Applications

FLASH Radiation Therapy

FLASH-RT delivers radiation doses in ultra-short bursts at dose rates exceeding 40 Gy/s — orders of magnitude higher than conventional radiotherapy. Real-time beam monitoring at these rates demands detector response times below one nanosecond.

RDS MSM detectors provide the temporal resolution required to characterise individual FLASH pulses, enabling precise dose delivery verification and potentially unlocking the full clinical promise of FLASH radiotherapy.

• Pulse-by-pulse dose monitoring
• Dose-rate verification in real time
• Compatible with clinical linear accelerators and proton systems

Clinical Dosimetry & QA

Accurate dose measurement is the foundation of safe, effective radiotherapy. SSTEDs tissue-equivalent response minimises energy-dependent correction factors, improving the fidelity of IMRT, VMAT, and SBRT dose verification measurements.

• Treatment plan verification
• In-vivo patient dosimetry
• Beam flatness and symmetry measurements
• Small-field dosimetry

Radiation Protection & Personnel Dosimetry

Because SSTED response tracks human tissue dose directly, these detectors are ideal for measuring effective dose and H*(10) ambient dose equivalent in radiation protection settings including hospitals, nuclear facilities, and research laboratories.

• Occupational exposure monitoring
• Area dose-rate surveys
• Emergency response dosimetry

Nuclear & Particle Physics Research

Synchrotrons, free-electron lasers, and pulsed neutron sources produce brief, intense radiation bursts that demand ultrafast detector technology. RDS MSM detectors serve as bunch monitors, beam loss detectors, and time-resolved dosimeters at major research facilities.

• Beam bunch timing and profile
• Radiation field characterisation
• Detector R&D collaborations

Space & High-Altitude Dosimetry

The mixed-field radiation environment of space — galactic cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, trapped belt protons — presents unique measurement challenges. RDS solid-state detectors offer the robustness, low mass, and low power draw demanded by space qualification programmes.

• Crew dosimetry on crewed missions
• Electronics total-ionizing-dose monitoring
• High-altitude aviation crew exposure

Industrial Radiation Monitoring

Food irradiation, sterilization processing, and non-destructive testing all employ ionizing radiation sources that must be precisely characterised and continuously monitored. SSTED detectors provide reliable, maintenance-free dose measurement in industrial environments.

• Process dose verification
• Radiation source calibration
• Shielding effectiveness surveys