2007 NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM (NSS)
and
MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE (MIC)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, October 27 – November 3, 2007
ERRATA/CHANGES
NSS Program
Withdrawn Papers (* indicates oral):
N08-8 * “The DAQ System for NEMO Project”
N15-11 “Parallel A-Synchronic Readout System, to Improve Imaging Efficiency with CZT Detectors”
N15-27 “A Circuit Technique for Offset Cancellation in Low-Noise Preamplifiers for Ionising Radiation Sensors”
N15-67 “Simulated Performance of 3-DTI Gamma-Ray Telescope Concepts”
N15-207 “Performance of 3-DTI Gamma-Ray Telescopes”
N15-209 “Thicker GEM Foil Made by Chemical Etching Method”
N15-259 “Compact Micro Focusing DIRC”
N15-323 “Application of the Cd Ratio Method to the Measurement of Fissile Material Content of the ACP Nuclear Materials”
N15-347 “Cellular Design for a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber”
N15-387 “Test of the Influence of Random Numbers Quality in GATE Simulations for a Tomographic Reconstruction”
N15-423 “The GANGA job-management system”
N15-433 “BaBar Skim Production”
N21-2* “Three Dimensional Track Imager (3-DTI) Image Reconstruction”
N24-22 “Crane Mounted Solution for Passive Radiation Screening of Shipping Containers”
N24-48 "Further Studies on Avalanche Photodiodes for Liquid Xenon Scintillation"
N24-80 "Characterization and Testing of Pixellated CdZnTe Detectors for UltraPeRL"
N24-82 “Environmental Radiation in West-North of Iran in Different Seasons”
N24-158 “Total Dose Effects of BNT Ferroelectric Thin Films under γ Radiation”
N24-200 “Use of Photocell Readouts in the Development of High-Resolution Scintillator Systems”
N24-214 “Characterization of Charge Transport and Optical Processes in Scintillators”
N24-274 “Electrical Characterization of CdZnTe Detectors Grown by Low-Pressure Vertical Bridgman”
N24-286 “Modified Measurements of Mobility-Lifetime Product in Pixellated CdZnTe Detectors”
N24-356 “Kodak CCD-Based Detector for Small Angle X-Ray Scattering”
N24-430 “Characterization of a High Spatial Resolution Neutron Imaging System”
N24-258 "Beamtest of Double-Sided Silicon Microstrip Detector"
N24-442 “Quantitative Measurement and Analysis of Neutron Phase Imaging with Grating at a Monochromatic Cold Neutron Beam Line”
N33-6* "Further Studies on Avalanche Photodiodes for Liquid Xenon Scintillation"
N40-1* “GEANT4 Validation of Electron Energy Loss in Nanometric Layers and Simulation of a Position Detector Based on Nanotechnologies”
N52-1* “Neutron induced background in underground laboratories”
N59-7* “Astrophysics with the 3-DTI Gamma-Ray Telescope”
Paper Presenter Changes:
N09-1* “Dual-Readout Calorimetry with Crystals”
R. Wigmans replaced by A. Cardini
N11-1* “Commissioning of the ATLAS Offline Software with Cosmic Rays”
M. J. Costareplaced by J. Maneira
N15-113 “Digital Adaptive Timing and Energy Measurement of Scintillator Events”
A. Geraci replaced S. Brambilla
N15-153 “The Data-Logging System of the Trigger and Data Acquisition for the ATLAS Experiment at CERN”
K. Kordas replaced by W. Vandelli
N15-319 “TDC Module for Time-Of-Flight”
K.-C. Jin replaced by M.-K. Moon
N15-383 “The ATLAS Simulation in Preparation for the LHC Startup”
Rimoldi replaced by I. Ueda
N15-415 “Distributed Policy Framework Across Multiple Grid Domains”
Ferraro replaced by L. Tomassetti
N15-437 “Automatically Generating Domain Specific Visual Language Editors for the Purpose ofDeriving a Robust HEP Data Analysis Tool”
V. M. M. D. Amaral replaced by V. Sousa
N15-445 “Muon Track Reconstruction in the ATLAS Experiment”
S. Y. Willocq replaced by E. Moyse
N19-5* “Development of an Intense Pulsed Characteristic Gamma-Ray Source for Active Interrogation of SNMs”
J. W. Schumer replaced by R. J. Commisso
N22-6* “Distributed Data Acquisition and Storage Architecture for the SuperNova Acceleration Probe”
G. Prosser replaced by R. Rivera
N24-54 “Directional Radiation Detector”
J. Uher replaced by Z. Vykydal
