IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:
CFP08NSS-PRT 978-1-4244-2714-7
2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2008 NSS/MIC)
Dresden, Germany 19-25 October 2008
Pages 1-632
TABLE OF CONTENTS
N02 NSS POSTER SESSION I Measurement of High Energy Cosmic Rays in the Experiment CZELTA ....................................................1
K. Smolek, J. Cermak, P. Lichard, M. Nyklicek, S. Pospisil, P. Pridal, J. Smejkal, I. Stekl, V. Vicha, M. Vojik
Expected Performance of the PHENEX Polarimeter by Enlargement of Detection Area............................3Y. Kishimoto, S. Gunji, Y. Ishikawa, M. Takada, N. Toukairin, Y. Tanaka, F. Tokanai, H. Sakurai, T. Mihara, T. Sato, K. Hayashida, N. Anabuki, Y. Ota, H. Tsunemi, T. Narita, Y. Saito, M. Kohama, M. Suzuki, S. Kishimoto
Silicon Photo-Multiplier Readouts for Scintillators in High-Energy Astronomy..........................................8P. F. Bloser, J. S. Legere, C. M. Bancroft, M. L. McConnell, J. M. Ryan
Beam Test Results of the Polarized Gamma-Ray Observer, PoGOLite ......................................................13H. Takahashi, M. Arimoto, M. Axelsson, G. Bogaert, Y. Fukazawa, S. Gunji, L. Hjalmarsdotter, T. Kamae, Y. Kanai, J. Kataoka, N. Kawai, M. Kiss, W. Klamra, K. Kurita, S. Larsson, G. Madejski, C. Marini Bettolo, T. Mizuno, M. Pearce, F. Ryde, S. Rydstrom, H. Tajima, T. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, M. Ueno, Y. Umeki, G. Varner, H. Yoshida, T. Yuasa, M. Matsuoka
Prototype Readout Module for Hyper Suprime-Cam....................................................................................18H. Miyatake, T. Uchida, H. Fujimori, S. Mineo, H. Nakaya, H. Aihara, S. Miyazaki
Performance of Position Sensitive Scintillator Detectors When Readout with a Low Noise Photodevice ........................................................................................................................................................23
C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, B. Negri, F. Perotti, H. Soltau, A. Mauri
Array of X and Gamma Ray Scintillator Detector for Space Gamma Ray Telescope Application.........................................................................................................................................................30
C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, F. Fuschino, P. Bastia, B. Negri, F. PerottiH. Soltau
The Mini-Calorimeter on-board AGILE: 18 months in orbit.......................................................................38M. Marisaldi, C. Labanti, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, G. Di Cocco, F. Gianotti, M. Tavani, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois
The PoGOLite Star Tracker System ...............................................................................................................46C. Marini Bettolo
Calibration and Performance of the Silicon Tracker (ST) of the AGILE Satellite .....................................49P. W. Cattaneo
The AGILE Data Handling In-Flight Performance .......................................................................................55A. Argan, M. Tavani, A. Trois, M. Feroci, C. Labanti, F. Perotti, M. Prest
A Fuzzy-Based Pulse Shape Discrimination in Triple-layer Phoswich Detectors .......................................59S. Yousefi, L. Lucchese
The Status of the Simulation Project for the ATLAS Experiment in 2008 ..................................................67A. Rimoldi
The CMS Tracker Detector Control System ..................................................................................................75L. Masetti, F. Hartmann, S. Y. Shah, R. Stringer
A Software Solution for the Control, Acquisition, and Storage of CAPTAN Network Topologies ..........................................................................................................................................................80
R. A. Rivera, M. Turqueti, A. Prosser
Towards the Application of a Model Based Design Methodology for Reliable Control Systems on HEP Experiments ..........................................................................................................................84
B. Barroca, V. Amaral, M. Risoldi, M. Caprini, D. Buchs, J. Araújo, A. Moreira, P. Calado
CRAB: a CMS Application for Distributed Analysis.....................................................................................92G. Codispoti, D. Spiga, A. Fanfani, M. Cinquilli, F. Fanzago, S. Lacaprara, F. Farina, E. Vaandering, V. Miccio, C. Kavka
A Proposal to Dynamically Manage Virtual Environments in Heterogeneous Batch Systems ...............................................................................................................................................................98
