bergeron M*, Tétrault M-A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2010). A Sub-Nanosecond Edge Detection System Using Embedded FPGA Fabrics. Transaction on nuclear science 57 (2), 519-524. (Article publié).
• Pepin C.M, Bergeron M*, Thibodeau C*, Oxton-Bureaua C, Shimizua S, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2010). Digital Identification of Fast Scintillators in Phoswich APD-based Detectors. Transaction on nuclear science 57 (3), 1435-1440. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M-A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2010). Firmware Upgrade for the Acquisition Board of the LABPET™ Small Animal PET Scanner. Transaction on nuclear science 57 (2), 982-989. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M-A, Oliver J-F, Bergeron M*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2010). Real Time Coincidence Detection Engine for High Count Rate Timestamp Based PET. Transaction on nuclear science 57 (1), 117-124. (Article publié).
• Bergeron M*, Pepin C.M, Arpin L*, Leroux J.D*, Tétrault M-A, Viscogliosi N, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2009). A Handy Timing Alignment Probe for PET Scanners. Nuclear instrumentation and measurement A 599 (1), 113-117. (Article publié).
• Rechka S*, Fontaine R, Rafecas M,Lecomte R. (2009). Development and Validation of a GATE Simulation Model for the LabPET Scanner. IEEE TNS 56 (6), 3672-3679. (Article publié).
• Bérard P, Bergeron M, Pepin C.M, Cadorette J, Tétrault M-A, Viscogliosi N, Fontaine R, Dautet H, Davies M, Deschamps P, Lecomte R. (2009). Development of a 64-channel APD Detector Module with Individual Pixel Readout for Submillimeter Spatial Resolution in PET. NIM A 610 (1), 20-23. (Article publié).
• Junnarkar S.S*, O'Connor P, Vaska P, Fontaine R. (2009). FPGA-Based Self-Calibrating Time-to-Digital Converter for Time-of-Flight Experiments. Transaction in Nuclear Science 56 (4), 2374-2379. (Article publié).
• Bergeron M*, Cadorette J, Beaudoin J-F, M.D Lepage, Robert G, Selivanov V, Tétrault M-A, Viscogliosi N, Norenberg J-P, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2009). Performance Evaluation of the LabPET™ APD-based Digital PET Scanner. IEEE TNS 56 (1), 10-16. (Article publié).
• Semmaoui H*, Tétrault M-A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2009). Signal Deconvolution Concept Combined With Cubic Spline Interpolation Technique Applied to Determine Arrival Time of Events in Phoswich Detectors. IEEE TNS 56 (3), 581-587. (Article publié).
• Fontaine R, Bélanger F, Viscogliosi N, Semmaoui H*, Tétrault M-A, Michaud J-B*, Pepin C.M, Cadorette J, Lecomte R. (2009). The hardware and signal processing of the LabTEP™, a Small Animal APD-based Digital PET Scanner. IEEE TNS 56 (1), 3-9. (Article publié).
• Leroux J-D*, Tétrault M-A, Rouleau D, Pepin C.M, Michaud J.B*, Cadorette J, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2009). Time Discrimination Techniques using Artificial Neural Networks for Positron Emission Tomography. IEEE TNS 56 (3), 588-595. (Article publié).
• Leroux J.D*, Rouleau D, Pepin C, Cadorette J, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2009). Time determination of BGO-APD detectors by digital signal processing for Positron Emission Tomography. IEEE TNS 56 (5), (Article publié).

Chapitres de livre

• Fontaine R. (2010). Design Considerations for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanner Dedicated to Small Animal Imaging. Krzysztof Iniewski. Electronic Circuits for Radiation Detection (151-78). Krzysztof Iniewski. (Article publié).

