Medical Imaging

CERN’s Know-How

• Design and characterization of detectors for applications that require fast imaging and high spatial resolution. Applied to nuclear medicine imaging and radiology.
• Hybrid pixel detector technology was developed for particle tracking at CERN and has enabled high resolution, color X-ray CT imaging.
• Significant know-how in the design, integration and testing of state- of-the-art fast, low noise, and radiation-hard multichannel electronics.
• In-house design and modelling of superconductive devices and magnet systems and ‘one-stop-shop’ with a range of unique facilities for testing ideas and innovative concepts.
• Software frameworks and expertise for calculations of particle transport and interactions with matter, used to simulate imaging detectors. Significant experience in data storage, data analysis and image reconstruction software.

Facts & Figures

• 1977: First PET image taken at CERN.
• 2018: First 3D colour X-ray image of the living human body taken by MARS Bioimaging, using Medipix technology.
• 20 years of development on Medipix.
• 7 tools for medical applications have been based on GEANT4 simulation toolkit.

Project

• A novel AI-based tool deployed via a federated learning platform to assist in the screening, diagnosis, prevention and therapy evaluation of breast and prostate cancer (CAFEIN2)
• A readout ASIC for fast detectors with Time-to-To Digital conversion
• CAFEIN – Federated network platform for the development and deployment of AI based analysis and prediction models
• Characterisation of the Timepix4 for measurements in hospital theatres.
• Development of large-area GEMPix detector for imaging and microdosimetry
• Development of the FLUKA code for hadron therapy
• Development of TOF-PET modules toward 10ps time resolution
• Enabling Novel Tracers for MRI and NMR
• GEMPix4
• High-Frequency Low Energy Compact RFQ
• Potential and limitations of SPectroscopic X-RAY Imaging in Radiology and Medical Computed Tomography (SPECXRAY-IRMCT)
• Precise Timing ASICs for Medical Applications

News

• CERN detector could help to improve head tumour radiotherapy
• CERN’s impact on medical technology
• First 3D colour X-ray of a human using CERN technology
• How the LHC could help us peek inside the human brain
• MARS Bioimaging partners with the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)
• New 3D colour X-rays made possible with CERN technology
• New open source medical imaging tools
• Spectroscopic X-ray imaging now certified for medical use
• Unlocking AI’s true potential in healthcare requires collaboration