The technologies and scientific advances behind high-energy physics - through developments in accelerators, detectors and computing - have historically contributed to the field of medical and biomedical technologies.
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A pixel detector composed of a semiconductor sensor
Single layer 3D tracking semiconduc...
The Structured Laser Beam represents a new paradigm in the creation of non-diffractive beams (NDBs) and it has the potential to greatly improve a number of mainstream applications using laser beams or light beams.
Structured Laser Beam
Timepix3 is a general-purpose integrated circuit suitable for readout of both semiconductor detectors and gas-filled detectors.
Timepix3
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Success stories of CERN-related medical and biomedical applications
During 2016, the construction of the 750 MHz Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) was successfully completed.
CERN patented Gas Electron Multiplier updated for use in hadron therapy and radiotherapy.
A new Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor, originally developed to upgrade the ALICE inner tracking system during the second long shutdown of LHC, is on its way to Bergen University for a very different application – Proton Computed Tomography (Proton CT).
Recent Press coverage of CERN medtech activities