Articles de conférence

• Esmaeil Ranjbar Koleibi, Maher Benhouria, Konin Koua, William Lemaire, Sébastien Roy, Réjean Fontaine. (2022). A Low-Power Low-Noise Biopotential Amplifier in 28 nm CMOS. IEEE NewCAS Conference procedings, (Article publié).
• Marwan Besrour, Sarra Zitoun, Jacob Lavoie, Takwa Omrani, Konin Koua, Maher Benhouria, Mounir Boukadoum, Réjean Fontaine. (2022). Analog Spiking Neuron in 28 nm CMOS. IEEE NewCAS Conference procedings, (Article publié).
• R Lecomte, L Arpin, P Lauzier-Trepanier, C Thibaudeau, J Bouchard, R Espagnet, A Samson, J Leroux, R Fontaine. (2022). First images from the next-generation UHR human brain PET scanner. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, (Article publié).
• Julien Rossignol, Étienne Pilon, Gabriel Bélanger, Yves Bérubé-Lauzière, Réjean Fontaine. (2022). Overview oftime-of-flight scatter rejection for X-ray radiography and computed tomography. SPIE Medical Imaging. (Article publié).
• William Lemaire, Esmaeil Ranjbar Koleibi, Takwa Omrani, Maher Benhouria, Konin Koua, Charles Quesnel, Louis-Philippe Gauthier, Jérémy Ménard, Keven Gagnon, Sébastien Roy, Réjean Fontaine. (2022). Preliminary Results from a 49-Channel Neural Recording ASIC with Embedded Spike Compression in 28 nm CMOS. IEEE NewCAS Conference procedings, (Article publié).
• Louis-Philippe Gauthier, William Lemaire, Keven Gagnon, Charles Quesnel, Jean-Benoit Larouche, Julien Rossignol, Caroline Paulin, Maher Benhouria, Konin Koua, Sébastien Roy, Réjean Fontaine. (2022). Preliminary Results of a Low-Power Wireless Telemetry Module for Long-Term uECOG Recordings. IEEE NewCAS Conference procedings, (Article accepté).
• oger Lecomte, Marc Normandin, Christian Tibaudeau, Louis Arpin, Jean-Daniel Leroux, Jonathan Bouchard, Romain Espagnet, Pierre-Yves Lauzier-Trépanier, Arnaud Samson, Jean-François Beaudoin, Haithem Bouziri, Louis-Michel Collin, Émilie Gaudin, Maxime Gaudreault, Marc-André Hachey, Catherine Pepin, Maxime Toussaint, Yanis Chemli, Thibault Marin, Jinsong Ouyang, Yoann Petibon, Yassir Najmaoui, Marc-André Tétrault, Réjean Fontaine, Georges El Fakhri. (2022). Scanner Approaching in Vivo Autoradiographic Neuro Tomography (SAVANT): Porgress Towards, uL Resolution for Imaging the Human Brain. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2436-2436. (Article publié).
• Julien Rossignol, Philippe Marcoux, Frédéric Nolet, Nicolas Roy, Jonathan Bouchard, Gabriel Bélanger, Frédéric Gagnon, Yves Bérubé-Lauzière, Réjean Fontaine. (2022). Time-correlatedsingle photon counting system for X-ray scatter rejection - Preliminarymeasurements. SPIE Medical Imaging. (Article publié).
• Haithem Bouziri, Catherine M. Pepin, Maher Benhouria, Konin Koua, Arnaud Samson, Émilie Gaudin, Christian Thibaudeau, Vincent Labrecque, Caroline Paulin, Jean-François Pratte, Georges El Fakhri, Roger Lecomte, Réjean Fontaine. (2021). DOI Measurement for the SAVANT Brain Scanner using Dual-Threshold ToTTechnique. IEEE NSS-MIC. (Article publié).
• Julien Rossignol, Étienne Pilon, Gabriel Bélanger, Yves Bérubé Lauzière, Réjean Fontaine. (2021). Evaluation of Time-of-Flight Scatter Rejection in X-Ray Radiography. IEEE NSS-MIC. (Article publié).
• R. Lecomte, M. Normandin, É. Gaudin, C. Thibaudeau, L. Arpin, J.-D. Leroux, J. Bouchard, A. Samson, R. Espagnet, H. Bouziri, C. Pepin, M. Toussaint, Y. Chemli, Y. Najmaoui, T. Marin, Y. Petibon, J. Ouyang, M.-A. Tétrault, R. Fontaine, G. El Fakhri. (2021). Progress Towards 1 mm3Resolution for Imaging the Human Brain. 7th Annual Brain Initiative Investigators Meeting. (Article publié).
• P. Marcoux, J. Rossignol, P. Dufour, F. Nolet, N. Roy, G. Bélanger, F. Gagnon, J. Bouchard, C. Paulin, J. - F. Pratte, A. Corbeil Therrien, Y. Bérubé-Lauzière, R. Fontaine. (2021). Ultra-High Precision Time-Resolved Detectors for Time-of-Flight ComputedTomography (TOF-CT). IEEE NSS-MIC. (Article publié).
• Auger E*, Thibaudeau C, Leroux JD, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2019). A Computer Vision-Based Misalignment CorrectionTechnique for PET Detector Modules. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Bouchard J*, Espagnet R*, Arpin L, Moghadam N*, Samson A*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2019). A Low-Profile Positron Emission Tomography Front Endfor Submillimetric Resolution MRI Insert. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Espagnet R*, Lakhssassi A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2019). A Thermal Model of the LabPET II ASIC. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Besrour M*, Lemaire W*, Benhouria M*, Hardy-Martin G*, Koua K*, Roy S. Fontaine R. (2019). Artificially Intelligent Gaze Tracking System forWireless Neurostimulation Retinal Implant. The eye and the chips. (Article publié).
• Rossignol J*, Gaudreault D*, Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Fontaine R. (2019). Comparative Study of Attenuation Measurements inTime-of-Flight Computed Tomography. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Thibaudeau C, Leroux JD, Beaudoin JF, Arpin L, Cadorette J, Paillé M, Pepin C, Espagnet R*, Koua K*, Samson A*, Bouchard J*, Paulin C*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2019). Initial Imaging Performance of a Rabbit PET ScannerBased-on the LabPET II. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Thibaudeau C, Arpin L, Toussaint M, Leroux JD, Bouchard J*, Samson A*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2019). LabPET II/CT, a Preclinical Scanner Merging PET and CT Hardware for Integrated Dual Modality Imaging. WMIC. (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Toussaint M, Thibaudeau C, Croteau E, Fontaine R, Normandin M, Petibon Y, Ouyang J, El Fakhri G, Roger Lecomte R. (2019). SAVANT: A High Resolution APD-Based Dedicated BrainPET Scanner with DOI Encoding. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Espagnet R*, Bouchard J*, Lakhssassi A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2019). Thermal Simulation of a 2.5D Stack-Up with OrganicInterposer and Flip Chip for a Preliminary. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Espagnet R*, Saide M, Lakhssassi A, Arpin, L, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2019). Thermal management solutions for the LabPET II. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Yussefian N*, Toussaint M, Gaudin E*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2019). Trade-Offs Between TOF, Scan Time and Crystal Lengthon Image Contrast-to-Noise Ratio Performance for a Small Animal PET Scanner. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Thibaudeau C, Arpin L, Toussaint M, Leroux JD, Bouchard J*, Samson A*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2019). Ultra-High-Resolution PET Imaging Using LabPET II Technology. WMIC. (Article publié).
