{"id":4644,"date":"2025-03-28T09:40:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T08:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.infn.it\/TechTransfer\/portfolio_page\/multi-site-tepc-type-particle-detector\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:50:51","slug":"multi-site-tepc-type-particle-detector","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_page","link":"https:\/\/web.infn.it\/TechTransfer\/en\/portfolio_page\/multi-site-tepc-type-particle-detector\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-site TEPC-type particle detector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_raw_html]W3dwc2VvX2JyZWFkY3J1bWJd[\/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"TextRun SCXW238958738 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238958738 BCX0\">Multi-site TEPC-type particle detector<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<span class=\"TextRun SCXW58063392 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\">Tissue-Equivalent Proportional Counters (TEPCs)\u202fsimulate\u202fthe response of biological tissues to radiation, making it possible to accurately assess the effects of ionizing radiation on the human body.\u202fThe developed detector is an innovative TEPC that aims to measure at sites of different size without changing the gas density. This new device will offer a multi-site, and therefore more complete, characterization of the quality of the radiation field.\u202f\u202f <br \/> <\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW58063392 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4645&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #20415c;\">How does it work?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The main innovation of the detector is the use of electrodes to define two coaxial volumes for charge collection without changing the gas pressure in the detector. The principle of use is what makes this detector and the data obtainable from it so innovative. <br \/>\nThe innovation in the two coaxial-site measurement also allows its peculiarity to be exploited in research applications where the composition of radiation fields is to be studied in more detail.\u202fThe invention\u202falso has the ability to discriminate the fragments produced by nuclear reactions during interaction with biological matter.<span class=\"EOP SCXW241177299 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #20415c;\">Applications<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">multi-site quality control practices in clinical centres;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW136505689 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136505689 BCX0\">one possible application is in BNCT.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #20415c;\">Advantages<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW115555935 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115555935 BCX0\">almost-simultaneous measurements at two different sites by varying only the electric field between two electrodes;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW107484560 BCX0\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW107484560 BCX0\">makes it possible to investigate a wider range of simulated volumes than the previous static gas detectors.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW107484560 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559739\":0}\"> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1702567488600{margin-bottom: 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