N24-58 “Material Discriminated X-Ray CT by Using Conventional Microfocus X-Ray Tube and CdTe Imager”
T. Aoki replaced by Mr. Onishi
N24-110 “Development of 144ch HAPD for Aerogel RICH for Belle Upgrade”
S. Nishida replaced by T. Sumiyoshi
N24-256 “ALPHA – Antihydrogen Laser PHysics Apparatus, Silicon Tracking Detector for Antihydrogen Annihilation Detection”
Petteri Pusa replaced by H. Boston
N24-434 “Texture Analysis Using Bragg-Edge Neutron Transmission Method”
I. Kenji replaced by Y. Kiyanagi
N25-3* “The LHCb Muon Control System: the DAQ Domain”
S. Cadeddu replaced by V. Bocci
N26-3* “Status and Overview of the ATLAS Pixel Detector”
Troncon replaced by M. Keil
N26-4* “ATLAS Pixel Detector System Test and Cosmics Run”
M. Keil replaced by J. Weingarten
N36-2* “Recent MCNPX Features for Particle Transport and Detection”
G.W.McKinney replaced by G. H. Hughes
N42-1* “Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment”
Y.F. Wang replaced by X.N. Li
N43-3* "The ATLAS Level-1 Trigger: Status of the System and Experience from Commissioning with Cosmic-Ray Muons"
David Bergem replaced by Bruce Barnett
N50-2* “Performance of CZT-Based Nuclear Radiation Detector System with Integrated Readout for SPECT/MR Small Animal Imaging”
Meier replaced by B. Sundal
N56-3* “Parameterization of the LHCb Magnetic Field Map”
Hicheur replaced by A. Pellegrino
N57-5* “Measurement of the LaBr3 and LaCl3 Electron Response”
W. W. Moses replaced by W.-S. Choong
N60-6* “Geant4-Based Monte Carlo Simulation of the Leksell Gamma Knife”
G. Cuttone replaced by F. Romano
Session Chair Changes:
N05 Y.F. Wang replaced by X.N. Li
N09 R. Rusack replaced by J. Virdee
N19 R. Leon replaced by A. Janos
N56 A. Montanari replaced by M.G. Pia
Paper Session and Schedule Changes (* indicates oral):
Old Number New Number
N01-3* N02-1* “The Physics and Detectors of the International Linear Collider”
N02-1* N01-3* “The SuperB Project”
N15-143 N08-8* “Radiation Detector Signal Processing Using Sampling Kernels without Band limiting Constraints”
N15-389 N52-1* “Simulation of the Radiation Environment Encountered by a Biochip During a Mars Mission”
N15-395 N52-2* “Simulations of HEX Payload Using Geant4”
N24-136 N33-6* “Gamma-Ray Energy-Imaging Integrated Deconvolution in a Detector Array System”
N57-3* N57-5* “Measurements of NaI:Tl Electron Response Using SLYNCI: Comparison of Different Samples”
N57-5* N57-3* “Measurement of the LaBr3 and LaCl3 Electron Response”
Session Schedule Changes:
N41 Thursday, Nov. 113:30-15:30; in Coral I.
Affiliation Changes:
N15-359 MIPP Nuclear Cross Sections for Calorimeter Development
N. Solomey
Physics Dept., Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA
On behalf of the MIPP E907 Experiment at Fermilab
Printing correction:
N52-4 Monte Carlo Calibration of the Response of the University of Chicago's Cosmic Ray Nuclei Experiment (CRNE) on IMP8 to Electrons above 0.5 MeV
E.I.Novikova1, W.F.Dietrich2, J.Collins3, A.J.Tylka1, B.F.Phlips1
1Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
2Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
3North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
NSS/MIS Joint Program
Withdrawn Papers:
NM2-4 A New, Industrial-Scale Method of Generating CZT Detector-Modules Equipped with Novel Electronics for Clinical Applications
U. El-Hanany, Orbotech Medical Solutions
Paper Presenter, Time and Session Changes:
NM1-5* “Spectroscopy and Timing with Silicon Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPC) and LYSO Scintillators”
M. Szawlowski replaced by D. J. Wagenaar
NM2-5 Growth and Characterization of Vapor-Deposited LaBr3:Ce Films
V. V. Nagarkar, S. R. Miller, I. K. Shestakova, B. Singh, S. Thacker, V. Gaysinskiy, RMD Inc.
Will be presented at 4:45 P.M. instead of 5:00 P.M.
NM2-6 Suppression of Afterglow and Hysteresis in CsI:Tl by Co-Doping with Sm2+: Fabrication of Microcolumnar Films for High-Resolution
V. V. Nagarkar, V. Gaysinskiy1, E. E. Ovechkina, S. R. Miller, S. Cool, S. Thacker, C. Brecher, A. Lempicki, RMD Inc. and ALEM Associates
Will be presented at 5:00 P.M. instead of 5:15 P.M.