• Nolet F, Lemaire W*, Dubois F, Roy N, Carrier S, Samson A*, St-Hilaire G, Charlebois S A, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2018). A 256 Pixelated Readout ASIC with in Pixel TDCand Embedded Digital Signal Processing for SPAD Array. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Nolet F, Dubois F, Roy N, Lemaire W*, Charlebois S A, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2018). Dual Phase-Locked Loop System for TDC Resolution Calibration. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Rossignol J*, Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Fontaine R. (2018). Scatter Noise Rejection with Time-of-Flight Computed Tomography. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Thibaudeau C, Arpin L, Leroux J.D, Dufourt-Forget D, Beaudoin J.F, Cadorette J, Paille M, Pepin C, Koua K*, Samson A*, Bouchard J*, Paulin C*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2017). Imaging Performance of a Submillimetric Spatial Resolution APD-Based Preclinical PET Scanner. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Lecomte R, Gaudin E*, Arpin L, Beaudoin J.F., Bergeron M*, Bouchard J*, Bouziri H*, Cadorette J, Jürgensen N*, Koua K, Lauzier-Trépanier P.Y.*, Leroux J.D., Loignon-Houle Francis, Njejimana L*, Paillé M, Paulin C, Pepin C, Pratte J.F., Samson A*, Thibaudeau C, Viscogliosi N, Fontaine R. (2016). A Pixelated APD-Based PET Scanner for High-Resolution Preclinical Imaging. COMP 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. (Article publié).
• Lemaire W*, Nolet F, Corbeil Therrien A*, Pratte J.F., Fontaine R. (2016). Design Considerations for Embedded Real-Time Processing for 3D Digital SiPMs with Multiple TDCs. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Arpin L, Thibaudeau C*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2016). Dual Threshold Time-over-Threshold Nonlinearity. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Corbeil Therrien A*, Lemaire W*, Lecoq P, Fontaine R, Pratte JF. (2016). Energy Discrimination Using First Emitted Photon Timestamps: An Exploratory Study. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Njejimana L*, Arpin L, Thibaudeau C, Koua K*, Paulin C*, Jürgensen N*, Tétrault M.A.*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2016). Firmware Architecture of the Data Acquisition System for the LabPET II Mouse Scanner. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Gaudin E*, Arpin L, Thibaudeau C*, Paillé M, Beaudoin J.F., Leroux J.D., Koua K., Bouchard J*, Samson A, Pepin C, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2016). LabPET II: Initial Results of a Time-over-Threshold APD-Based PET Scanner. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Bouchard J*, Lemaire W*, Samson A*, Paulin C, Pratte J.F., Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Fontaine R. (2016). Preliminary Results of a Low-Cost 4-Channel Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting System for Time-Domain Diffuse Optical Tomography. Proceedings of MeMeA 2016, (Article publié).
• Samson S*, Bouchard J*, Gaudin E*, Thibaudeau C*, Arpin L, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2016). Preliminary results of an embedded timing probe for calibrating PET scanner. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Nolet F*, Roy N*, Mercier MO*, Parent S, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Circuit d’étouffement à seuil ajustable en CMOS 65 nm pour l’optimisation de l’estampillage temporelle de photodiode à avalanche monophotonique. ACFAS. (Article accepté).
• Maurais L, Parent S, Fontaine R, Charlebois S, Pratte J-F. (2015). Investigation of the Impact of a 3D Integration Process on Single Photon Avalanche Diodes Characteristics. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference. (Article accepté).
• Gaudin E*, Bergeron M*, Cadorette J, Pepin C, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2015). LabPETII.5: APD-based Detector Characterization for Pre-clinical PET Imaging. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WC 2015). (Article accepté).
• Corbeil Therrien A*, Parent S, Tétrault MA*, Charlebois S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Optimization of Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array Detectors with a Custom Simulator. IEEE Nuclear science Symposium / Medical imaging conference. (Article accepté).
• Gaudin E*, Arpin L, Bouziri H*, Bergeron M*, Pepin C, Cadorette J, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2015). Performance Characteristics of a Dual-Threshold Time-over-Threshold APD-based Detector Front-End Module for PET Imaging. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference. (Article accepté).
• Parent S, Bérubé BL*, Martel S, Dautet H, Fontaine R, Charlebois S, Pratte J-F. (2015). Process Modifications in a 0.8 µm HV CMOS Technology for Single Photon Avalanche Diodes. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference. (Article accepté).
• Nolet F*, Parent S, Roy N*, Mercier M-O*, Charlebois S, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Quenching Circuit and SPAD integrated in CMOS 65 nm with 13 ps FWHM Single Photon Timing Resolution. IEEE Nuclear science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference. (Article accepté).
• Parent S, Rheaume V-P*, Berube B-L*, Fontaine R, Charlebois S, Pratte J-F. (2014). A Noise Reduction Method for Single Photon Avalanche Diodes in 0.8 um. IEEE Nuclear science symposium / Medical imaging conference. (Article accepté).
