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innovative Medical Protons Achromatic Calorimeter and Tracker

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Project "iMPACT" data sheet

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Coordinator	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA Organization address address: VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 city: PADOVA postcode: 35122 website: www.unipd.it contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	Italy [IT]
Total cost	1˙810˙000 €
EC max contribution	1˙810˙000 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC))
Code Call	ERC-2014-CoG
Funding Scheme	ERC-COG
Starting year	2016
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31

Partnership

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA Organization address address: VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 city: PADOVA postcode: 35122 website: www.unipd.it contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	IT (PADOVA)	coordinator	775˙000.00
2	ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE Organization address address: Via Enrico Fermi 54 city: FRASCATI postcode: 44 website: www.infn.it contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	IT (FRASCATI)	participant	1˙035˙000.00

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Project objective

The iMPACT project focuses on the realization of a proton Computed Tomography (pCT) scanner capable of acquiring a target full 3D image with 1s exposure, therefore opening the way to the practical application of proton imaging technique in medical radiotherapy treatments. Such cutting-edge particles scanner combines innovative ideas devised for the future High Energy Physics experiments together with original developments in the microelectronic field to enable charged particles imaging at the GHz scale. In recent years the use of hadrons (1H and 12C ions) for cancer radiation treatment has become an established technique and many facilities are currently operational or under construction worldwide. To fully exploit the therapeutic advantages offered by hadron therapy, precise target (body) imaging for accurate beam delivery is decisive. pCT systems, currently in their R&D phase, provide the ultimate in low dose (< 2 mGy), 3D imaging for hadrons treatment guidance. Key components of a pCT system are the detectors used to track the protons and measure their residual energy.

The iMPACT scanner, composed by a proprietary monolithic pixels tracking detector and an innovative achromatic calorimeter, will improve current pCT imaging speed by more than a factor 100, leading to potential recording times of about 1 second for a full 3D target image (compared to present ≈ 10 minutes). The iMPACT detector will also have higher spatial resolution (equal or better than 10 µm) and lower material budget (by a factor 10) respect to state of the art systems, further enhancing 3D imaging accuracy.

Not least when considering actual industrial application, production costs will be far lower than existent systems, because all sensors will be designed with commercially available technologies, making it possible to move pCT from the academic research realm to that of viable medical equipment.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2018	Serena Mattiazzo, Filippo Baruffaldi, Dario Bisello, Benedetto Di Ruzza, Piero Giubilato, Roberto Iuppa, Chiara La Tessa, Devis Pantano, Nicola Pozzobon, Ester Ricci, Walter Snoeys, Jeffery Wyss iMPACT: An Innovative Tracker and Calorimeter for Proton Computed Tomography published pages: 345-352, ISSN: 2469-7311, DOI: 10.1109/TRPMS.2018.2825499	IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences 2/4	2020-03-20

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