European scientists have developed a device that can monitor radiation levels delivered to individual cells during cancer treatment, it has been announced.
The device uses millions of microsensors mounted on a silicon base.
The silicon turns radiation into electrical signals, allowing radiation levels to be measured at cellular level, according to the developers.
The device has been developed at the Norwegian research centre SINTEF and has been tested at the European Synchroton, Grenoble, and also in Australia.
The researchers say tests of the sensor have given "excellent results."
Researcher Kari Schjølberg-Henriksen said: "This project is a little unusual because our research has resulted in new and fundamental knowledge about what happens in a volume of silicon that has the same dimensions as a typical cell.
"We’ve taken this knowledge further and have seen it applied in practice after only four years."
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