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SUMMARY:The HIDAC Story: from CERN Laboratory Bench to World-wide Sales
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DESCRIPTION:The HIgh Density Avalanche Chamber (HIDAC) is a development of
  the Multiwire Proportional Chamber in which the cathodes consist of thick
 \, laminated\, perforated\, lead plates for imaging non-ionising radiation
  to a high spatial precision in two dimensions. It was invented by Alan Je
 avons at CERN in 1973 and subsequently used at Geneva University and Canto
 nal Hospital for positron imaging. In 1985\, Alan Jeavons left CERN and fo
 unded Oxford Positron Systems to realise HIDAC's scientific and commercial
  potential. The first product was the InstantImager' for digital autoradio
 graphy and\, under licence to Packard Bioscience\, \nover 400 units have n
 ow been sold in 25 countries. Currently\, a camera for 3D Positron Emissio
 n Tomography is undergoing trials and will be marketed next year. \n\nThis
  story will be told with particular reference to the personal trials and t
 ribulations of achieving the technology transfer and establishing an indep
 endent high-tech company.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?co
 nfId=a033935
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URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033935
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