Tunable detection instrument for subatomic particles

A method of detecting particles, said method comprising:

• generating a reaction to a plurality of particles using a plurality of different converter layers, wherein each of said converter layers are designed to generate a detectable reaction with one of said plurality of particles;
• converting a response to said reaction to a readable electrical signal using a plurality of discrete pixel sensor arrays and wherein
• each of said plurality of discrete pixel sensor arrays has at least one of said plurality of different converter layers disposed thereon, wherein
• each converter layer is disposed on a pixel sensor array and each converter layer is designed to detect a different type of particle in said plurality of particles such that a composition of each converter layer is different than a composition of other converter layers in order to be sensitive to a different type of particle in said plurality of particles;
• processing said readable electrical signal from said plurality of pixel sensor arrays to generate information regarding each pixel on said pixel sensor arrays;
• transmitting said information to a processing unit;
• and
• analyzing said information using said processing unit to determine instances of impingement of said plurality of particles on each of said pixel sensor arrays,
• wherein each pixel sensor array is in communication with a particle discrimination algorithm dedicated to detecting a type of particle in said plurality of particles said converter layer disposed thereon is designed to detect, and
• wherein each discrimination algorithm distinguishes between instances of impingement of a type of particle it is dedicated to detect and impingement of particles it is not dedicated to detect.