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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 500 years ago, the Italian painter Raphael passed away, leaving behind him many works of art, paintings, frescoes and engravings. Like his contemporaries Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael’s work made the…
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MARS Bioimaging is seeking partners to better enable drug development and therapy monitoring for COVID-19
The current standard for definitive diagnosis of COVID-19 is the real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Background The current standard for definitive diagnosis of COVID-19 is the real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). While this is a highly sensitive and specific test for COVID-19, it does not measure the severity nor progress of the associated…
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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. How could microchips developed for detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) be used beyond high-energy physics? This was a question that led to the Medipix and Timepix families of pixel-sensor chips. Researchers saw many possible applications…
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NASA, CERN Timepix Technology Advances Miniaturized Radiation Detection
As we prepare to send the first woman and next man to the Moon and on to Mars, NASA, with support from the University of Houston, has been working to develop advanced radiation detectors to better protect astronauts and vital spacecraft systems. As we prepare to send the first woman and next man to the…
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CERN Open Days: Technologies that change your lives
What does CERN have to do with 3D colour x-rays and 19th century paintings? What does CERN have to do with 3D colour x-rays and 19th century paintings? Join experts from the CERN Knowledge Transfer Group on 14-15 September at the CERN Open Days, and learn more about the real-life applications of CERN’s highly advanced…
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20th Anniversary Symposium on Medipix and Timepix
The Medipix2 Collaboration will celebrate 20 years of activity in 2019. To mark the occasion, a special symposium on Medipix and Timepix will be held at CERN on 18 September. The Medipix2 Collaboration will celebrate 20 years of activity in 2019. To mark the occasion, a special symposium on Medipix and Timepix will be held…
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More bang from your beam: reimagining X-ray conversion
The X-rays used for radiation therapy, medical imaging and many other applications are produced by slamming an electron beam into a piece of metal. The X-rays used for radiation therapy, medical imaging and many other applications are produced by slamming an electron beam into a piece of metal. Most of the energy from the beam…
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First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology
First human scanned with next–generation 3D colour scanner using CERN technology What if, instead of a black and white X-ray picture, a doctor of a cancer patient had access to colour images identifying the tissues being scanned? This colour X-ray imaging technique could produce clearer and more accurate pictures and help doctors give their patients…
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How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery detective
BBC on Fake Art – InsightART in the report! BBC on Fake Art – InsightART in the report! In: BBC News, May 12th Also On Medipix
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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. Medipix – a family of read-out chips for particle imaging and detection developed at CERN – has proved its credentials outside the field of high-energy physics, including in art authentication and restoration.…