Characterisation of internal elements of an Ultra High Vacuum System

超高真空系统内部元件的表征

• 批准号: 105984
• 金额: $ 1.9万
• 依托单位: ADAPTIX LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105984
• 关键词: Characterisation; internal; elements; Ultra; Vacuum

Medical imaging is a vital and informative method for doctors to obtain information about the inside of a patient's body - enabling them to make appropriate diagnosis and plan treatment.The most commonly used type of medical imaging is based on X-rays and the core technology has not changed in over 100 years - fundamentally because of the need for large and immobile X-ray sources. X-rays generally only provide 2D images - which are of limited use as they are gross simplifications of the 3D human body, and the detailed information doctors often need is obscured by over and underlying body tissues.3D imaging using X-rays relies on CT scanners - which are large expensive pieces of equipment, fixed in position and often with long wait times and travel for patients. Most importantly, CT scanning gives the patient a relatively large X-ray dose, which is a factor in deciding if it is best to subject a patient to a CT scan, as this is detrimental to health in itself.By inventing a new type of miniaturised X-ray source and way of collecting information from a scan (together with new software) - Adaptix can produce low-cost 3D images rapidly from a portable device - which crucially gives the patient a much lower X-ray dose.These 3D images give doctors much more information than a 2D scan and are comparable to CT images - which helps doctors make better diagnoses, and also plan and monitor treatment. Time to diagnosis should also be much faster for patients and this has an impact on cost saving for healthcare providers. Plus, the imaging can be brought to patients - vital for those unable to be moved easily (e.g. in intensive care units or old people's care homes) or into the wider community via poly-clinics and GP surgeries.This grant would be used to solve the few remaining problems with the technology used in Adaptix's prototype, to ensure reliability and a sufficient product life-time before moving into full manufacture.Adaptix is based in the UK - and employs over 30 staff at its R&D site. This number should grow significantly as it moves into manufacture and sales, creating high-value jobs and adding benefit to the wider UK economy and UK supply chain for the components Adaptix uses.

医学成像是医生获取患者体内信息的重要方法，使他们能够做出适当的诊断和计划治疗。最常用的医学成像类型是基于X射线的，其核心技术在100多年来一直没有改变，主要是因为需要大型和固定的X射线源。X射线通常仅提供2D图像-其用途有限，因为它们是3D人体的粗略简化，并且医生经常需要的详细信息被上方和下方的身体组织所掩盖。使用X射线的3D成像依赖于CT扫描仪-这是大型昂贵的设备，固定在位置上，并且通常具有长的等待时间和患者的旅行。最重要的是，CT扫描给患者提供了相对较大的X射线剂量，这是决定患者是否最好接受CT扫描的一个因素，因为这对健康本身是有害的。通过发明一种新型的X射线源和从扫描中收集信息的方法，（与新软件一起）- Adaptix可以从便携式设备快速生成低成本的3D图像-这至关重要地为患者提供了低得多的X射线成像，这些3D图像为医生提供了比2D扫描更多的信息，并且可以与CT图像相媲美-这有助于医生做出更好的诊断，并计划和监测治疗。对患者来说，诊断时间也应该更快，这对医疗保健提供者节省成本有影响。此外，成像可以带给患者-对于那些无法轻松移动的人至关重要（例如重症监护室或老年人护理院）或通过综合诊所和全科医生手术进入更广泛的社区。这笔赠款将用于解决Adaptix原型中使用的技术的少数遗留问题，以确保产品的可靠性和足够的使用寿命。Adaptix总部位于英国，在其研发基地拥有30多名员工。随着该公司进入制造和销售领域，这一数字应该会大幅增长，创造高价值的就业机会，并为更广泛的英国经济和Adaptix使用的组件的英国供应链带来好处。