SUCIMA: Silicon ultra fast cameras for electron and gamma sources in medical applications

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 01.0164
• Titre du projet anglais: SUCIMA: Silicon ultra fast cameras for electron and gamma sources in medical applications

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Radioactive source imaging; radiotherapy; silicon sensors; brachytherapy; afterloader; intravascular brachytherapy; Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Industrial Manufacture; Innovation; Technology Transfer; Safety

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: G1RD-CT-2001-00561

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.1 Innovative products, processes and organization

Description succincte (Anglais)

See abstract

Partenaires et organisations internationales (Anglais)

Coordinator: Universitá degli Studi dell'Insubria, Como (I)

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

The goal of the proposal is the development of an advanced radioactive source imaging technique, to be used in medical applications and intended to provide a radiation pattern. A real-time imaging of extended radioactive sources would boost the progress in coronary artery disease radiotherapy and in the treatments with light ion beams of tumours. To overcome the limitations of current devices, it is proposed the development of an imaging technique based on direct charged particle detection in semiconductor devices subdivided in cells (hence the name of 'pixel detectors'). The main innovation of the proposed system is defined by the integration of the sensor and the front-end electronics in a monolithic device, using leading edge microelectronics technologies, and by the speed of the readout system.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 01.0164