• Charest J*, Beaudoin J-F, Cadorette J, Lecomte R, Brunet C-A, Fontaine R. (2014). Automatic Channel Fault Detection and Diagnosis System for a Small Animal APD-Based Digital PET Scanner. IEEE Realtime conference. (Article publié).
• Nolet N*, Rhéaume V-P*, Parent S, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2014). Digital SiPM in HV CMOS with Adjustable Analog Dynamic Range. IEEE Nuclear science symposium / Medical imaging conference. (Article accepté).
• Corbeil-Therrien A*, Parent S., Bérubé B-L, Rhéaume V-P*, Charlebois S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2014). Experimental Validation of a Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array Detector Simulator. IEEE Nuclear science symposium / Medical imaging conference. (Article accepté).
• Bergeron M*, Pepin C, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2014). Light Crosstalk in Pixelated Arrays of LYSO PET Detectors with Different Reflectors. IEEE Nuclear science symposium / medical imaging conference. (Article accepté).
• Tétrault M-A*, Desaulniers Lamy E*, Boisvert A*, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2014). Real-Time Discrete SPAD Array Readout Architecture for Time of Flight PET. ArchivX, (Article publié).
• Thibaudeau C*, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2013). Analytic simulation of spectroscopic CT measurements. 2013 SpecX-Ray. (Article publié).
• Carbonneau E, Fontaine R, Smeesters C. (2013). A pratical approach to determine appropriate cutoff frequencies for motion analysis data. 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M-A*, Desaulniers Lamy E*, Boisvert A*, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2013). Low Dead Time SPAD Digital Readout Architecture for Real Time PET. Proc. NSS/MIC, (Article publié).
• Charest J*, Beaudoin J-F.*, Cadorette J, Lecomte R, Brunet C-A, Fontaine R. (2013). Preliminary Results of an Automatic Channel Fault Detection System on a Small Animal APD-Based Digital PET Scanner. Proc. NSS/MIC, (Article publié).
• Ben Attouch M.W*, Koua K, Panier S*, Arpin L*, Njejimana L*, Bouziri H*, Abidi M*, Paulin C, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2012). A Fully Integrated Pulse Charge Generator embedded in a 64-channel readout ASIC dedicated to a PET/CT detector module. Proceedong of ICSES, 130-134. (Article publié).
• Njejimana L*, Tétrault M-A*, Arpin L*, Burghgraeve A, Maillé P*, Lavoie J-C*, Paulin C, Koua K, Bouziri H*, Panier S*, Attouch M.W*, Abidi M*, Pratte J-F, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2012). Conception d’une architecture numérique en temps réel dédiée au LabPET II, un tomographe d’émission par positrons pour petits animaux. 80e Congres de l’ACFAS. (Article publié).
• Njejimana L*, Fontaine R. (2012). Design of a Real-Time FPGA-based DAQ Architecture for the LabPET II, an APD-Based Scanner dedicated to Small Animal PET imaging. Texpo, CMC annual symposium. (Article publié).
• Njejimana L*, Tétrault M-A*, Arpin L*, Burghgraeve A*, Maillé P*, Lavoie J.C*, Paulin C, Koua K, Bouziri H*, Panier S*, Ben Attouch M.W*, Abidi M*, Pratte J-F, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2012). Design of a real-time FPGA-based DAQ architecture for the LabPET II, an APD-based Scanner Dedicated to Small Animal PET Imaging. Proc. IEEE Realtime conference. 1-5. (Article publié).
• Berube B-L*, Rheaume V-P*, Corbeil-Therrien A*, Boisvert A*, Carini G, Charlebois S, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2012). Development of a Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) Array in High Voltage CMOS 0.8 um dedicated to a 3D Integrated Circuit (3DIC). Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. 1835-1839. (Article publié).
• Corbeil Therrien A*, Berube B*, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2012). Modeling the avalanche process in single photon avalanche diode arrays. Presented at the Integrated Sensor Systems Summer School. (Article publié).
• Thibaudeau C*, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2012). Polyenergetic CT Sinogram Generator. Proc. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical imaging conference. 2707-2710. (Article publié).
• Smeesters C, Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Rancourt D, Langelier E, Balg F, Fontaine R. (2012). Problem- and Project-Based Learning in Bioengineering: a Case Study. American Society of Biomechanics conference. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M-A*, Boisvert A*, Desaulniers Lamy É*, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2012). Scripted 3D physical layout for dual-tier, face to face vertical integration. Texpo, CMC annual symposium. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M-A*, Thibodeau C*, Boland J-F, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2012). SystemC test bench : High level ASIC system simulation/verification and code reuse. Texpo, CMC annual symposium 2012. (Article publié).
• Bouziri H*, Koua K, Arpin L*, Ben Attouch M.W*, Panier S*, Abidi M*, Paulin C, Martin B*, Pepin C, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2012). Time-over-Threshold Based Crystal Identification in Phoswich Detectors. IEEE NSS-MIC conference. (Article publié).
• Pratte J-F, Tétrault M-A*, Berube B-L*, Corbeil Therrien A*, Rheaume V-P*, Boisvert A*, Desaulniers Lamy E, Charlebois S, Fontaine R. (2012). Toward the Realization of 3D Single Photon Counting Modules for Radiation Instrumentation. IEEE, NSS-MIC. (Article publié).
• Arpin L*, Koua K, Panier S*, Bouziri H*, Abidi M*, Ben Attouch W*, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2011). Architecture numérique et procédure de validation pour un ASIC à signaux mixtes utilisé dans un scanner bimodal TEP/TDM avec 64 canaux d’acquisition. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas. (Article publié).
• Panier S*, Koua K, Arpin L*, Ben Attouch W*, Bouziri H*, Abidi M*, Paulin C, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2011). Conception et intégration en technologie CMOS 0.18 µm d’un circuit de maintien de tension de base en sortie d’un filtre de mise en forme unipolaire dans un scanner bimodal TEP/TDM. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas. (Article publié).
