Ultra‑high‑resolution X‑ray sensors for real‑time cancer margin detection.
The 1MICRON-imaging, an EIC Pathfinder project, develops ultra-high-resolution x-ray sensors for real-time cancer margin detection in surgery, aiming to revolutionize pathology and imaging with faster, more accurate diagnostics.
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The 1MICRON project aims to revolutionize medical imaging by developing a monolithic x-ray sensor with 1-micron spatial resolution using integrated CMOS electronics and edge-on deep silicon geometry. This high-efficiency sensor enhances phase contrast imaging and allows for real-time, in-surgery cancer margin assessment, potentially eliminating over 100,000 delayed treatments annually in Europe. The technology also opens new markets, including developing countries. A secondary goal is to demonstrate its use in future CT systems, enabling low-power, high-flux imaging and non-invasive “3D virtual biopsies.” The expert European team behind 1MICRON is poised to drive a major shift in pathology and clinical imaging.
Read more about how the new photon-counting CT technology was developed in Stockholm, which forms the basis of this project at the completed research programme: Spectral CT-imaging and Endovascular Techniques.
Team
PI´s
Mats Danielsson, KTH
Johan Hartman, Karolinska Institutet
Julia Herzen, TUM
Manuel Rolo, INFN- Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Lucio Pancheri, University of Trento
Anders Björklid, Prismatics Sensors AB
Project Management
Moa Yveborg Tamm, KTH
Public Relations and Communications
Johan Schuber, KTH, jschuber@kth.se, +46 705 510809
Deliverables
The project last from 1 March 2024 to 28 February 2029.
