medipix

The Medipix chip consists of an integrated circuit connected to a sensitive element, which together form a small particle detector.

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CERN70: From physics to medicine

Ugo Amaldi helped create a European network of cancer therapy centres using beams of ions, in particular carbon ions

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14 November, 2024
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14 November, 2024

Spectroscopic X-ray imaging now certified for medical use

The CERN Workshops on Medical Applications of Spectroscopic X-ray Detectors have been instrumental in advancing spectroscopic X-ray imaging and bringing it from the lab to the clinic

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31 August, 2022
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31 August, 2022

First European hospital receives 3D colour X-ray scanner using CERN technology

MARS Bioimaging's 3D colour X-ray scanner has arrived in Europe for clinical trials that will lead to medical use of a CERN technology

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26 August, 2021
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26 August, 2021

New 3D colour X-rays made possible with CERN technology

Stunning new images pave the way for large-scale human trials, two years on from the first ever 3D colour human X-ray using CERN Medipix3 technology

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18 November, 2020
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18 November, 2020

CERN technology helps rediscover lost painting by Raphael

CERN’s Timepix particle detectors, developed by the Medipix2 Collaboration, help unravel the secret of a long-lost painting by the great Renaissance master, Raphael

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21 September, 2020
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21 September, 2020

Medipix: Two decades of turning technology into applications

The story of how detector components ended up in medical imaging, in art restoration and even in space

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18 October, 2019
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18 October, 2019

From CERN to the clinic

At a seminar at CERN today, Ron Heeren describes how CERN’s Timepix read-out chip might in the future be found in surgery rooms

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29 May, 2018
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29 May, 2018

Particle detectors meet canvas

This year is the European year of cultural heritage, but what does particle physics have to do with art? More than you might think

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26 March, 2018
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26 March, 2018

Particle detectors for the classroom

Czech company JABLOTRON has released an educational toolkit based on CERN detector technology

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07 August, 2013
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07 August, 2013

Timepix detectors track cosmic radiation on the ISS

On 31 July, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan, carrying five Timepix detectors to the ISS

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02 August, 2012
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02 August, 2012

Timepix detectors track cosmic radiation on the ISS

On 31 July, an unmanned Russian Progress spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan, carrying five Timepix detectors to the ISS

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02 August, 2012
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02 August, 2012

Medipix: From particles to patients

A redesign of a chip originally used in the LHC has provided high-quality imaging technology for medical applications

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20 January, 2012
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20 January, 2012