L. Servoli, M. Mariotti, R. Cefalà
An Algorithm for Automatic Counting of Electrochemically Etched Tracks in Compact Disks Used for Retrospective Measurements of Rn-222 ..............................................................................102
K. K. Mitev, Y. Y. Madzhunkov, G. V. Gerganov, I. S. Dimitrova, S. B. Georgiev, D. S. Pressyanov
GEANT4 Physics Lists for HEP.....................................................................................................................108A. Ribon, J. Apostolakis, G. Folger, V. Grichine, A. Howard, V. Ivanchenko, M. Kossov, V. Uzhinskiy, D. Wright
Recent Developments of Electronic Stopping Models for Heavy Ions in Geant4 ......................................112A. Lechner, V. Ivanchenko
The Automatic Implementation of Software Implemented Hardware Fault Tolerance Algorithms as a Radiation-Induced Soft Errors Mitigation Technique .....................................................116
A. Piotrowski, D. Makowski, G. Jablonski, A. Napieralski
Improvements of Preequilibrium and Evaporation Models in Geant4 ......................................................122J. M. Quesada, M. A. Cortés, A. Howard, G. Folger, V. Ivanchenko
Performance Evaluation of the Adaptive Response Modeling Algorithm .................................................125W. R. Russ, I. D. Hau
A high speed Data Acquisition Collector for Merging and Sorting Data...................................................130C. C. W. Robson, C. Bohm
Monte Carlo Simulation of an Ir-192 Brachytherapy Source Spectra, Geometry and Anysotropy Factors Using Geant4 Code .......................................................................................................132
P. Arce, J. Apostolakis, G. Cosmo
Muon Track Reconstruction in the ATLAS Experiment ............................................................................136S. S. O. F. Rodrigues, P. P. Q. Filho, M. Begalli, D. S. Santos
A Recurrent Neural Network for Track Reconstruction in the LHCb Muon System ..............................139B. Resende
Implementing Linux-Enabled Condor in Windows Computer Labs .........................................................145G. Passaleva
Analysis of Geant4 Simulations of Proton Depth Dose Profiles for Radiotherapy Applications .....................................................................................................................................................147
H. Severini, C. Franklin, J. Alexander, H. Neeman, J. V. Sumanth
Parallel Geometries in Geant4: Foundation and Recent Enhancements ...................................................155M. G. Pia, A. Lechner
A Technique for Optimised Navigation in Regular Geometries .................................................................159J. Apostolakis, M. Asai, G. Cosmo, A. Howard, V. Ivantchenko, M. Verderi
Gamma Ray Detection with a 3 X 3 Virtual Frisch Grid Array .................................................................162R. A. Austin
Measurements of Streamer and Avalanche Size by Using RPC with Submilli-strips...............................169D. Miura, Y. Hoshi, Y. Kikuchi, S. Narita, K. Neichi, A. Yamaguchi
Performance of Argon-Xenon Mixtures in a Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter for the 0.1-10 keV X-ray Region.................................................................................................................................173
S. J. C. do Carmo, F. I. G. M. Borges, C. A. N. Conde
Quenched and Non-quenched Ar-Xe Penning Mixtures As Detection Media for a Gridded-microstrip Gas Chamber X-ray Detector......................................................................................................177
L. P. M. M. Carita, C. A. N. Conde, F. P. Santos
GEM-MIGAS Electron Multiplier Operation in Argon-Methane Mixtures .............................................183A. S. Conceição, J. M. Maia, J. A. Mir, L. M. P. Fernandes, J. M. F. Santos
Study on the Performance of High Rating MRPC .......................................................................................188Y. Wang, J. Wang, Q. Yan, Y. Li, J. Cheng
Studies on RPC Position Resolution with Different Surface Resistivity of High Voltage Provider............................................................................................................................................................192
J. Ye, J. Cheng, Q. Yue, Y. Li, J. Li, Y. Wu, H. Yang
Performance of MPGDs with Portable Readout Electronics ......................................................................194D. A. Watts, N. Malakhov, L. Ropelewski, F. Sauli, J. Samarati