NM2-7 Novel Front-End Pulse Processing Scheme for PET System Based on Pulse Width Modulation and Pulse Train Method
K. Shimazoe, H. Takahashi, B. Shi, T. Furumiya, O. Jyunichi, Y. Kumazawa, H. Murayama, University of Tokyo, Shimadzu Corp., and National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Will be presented at 5:15 P.M. instead of 5:30
NM2-8 Optimization of Design Parameters of a Prototype CCD-Based Lens-Coupled Imaging System for the Detection of Beta Particles in a Microfluidic Chip
J. S. Cho, N. T. Vu, Z. T. Yu, R. W. Silverman, H. R. Tseng, A. F. Chatziioannou, UCLA Crump Institute
Will be presented at 5:30 P.M. instead of 5:45 P.M.
MIC Program
Additional Plenary Talk:
M02-2 Microfluidics as an enabling technology for PET imaging
H.-R. Tseng, University of California at Los Angeles
Withdrawn Papers:
M13-145 LYSO as a Scintillator for Standard CT Scanner and Photon Counting
O. Buchinsky, A. Livne, Y. Berman, A. Fuksman, A. Gringaus, N. Wainer, Philips Medical Systems Technologies
M13-173 An Elemental Analysis and Imaging Based on the Compton-Profile Measurement
J. Y. Kim, J. H. Lee, C. S. Lee, Chung-Ang University
M18-38 A Low-Cost Motion-Monitoring System Using Consumer Camcorders
K.Balakrishnan, R.Boutchko, W.-S.Choong, B.W.Reutter, G.T.Gullberg. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
M18-162 Avalanche Amorphous Selenium Photoconductor for PET Imager Dedicated to Breast Cancer
A. Reznik, M. Wronski, J. Rowlands, Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
M18-178 Z over-Scan Dose Reduction in Cone-Beam CT Scanners
S. Glasberg, G. Shechter, Philips Medical Systems
M19-31 A Time Based Readout Technique for Hybrid PET/CT
F. Powolny, E. Auffray, M. Dosanjh, H. Hillemanns, P. Jarron, P. Lecoq, T. C. Meyer, D. Moraes, CERN
M19-203 X-Ray Compton Scattering Tomography Method for Nondestructive Evaluation and Medical Diagnostics
P. Paki Amouzou, W. Mengesha, T. Jannson, R. Pradhan, Physical Optics Corporation
M19-247 On the Convergence of Blind Deblurring Reconstruction Algorithm
H. Li, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
M19-403 CT Number Uncertainty in Proton Radiation Therapy
H. Li, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
M26-144 Structure and Scintillation Properties of CsI(Tl) and ZnSe(Te) Vacuum Deposited Layers.
A. Fedorov, K. Katrunov, A. Lalayants, A. Lebedinsky, N. Shiran, V. Tarasov, S. Tretyak,
Institute for Scintillation Materials NAS of Ukraine
M26-196 Segmentation Based Ultra Low Dose CT Attenuation Maps for Emission Computed Tomography in the Presence of High Density Objects
H. D. Kadhem, R. Abeygunasekera, J. Cabello1, K. Wells, M. Guy, E. Lewis, University of Surrey and Royal Surrey County Hospital
Time and Session Changes:
M26-192 Comparison of the Performance of GaAs X-Ray Pixel Detectors
M. Fiederle, A. Zwerger, A. Fauler, D. Greiffenberg, Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum
Will be presented in poster session M13 (Thursday November 1, 3:30 P.M.)
Session Chair Changes:
M04 M. Tornai replaced by R.J. Jaszczak
added V. Nagarkar
Asian-Pacific Program
Session Changes:
Session 1 on Tuesday, October 30 and Session 2 on Thursday, November 1 will be swapped.
New Session 1: Tuesday, October 30, 17:30 – 19:00, High Energy Physic (HEP) programs
“Overview of High Energy Physics Research in Korea” will be presented by Gui-Nyun Kim Kyungpook, National University, South Korea
New Session 2: Thursday, November 1, 17:00 – 19:00, Nuclear Medicine
“Synchrotron Radiation Research and Radiation Detector Development in Singapore” will be presented byYang Ping, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source National, University of Singapore, Singapore
Session 3: Friday, November 2, 17:00 – 18:30 will remain the same
Companion Program
Program Chair Changes:Nancy Jasczcak resigned as the Co-Chair due to medical reason.
Kathy Gullberg became Chair, Companion Program
Mag Simmons became Deputy Chair, Companion Program /
New Deputy Chair
Companion Program