• Ben Attouch W*, Koua K, Panier S*, Arpin L*, Abidi M*, Bouziri H*, Paulin C, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2011). Conception et intégration en technologie CMOS 0.18 µm d’un pulseur permettant de stimuler une quantité de charge à l’entrée des chaines d’acquisitions pour le scanner bimodal de TEP/TDM. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas. (Article publié).
• Thibaudeau C*, Leroux J.D*, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2011). Cylindrical and Spherical Ray-Tracing for CT Iterative. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. 4378-4381. (Article publié).
• Convert L, Girard-Baril F, Boisselle V, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R, Aimez V. (2011). Détecteur microfluidique haute efficacité pour les études pharmacocinétiques précliniques avec des radiotraceurs TEP et TEM. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas. (Article publié).
• Arpin L*, Koua K, Panier S*, Bouziri H*, Abidi M*, Ben Attouch M.W*, Paulin C, Maillé P, Geoffroy C*, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2011). Embedded Real Time Digital Signal Processing Unit for a 64-Channel PET Detector Module. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. 1545-1550. (Article publié).
• Panier S*, Koua K, Arpin L*, Ben Attouch M*, Bouziri H*, Abidi M*, Paulin C, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2011). Intégration en technologie CMOS 0.18µm d’un contrôleur haute tension pour la polarisation de photodiode à avalanche dans un scanner TEP/TDM. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas. (Article publié).
• Bergeron M, Thibaudeau C, Cadorette J, Tétrault M-A, Pepin C, Clerk-Lamalice J, Dautet H, Deschamps P, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2011). LabPET II, an APD-based PET detector module with counting CT imaging capability. IEEE Conf Record, 3543-47. (Article publié).
• Corbeil Therrien A*, Bérubé B.L, Thibaudeau C*, Charlebois S, Lecomte R, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2011). Modeling of Single Photon Avalanche Diode Array Detectors for PET Applications. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. 48-53. (Article publié).
• Convert L, Girard-Baril F, Boisselle V, Chabot V, Zermatten P-J, Hamel R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R, Cloarec J-P, Lecomte R, Charette P.G, Aimez V. (2011). Real time microfluidic analysis system for small animal molecular imaging. 4ème Colloque du Laboratoire International Associé : Nanotechnologies & Nanosystèmes (LIA-LN2). (Article publié).
• Thibaudeau C*, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2011). Tomodensitométrie spectrale par comptage de photons. 79e Congrès de l'Acfas. (Article publié).
• Lemieux F*, Viscogliosi N, Tétrault M-A*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2010). A Calibration Process Improving Crystal Identification Rate in the LabPET™ Phoswich Detectors. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. 1081-1086. (Article publié).
• Abidi M*, Koua K, Kanoun M*, Panier S*, Arpin L*, Tétreault M-A, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2010). A delay locked loop for fine time base generation in a positron emission tomography scanner. 5th Conference on Design and Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era. DTIS 2010. 1-4. (Article publié).
• Michaud J-B*, Brunet C-A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2010). End-to-end Results from Neural Networks for LOR Recovery of PET Triple Coincidences. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Convert L, Girard-Baril F, Boisselle V, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R, Aimez V, Charette P, Lecomte R. (2010). Microfluidic Beta and Conversion Electron Radiation Detector for Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Studies with PET and SPECT Radiotracers. IEEE NSS/MIC. 2128-2131. (Article publié).
• Yousefzadeh H.C*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2009). A Pulse Simulator for Crystal Identification Validation of Phoswich Detectors Used in Positron Emission Tomography. Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference. 6942-6945. (Article publié).
• Pepin C.M, Bergeron M*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2009). Depth-of-Interaction (DOI) with Fast Scintillators Read Out by APDs Using LabPETTM Digital Crystal Identification Algorithms. IEEE, Conf. Inorganic Scintillators, and their application. (Article publié).
• Pepin C.M, Bergeron M*, Shimizu S, Viscogliosi N, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2009). Fast High Lutetium Content Scintillators as Phoswich Candidates for Depth-of-Interaction (DOI) PET Detectors. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. 2427-2433. (Article publié).
• Tétrault M-A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2009). Firmware Upgrade for the Acquisition Board of the LABPET™ Small Animal PET Scanner. Proc. IEEE Realtime Conf. (Article publié).
• Bergeron M*, Cadorette J, Bureau-Oxton C, Beaudoin J-F, Tétrault M-A, Lepage M.D, Robert G, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2009). Imaging Performance of a Large Axial FOV Small Animal PET Scanner. WMIC. (Article publié).
• Rechka S*, Fontaine R, Lecomte R, Rafecas m. (2009). LabPET Inter-Crystal Scatter Study using GATE. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).
• Michaud J-B*, Brunet C-A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2009). Monte Carlo Results from Neural Networks as an Alternative to Compton Photons LOR Analy. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. 3909-3916. (Article publié).
• Arpin L*, Tétrault M-A, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2009). Nanosecond Edge Detection System Using Embedded FPGA Fabrics. Proc. IEEE Realtime Conference. 299-303. (Article publié).
• Yousefzadeh H.C*, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2009). Wiener Filter-based Crystal Identification Applied to Dual and Triple Layers Phoswich Detectors. Proc. IEEE NSS/MIC. (Article publié).