Study on the Space Dispersion of Induced Charge of Resistive Plate Chamber .......................................200Q. Yue, J. Ye, Y. Li, J. Cheng
Development of High-Counting-Rate Measurement System for 3He Position Sensitive Detector ............................................................................................................................................................202
S. Makino, A. Sumita, T. Onodera, Y. Tanaka, N. Hikida, K. Ishizawa
Studies of Purification of the Resistive Plate Chamber Gas Mixture for the Large Hadron Collider Experiments ......................................................................................................................................209
R. Guida, M. Capeans, F. Hahn, S. Haider, I. Glushkov
TPC Prototype Readout with GEMs and TimePix ......................................................................................214U. Renz
X-ray Polarimetric Measurements in Xenon Gas Filled Detectors.............................................................218G. S. Botte, P. J. B. M. Rachinhas, T. H. V. T. Dias, R. M. Curado da Silva, J. A. F. C. Veloso, A. L. Gouvêa, L. M. M. Carita, F. P. Santos, L. M. N. Távora, C. A. N. Conde, A. D. Stauffer
Low Energy Elastic Collision Cross Sections and Monte Carlo Simulation of the Transport of Ne+ Ions in Gaseous Neon under Weak Electric Fields ..........................................................................222
J. A. S. Barata, C. A. N. Conde
Monte Carlo Photoelectron Transmission Efficiency in CO2 and Ar-CO2 Mixtures ..............................226J. M. D. Escada, P. J. B. M. Rachinhas, T. H. V. T. Dias, J. A. M. Lopes, F. P. Santos, C. A. Conde, A. D. Stauffer
Thick-GEM Based Trigger Detector Development for ALICE ..................................................................230G. Hamar, D. Varga
HpXe Gas VUV Photosensors Operating Face-to-Face ...............................................................................235C. D. Azevedo, C. A. Oliveira, H. Natal da Luz, A. L. Ferreira, J. M. dos Santos, J. F. Veloso
On-line Evaluation of Spatial Dose-distribution by Using a 15m-long Plastic Scintillation-fiber Detector...................................................................................................................................................240
A. Nohtomi, N. Sugiura, T. Itoh, T. Torii
Development of the Stacked CdTe Gamma-ray Detector Module with High Sensitivity and High Energy Resolution..................................................................................................................................244
N. Kishi, Y. Mito, W. Inui, R. Ohno
Sodium Fast Reactors Power Monitoring Using High Resolution and High Count Rate Gamma Spectrometry. Simulation Study. ....................................................................................................248
R. Coulon, A. -M. Frelin, V. Dumarcher, H. -P. Brau, T. Montagu, J. Levevre, E. Barat, T. Dautremer, G. Ban, S. Normand
Etching Techniques for CR-39 Used in Neutron Personnel Monitoring in India......................................253R. R. Pal, J. Vancheeswaran, S. Nair, D. Sathian, G. Chaurasiya, Y. S. Mayya
An Unattended Gamma Monitor for the Determination of Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Using the Natural Ground Gamma Radiation .............................................................................................258
J. -P. Martin, A. Houdayer, Y. Choquette, P. Lavigne, P. Ducharme, C. Lebel
Development of a Method of Passive Measurement of Radiation Doses at Ultra-High Dose Range................................................................................................................................................................264
B. Obryk, P. Bilski, M. Budzanowski, M. Fuerstner, M. Glaser, C. Ilgner, P. Olko, A. Pajor, Z. Stuglik
Search of New Low-Noise Patterns of Coded Apertures with Arbitrary Rank and Transparency...................................................................................................................................................269
O. P. Ivanov, V. E. Stepanov, A. N. Sudarkin, N. A. Sudarkin
CdTe Linear Arrays with Integrated Electronics for Passive Gamma Emission Tomography System .......................................................................................................................................274
A. Sokolov, V. Kondratjev, V. Kourlov, F. Levai, T. Honkamaa, V. Gostilo
Design of Electronic System with Simultaneous Registering of Pulse Amplitude and Event Time Applied to 4πB-y. Coincidence Method ...............................................................................................278
F. D. Toledo, F. Brancaccio, A. Lapolli, M. S. Dias
