Making the invisible visible through timepix technology: Putting science on the market

Amsterdam Scientific Instruments is an Amsterdam based high-tech spin-out from a large Dutch national research institute. The company intends to become a global player in the market of radiation detectors for the scientific and industrial market. The team consists of members who have worked at several research institutes regarding X-rays and gained larged amounts of knowlegde about this field. The spin-out produces, delivers and further develops state-of-the-art X-ray imaging cameras for the high-end segment of the scientific market. In this market they are used in photon science and neutron imaging. In photon science they are used for X-ray imaging, synchrotrons and/or "Free Electron Lasers" (FEL). Especially hybrid pixel-detectors with semiconducting sensors, because they have proven to be of much more general use than for high-energy physics experiments only. The cameras are suitable for X-rays, neutrons, ions and electrons. They are produced, delivered and further developed by the company are based on the Medipix/Timepix chips. The innovations that the company has put forward makes it possible to have cameras with a larger detector area and data read out speed. In addition, the high resolution of the detectors puts foreward detailed images.