Propriétés intellectuelles

Brevets

• R. Fontaine, J. Rossignol*, Y. Bérubé Lauzière. (2019). PULSED X-RAY IMAGING. 62/755,813. Canada. (En instance).
• Image reconstruction methods based on block circulant system matrices. US 2009/0123048. États-Unis d'Amérique. (Délivré).

Licences

• LabPET I. (2013). (Licence obtenue).

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés

• Conception de circuits imprimés multicouches. GEI788. (2016-02-02).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.
• Conception de circuits électroniques complexes. GEI789. (2016-02-02).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.
• La communication et le travail en équipe. GEN111. (2013-09-01).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.
• Réalisation et mesure de circuits électriques. GEN270. (2013-09-01).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.
• Instrumentation en science des radiations. GEI705. (2005-01-04).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.
• Mathématiques discrètes II. GEN265. (2002-02-11).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.
• Systèmes numériques séquentiels. GEN225. (2002-02-11).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.
• Mathématiques discrètes I. GEN260. (2002-01-14).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.
• Systèmes numériques combinatoires. GEN220. (2002-01-14).Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.

Gestion d'évènements

• Directeur général. (2024) IEEE NewCAS 2024, Sherbrooke, Québec. (Conférence).
• Co-directeur du programme scientifique. (2022) IEEE NewCAS 2022, Québec, Canada. (Conférence).
• Comité organisation. (2018) IEEE realtime conference 2018 (Wiliamsburg, États-Unis). (Conférence).
• Directeur. (2017) Colloque CESIIUS. (Conférence).
• Directeur du programme scientifique. (2016) IEEE Realtime conference 2016. (Conférence).
• Comité d'organisation local. (2015) 17th Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference. (Conférence).
• Directeur du programme scientifique. (2014) IEEE Realtime conference 2014. (Conférence).
• Directeur du programme scientifique. (2012) IEEE Realtime Conference 2012. (Conférence).

Activités de collaboration internationale

• Collaborateur. Allemagne. Collaboration avec U. AAchen pour la conception d'un scanner de tomodensitométrie par temps de vol de photons.
• Collaborateur. États-Unis d'Amérique. Collaboration pour la conception d'instrumentation de mesure en tomographie d'émission par positrons et conception de scanners TEP à l'Université Harvard avec Georges El Fahkri.
• Collaborateur. Suisse. Collaboration avec le CERN (Suisse) pour le développement de scintillateurs capables de détecter des photons X avec mesure temporelle sous les 100 ps.
• Collaboration. États-Unis d'Amérique. Conception de systèmes électroniques dans la collaboration nEXO.

