Feb 26 – 28, 2024
Trento
Europe/Rome timezone

Studies on MAPS devices for medical applications.

Feb 26, 2024, 6:00 PM
5m

Speaker

Arianna Grisel Torres Ramos (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

The detection unity of the current Inner Tracking System of ALICE, called ITS2, is the ALPIDE sensor. This device is the result of an intensive R&D effort carried out in the last decade and has led to a quantum leap in the field of MAPS for single-particle detection, reaching unprecedented performance in terms of efficiency, spatial resolution, material budget and readout speed. The further upgrade of the inner tracking system, called ITS3, foresees the implementation of a new generation of large size, ultra-thin stitched MAPS, whose first prototype studies have shown promising results. The technological evolution of MAPS as commercial devices has extended their interest beyond the high-energy physics experiments. A varied range of medical applications can also benefit of the use of this innovative sensor technology. The feasibility of a system for computerised tomography with a proton beam, based on a large dimension high-segmentation hybrid calorimeter; the possible development of a Compton Camera based on a Pixel Chamber for on-line monitoring of hadron-therapy; and the potential usage of the ALPIDE chip as intraoperative probe for radio-guided surgery will be presented in this contribution.

Primary author

Arianna Grisel Torres Ramos (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

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