{"id":95,"date":"2025-07-02T19:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T19:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2025-07-13T18:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:15:03","slug":"picomonitoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/research\/picomonitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"PicoMonitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"95\" class=\"elementor elementor-95\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a79c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f9a79c9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49150d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"49150d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"max-width: 1000px; text-align: justify; margin: 0 auto;\">\n    <strong>PicoMonitoring<\/strong> focuses on the development of highly precise particle detection systems for real-time beam monitoring in radiotherapy applications. The project explores the potential of <strong>LGADs (Low Gain Avalanche Detectors)<\/strong>, a cutting-edge technology capable of achieving sub-nanosecond timing resolution, essential for detecting particles within therapeutic beams with extreme precision.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <!-- Image Block -->\n  <div style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/07\/Examples-of-LGADs-produced-by-three-different-foundries-from-left-to-right-BNL-CNM.png\" \n         alt=\"Examples of LGADs from different foundries\" \n         style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\">\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>\n    This project contributes to improving the control and quality assurance of radiation therapy treatments, including next-generation approaches such as FLASH Radiotherapy, where precise timing and monitoring are crucial to maximize treatment efficacy and patient safety.\n  <\/p>\n    <strong>PicoMonitoring<\/strong> benefits from LIP\u2019s extensive experience in particle physics instrumentation and its research infrastructure, including the Electronics Laboratory, and Detectors Laboratory. The project is also carried out in collaboration with the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), where Rui Fernandez, a PhD Student, is co-supervised as part of this initiative.\n  <\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PicoMonitoring focuses on the development of highly precise particle detection systems for real-time beam monitoring in radiotherapy applications. The project explores the potential of LGADs (Low Gain Avalanche Detectors), a cutting-edge technology capable of achieving sub-nanosecond timing resolution, essential for detecting particles within therapeutic beams with extreme precision. This project contributes to improving the control &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/research\/picomonitoring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PicoMonitoring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":48,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/749"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.lip.pt\/particles4health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}