Présentations

• JF Pratte, K Deslandes, V Gauthier, P Martel-Dion, F Nolet, S Parent, C Richard, T Rossignol, N Roy, N St-Jean, F Vachon, A Turala, R Fontaine, S Charlebois. (2021). Update on Sherbrooke’s Photon Detection Module for Large-Scale Noble Liquid Experiments. TIPP. Vancouver, Canada
• S. Carrier, K. Deslandes, C.-F. Gauthier, V. Gauthier, P. Gendron, M. Labrecque-Dias, P. Martel-Dion, F. Nolet, C. Paulin, S. Parent, C. Richard, T. Rossignol, N. Roy, A.Turala, F. Vachon, Fontaine, C. (2021). What do neutrino physics, dark matter searches, medical imaging and quantum key distribution instrumentation have in common?. ReSMIQ seminars. Sherbrooke, Canada
• Australia-Canada bionic vision collaboration. (2020). Design and assembly considerations for an optical data and power link-based retinal implant. Retinal implant mini-Symposium (Stanford University). Stanford, États-Unis d'Amérique
• (2020). High Electronic Density for High Spatial Resolution Positron Tomography Dedicated to Preclinical and Brain Imaging. 2020 IEEE Emilio Gatti and Franco Manfredi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in Radiation Instrumentation award ceremony. Pavia, Italie
• Lemaire W*, Besrour M*, Benhouria M*, Koua K*, Martin-Hardy G*, Tong W, Stump M, Ahnood A, Garrett D, Hilkes R, Prawer S, Patrick J, Roy S, Fontaine R. (2019). A Fully Wireless 288 Electrodes Retinal Implant with an Optical Data and Power Link with Ultrananocrystaline Diamond Electrodes. The eye and the chips. Dearborn, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Loignon-Houle F*, Gundacker S, Toussaint M, Auffray E, Fontaine R, Charlebois S, Lecoq P, Lecomte R. (2019). A Study with State-of-the-Art Scintillation Detectors and Requirements to Reach 10 ps CTR. IEEE NSS/MIC. Manchester, Royaume-Uni
• Gaudreault D*, Rossignol J*, Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Fontaine R. (2019). Comparative Study of Image Quality in Time-of-Flight Computed Tomography. IEEE NSS/MIC. Manchester, Royaume-Uni
• Loignon-Houle F, Gundacker S, Toussaint M, Auffray E, Fontaine R, Charlebois S, Lecoq P, Lecomte R. (2019). DOI Encoding Through Signal Arrival Time Distribution: A Study with State-of-the-Art Scintillation Detectors and Requirements to Reach 10 ps CTR. IEEE NSS/MIC. Manchester, Royaume-Uni
• Pratte JF, Corbeil-Therrien A*, Deslandes K, Gendron P*, Labrecque-Dias M, Lemaire W*, Nolet F, Parent S, Richard C, Roy N, Rossignol T, St-Hilaire, G, Vachon F, Retiere F, Dautet H, Fontaine R, Charl. (2019). Introduction to 3D Digital SiPM and Latest Results for Particle Physics. CAP Congres 2019. Barnaby, Canada
• F. Nolet; F. Dubois; N. Roy; S.G. Carrier; A. Samson*; G. St-Hilaire; S.A. Charlebois; R Fontaine, J.- F. Pratte. (2018). A 256 pixels single photon avalanche diode readout ASIC with embedded digital signal processing for time of flight positron emission tomography. 2018 Front-end Electronics Workshop. Orford, Canada
• Fontaine R, Lecomte R, Charlebois S, Michaud JB, Tétrault MA, Pratte JF. (2018). Electronics for high resolution and time of flight Positron Emission Tomography scanners. Colloquium of Melbourne University. Melbourne, Australie
• Auger E*, Thibaudeau C, Seydou Traoré M*, Leroux J-D, Cadorette J, Paillé M, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2018). First Images from a Preclinical PET/CT Scanner Using a Common Detection Platform. IEEE NSS/MIC. Sydney, Australie
• Lemaire W*, Benhouria M*, Koua K*, Laplante É*, Gauthier L-P*, Plourde É, Roy S, Fontaine R. (2018). Implant de neurostimulation rétinien. Symposium Québécois sur la Neurostimulation. Drummondville, Canada
• N. Roy; F. Nolet; F. Dubois; R. Fontaine; J.-F. Pratte. (2018). Low area - low power time-to-digital converter for pixelated detector with 6.9 ps RMS timing jitter. Front-end Electronics Workshop. Orford, Canada
• Pratte J-F, Nolet F, William W*, Roy N, Dubois F, Gendron P*, Labrecque Diaz D, Carrier S, Charlebois S, Fontaine R. (2018). Next generation 3D digital SiPM for precise timing resolution. 14th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors. Alba, Italie
• Rossignol J*, Martinez Turtos J, Gundacker S, Auffray Hillemanns E, Lecoq P, Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Fontaine R. (2018). Time-of-Flight Computed Tomography: Proof of Principle and Challenges. IEEE NSS/MIC. Sydney, Australie
• Rossignol J*, Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Fontaine R,. (2018). Time-of-Flight Computed Tomography a Proof of Principle Study. SNMMI. Anaheim, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Fontaine R, Lecomte R, Charlebois S, Pratte JF. (2018). Tomographie d’Émission par positrons par temps de vols de photons. Séminaires TRIUMF. Vancouver, Canada
• Bergeron M*, Gaudin E*, Loignon-Houle F, Pepin C, Beaudoin J.F., Cadorette J, Paillé M, Koua K*, Arpin L*, Thibaudeau C*, Bérard P, Davies M, Fontaine R, Lecomte R. (2017). Development and Performance Evaluation of a High-Resolution APD-Based Pixelated Detector Front-End for Pre-Clinical PET Imaging. International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors. Barcelone, Espagne
• Loignon-Houle F*, Toussaint M, Fontaine R, and Lecomte R. (2017). Influence of Compton Interactions on the Achievable Time Resolution in Scintillation Detectors. IEEE NSS/MIC. Atlanta, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Charlebois S., Bourque F., Momar Souare P., Nolet F., Dequivre T., Al Alam E., Jean É., Fontaine R., Danovitch D., Sylvestre J., Pratte J-F. (2016). 3D Digital SiPM and Smart Silicon Interposer for nEXO. nEXO Collaboration meeting - SLAC, Menlo Park, United States. SLAC Menlo Park, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Pratte J-F., Nolet F., Charlebois S., Fontaine R., Retiere F. (2016). 3D Digital SiPM for nEXO: Motivation, Architecture and Outcomes. nEXO Collaboration meeting. SLAC, Menlo Park, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Lemaire W*, Corbeil Therrien A*, Pratte J.F., Fontaine R. (2016). Calibration Method for Time Measurement with the Best Linear Unbiased Estimator for Digital Silicon Photomultipliers. IEEE NSS/MIC. Strasbourg, France
• M.-A. Tétrault*, R. Fontaine, J.-F. Pratte. (2016). Digital SPAD Scintillation Detector Simulation Flow to Evaluate and Minimize Real-Time Requirements. Workshop on Pico-Second Photon Sensors For Physics and Medical Applications. Kansas City, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Corbeil Therrien A*, Libioulle V, Charlebois S, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2016). SPAD Array Simulator: Release and Distribution. IEEE NSS/MIC. Strasbourg, France
