Applications Outside HEP

High energy and particle physics has considerable acquired knowledge, expertise and resources that can, when transferred in a realistic way, significantly impact the practice of medical imaging for diagnosis and therapy. This overview introductory talk “from basic science to the clinical reality” intends to show how successful technology transfer between fundamental research in particle physics and medical imaging can be achieved using some specific examples. Using as input, the recent advance of HEP state of the art techniques and tools in detectors developments such as solid state and gaseous detectors, calorimeters, photodetectors, read-out electronics and simulations, some direct applications in medical and molecular imaging will be presented like Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and particle therapy.