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Medipix

Enhancing sensitivity of spectroscopic X-ray imaging

A dedicated workshop on Medical Applications of Spectroscopic X-ray Detectors took place at CERN  from 29th August - 1st September. It brought together more than 100 participants from a variety on institutions including prestigious medical schools,…

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Medipix3 reaches the clinic

In early October, the CERN Medipix Team (EP-ESE-ME) visited the newly installed Medipix3-based spectroscopic CT scanner at the Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne. The 3D colour X-ray scanner has been developed in New Zealand by MARS…

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Medipix presented at TEDx@CERN

On May 3rd CERN hosted the TEDx@CERN event. TED is a nonprofit organisation devoted to the concept of 'Ideas Worth Spreading'. The TEDx@CERN event included a number of speakers covering a wide range of topics from cosmology (by Nobel Prize-winner,…

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