• Pratte J-F., Bourque F., Nolet F., Dubois F., Bernard X., Parent S., Dequivre T., Al Alam E., Jean E., Dautet H., Fontaine R., Danovitch D., Sylvestre J., Charlebois S. (2016). Sherbrooke’s Electronics. nEXO Collaboration meeting. SLAC, Menlo Park, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Pratte J.F., Bernard X, Rhéaume V.P., Parent S, Nolet F, Maurais L, Bérubé B.L., Dubois F, Dequivre T, Corbeil Therrien A, Tétrault M.A., Paulin C, Martel S, Dautet H, Fontaine R, Charlebois S. (2016). Sherbrooke’s First 3D Digital SiPM: Measurements, Recommendations and Future Works. IEEE NSS/MIC. Strasbourg, France
• Fontaine R, Arpin L, Paulin C*, Koua K*, Bouziri H*, Njejimana L, Thibaudeau C, Beaudoin J.F., Cadorette J, Panier S*, Abidi M*, Bouchard J*, Jürgensen N*, Tétrault M.A*., Bergeron M*, Gaudin E*, + 6. (2016). The Hardware Architecture of the LabPET II-Mouse, a Highly Integrated APD-based PET Scanner. IEEE NSS/MIC. Strasbourg, France
• Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2015). 3D Digital SPAD Array Readout: from 10 ps Timing Resolution to Low Power Single Photon Counting Timing. Triumf Technical seminar. Vancouver, Canada
• Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2015). 3D Single Photon Counting Modules: Status and Future Work. CMOS Emerging Technologies Research. Vancouver, Canada
• Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2015). 3D Single Photon Modules for Fast Timing. Fast Advanced Scintillator Timing, 1st annual general meeting. Strasbourg, France
• Traoré M*, Thibaudeau C*, Koua K*, Pepin C, Cadorette J, Lecomte R, Fontaine R. (2015). Architecture of a Fully Combined PET/CT Scanner using LabPETTM Electronics with a New Analog Acquisition Chain Optimized for PET and CT Counting Mode Operation. IEEE NSS/MIC. San Diego, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Jurgensen N*, Arpin L*, Bouziri H*, Njejimana L*, Koua K*, Gaudin E*, Pratte J-F, Lecomte R, Fontaine R*. (2015). Automatic Calibration of the LabPET II Detector Front-End Module. IEEE NSS/MIC. San Diego, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Tétrault, MA*, Fontaine R. et Dalle D. (2015). Développements sur les dispositifs l’évaluations dans une unité d’apprentissage par problèmes et par projets dans la formation des ingénieurs en génie électrique et génie informatique à l’Université de Sherbrooke. présentation invitée, Montpellier. Monpellier, France
• Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2015). Having fun counting photons:Optimizing single photon timing resolution and improve aSiPM, dSiPM and PMT systems. CERN PH-CMX group seminars. Lausanne, Suisse
• Lecomte R, Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2015). Impact of Semiconductor Technologies in Medical Imaging. 17th Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference (CSSTC). Sherbrooke, Canada
• Charest J*, Beaudoin J-F, Cadorette J, Lecomte R, Brunet C-A, Fontaine R. (2015). Impacts on Image Quality of Applying Automatic Channel Fault Detection and Diagnosis on a Small Animal APD-Based Digital PET Scanner. IEEE NSS/MIC. San Diego, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Fontaine R, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Past, current and foreseen PET and CT scanner researches dedicated to small and mid-size animal imaging at Université de Sherbrooke. Harvard – Massachusset Medical school seminars. Boston, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Mercier MO*, Nolet F, Roy N, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Readout Circuit and Data Acquisition System For a SPAD Matrix Designed in TSMC CMOS 65 nm. IEEE NSS/MIC. San Diego, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Pratte J-F, Fontaine R. (2015). SPAD Readout Electronics for Particle Physics Experiments and Positron Emission Tomography. Fermi National Laboratory seminar. Chicago, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Pratte J-F, Nolet F, Mercier M-O*, Roy N, Parent S, Maurais L, Corbeil-Therrien A*, Tétrault M-A*, Dubois F, Bernard X, Dautet H, Lecomte R, Charlebois S, Fontaine R. (2015). The 3D Single Photon Counting Module: a Solution to the 10 ps Single Photon Timing Resolution Challenge for Scintillator-Based Instruments. IEEE NSS/MIC. San Diego, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Pratte J-F, Lecomte R., Fontaine R., Charlebois S. (2015). The activities at the Groupe de Recherche en Appareillage Médical de Sherbrooke – GRAMS The LabPET II & 3D Single Photon Counting Modules. The Crystal Clear collaboration meeting. CERN, France
• Fontaine R, Lecomte R, Pratte JF. (2015). Tomographie d’émission par positrons à l’Université de Sherbrooke, historique et besoins futurs. Séminaires du Département de physique et de génie physique de l'Université Laval. Québec, Canada
• Roy N, Nolet F*, Mercier M-O*, Fontaine R, Pratte J-F. (2015). Towards Picoseconds Timing Accuracy, Low Power and Low Area Time-to-Digital Converter Made in CMOS 65 nm for Pixel Integration in Single Photon Counting Modules. IEEE NSS/MIC. San Diego, États-Unis d'Amérique
• Kanoun M*, Arpin L*, Rheaume V-P, Bérubé-Lauzière Y, Fontaine R. (2014). A 10-Bit, 3 ps Precision Time-to-Digital Converter for Diffuse Optical Tomography Measurements. ICECS 2014. Marseille, France
• Fontaine R. (2014). Capteurs pour tomographie d’émission par positrons et tomodensitométrie. ISS Create. Sherbrooke, Canada
• Fontaine R, Lecomte R, Pratte J-F. (2014). Current and Future Considerations for Design of Positron Emission Tomography Scanners Dedicated to Small Animal Imaging. CMOS Emerging Technologies Research. Grenoble, France
• Fontaine R, Michaud F, Lafond Y. (2014). Preuves de concept à l’Institut Interdisciplinaire d’Innovation Technologique (3IT). Regroupement de l'industrie Electronique. Sherbrooke, Canada
• Pratte J.F., Bérubé B.L., Corbeil-Therrien A*, Desaulniers-Lamy É, Dubois F, Maurais L, Mercier M.O.*, Nolet F*, Parent S, Rhéaume V.P., Roy N, Tétrault M.A.*, Charlebois S, Fontaine R. (2013). Design Criteria, Advantages and Tradeoffs of 3D Single Photon Counting Modules for Tens of ps Resolution. Towards a 10 ps Single Soft Photon Detector. Séoul, Corée du Sud
• Fontaine R. (2013). Instrumentation et conception de systèmes: <?>un survol de l’axe. Symposium Axe Imagerie médical de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Canada
• D. Dalle, R. Fontaine. (2013). La Formation en Conception de Circuits Logiques dans un environnement d’APPI. QPES. Sherbrooke, Canada
• Fontaine R. (2012). Paneliste "Parlons de collaborations : comment le ReSMiQ peut-il mieux faire?". Colloque annuel ResMIQ 2012. Montréal, Canada