X-MiND · Next generation X-ray/H+ Micro and Nano Scintillating Detectors

Modern radiation therapy treatment is driven by the everlasting demand for suitable detectors that can perform under different radiation beams (photon, proton, electron, ion, etc.) at small fields. The industrially developed dosimeter/detectors are still limited by the significant size requirement, volume averaging effect, lack of sensitivity, correction factors, and low signal-to-noise ratio, etc. Thus, quality treatment is still hampered and continues to risk the patients. In addition, scintillator-based X-ray cameras are still suffered from low compactness, modest response time, and crosstalk, which shows strong limitations in the existing technology. In this context, this research work is devoted to the design and fabrication of a novel extremely compact, real-time, dynamic, and highly sensitive X-ray/H+ Micro/Nano Scintillating Detector (X-MiND). The developed micro-detector will be tested for high-energy photon and particle beam characterizations along with simulation techniques. A multi-dosimeter system exploited from a bundle of single detectors will be realized and tested, targeting the next generation X-ray cameras. Subsequently, a nanometric scintillating detector will be demonstrated in surface physics application in synchrotron targeting high-resolution local 2D chemical mapping of a material by employing a novel dual-probe technique. Thus, the medical outcomes of this research will explore miniaturized dosimetry, exact dose verification in the small field that initiates early-stage tumor treatments and the first step of new generation X-ray cameras with improved performances. The physics outcomes are expected in the direct surface imaging of X-ray free-standing waves (XSW). The new fundamental knowledge developed in this project could be applied to other multiple domains. From the project, I aim to improve my expertise by training-through-research with leading experts worldwide and bring this knowledge back to Europe to share and integrate me.