Measurement of the Gamma-ray Probability Per Decay of 186Re...............................................................281K. A. Fonseca, M. F. Koskinas, M. S. Dias
Digital Signal Processing for Monolithic Silicon Detector Telescopes........................................................286F. Amorini, L. Auditore, C. Boiano, B. Carbone, G. Cardella, A. Castoldi, A. Di Pietro, U. Emanuele, G. Fallica, P. Figuera, P. Finocchiaro, L. Grassi, C. Guazzoni, P. Guazzoni, E. La Guidara, I. Lombardo, S. Moser, A. Pappalardo, A. Piazza, N. Randazzo, F. Riccio, F. Rizzo, V. Russo, P. Russotto, C. Scirè, S. Scirè, V. Sipala, A. Trifirò, M. Trimarchi, G. Valvo, L. Zetta
Prototype Development of Silicon Array Sensor for X-Ray Detector ........................................................291H. O. Kim, D. H. Kah, H. J. Hyun, Y. I. Kim, D. H. Son, H. Park, H. J. Kim, H. D. Kang, S. H. Lee
Precision High Voltage Monitoring for the KATRIN Experiment .............................................................293T. Thümmler
A New Detector System for the Measurement of Double Differential Cross Sections of Proton- Actinide Reactions in the 600-MeV Region.....................................................................................296
Y. Koba, G. Wakabayashi, Y. Uozumi, M. Imamura, H. Iwamoto, Y. Fukui, N. Tonohata, Y. Morimoto, K. Kiyohara, N. Matsufuji, P. Evtoukhovitch, V. Kalinnikov, N. Khomutov, N. Kuchinskii, A. Moiseenko, A. Mzavia, V. Samoilov, Z. Tsamalaidze
Contactless 2-dim Laser Sensor for 3-dim Wire Position and Tension Measurements ............................300M. Prall, R. Joehren, V. Hannen, H. -W. Ortjohann, M. Reinhardt, C. Weinheimer
X-ray Fluorescence Study with Pixellated CZT Radiation Sensors............................................................305D. Meier, S. Chen, D. J. Wagenaar, G. E. Maehlum, B. E. Patt, B. M. Sundal, Y. Wang, B. M. W. Tsui
Scintillating Optical Fiber Dosimetry with Photodiode Readout................................................................310F. Rego, L. Peralta
Temperature Dependence and Compensation in MOS Dosimeters Using Bias Controlled Cycled Measurement. .....................................................................................................................................313
J. Lipovetzky, E. G. Redin, M. García Inza, S. Carbonetto, A. Faigón
Development and Fabrication of Cylindrical Siliconon- Insulator Microdosimeter Arrays ....................319N. S. Lai, W. H. Lim, A. L. Ziebell, M. I. Reinhard, A. B. Rosenfeld, A. S. Dzurak
Measurements of Sr-90 Content in Teeth of Techa River Residents ..........................................................325N. Semioshkina, V. N. Potapov, V. V. Lukyanov, O. P. Ivanov
Performance Comparison of Position Sensitive Photomultipliers Readout Electronics ...........................328E. D'Abramo, P. Bennati, V. Orsolini Cencelli, M. N. Cinti, F. de Notaristefani, A. Fabbri, G. Moschini, F. Navarria, R. Pani, F. Petullà, D. Sacco, D. Riondino
High Precision Carbon-Interspaced Antiscatter Grids: Performance Testing and Moiré Pattern Analysis ..............................................................................................................................................332
S. J. Lee, H. S. Cho, S. Y. Lee, M. S. Lee, S. I. Choi, J. E. Oh, H. M. Cho, Y. O. Park, J. S. Kim, J. H. Lee, N. G. Chung, J. W. Kim
Integrated Readout Electronics For Multi Anode PSPMT .........................................................................337A. Fabbri, V. Orsolini Cencelli, F. de Notaristefani, E. D'Abramo, G. Moschini, F. Navarria, R. Pani, F. Petullà, D. Riondino
Development of a Real-Time Gamma Dosimeter of High Sensitivity.........................................................341S. L. Sharma, T. K. Maity, A. K. Gourishetty
The RAPSODI Project: SiPM Development for Applied Research in Radiation Protection ...................344C. Cappellini
Optimization of Beam Scattering System for IFJ PAN Proton Radiotherapy Facility by Monte Carlo Simulations................................................................................................................................348
J. Dąbrowska, P. Olko, U. Sowa, J. Swakoí
A Large Dynamic Range Charge Measurement ASIC Family for Beam Monitoring in Radiotherapy Applications.............................................................................................................................352
R. Cirio, M. Donetti, A. La Rosa, F. Marchetto, G. Mazza
Multi-printed Inkjet Phantoms for Radionuclide Molecular Imaging.......................................................356R. Scafè, P. Bennati, P. Auer, L. La Porta, F. Pisacane, M. N. Cinti, R. Pellegrini, G. De Vincentis, G. Conte, R. Pani
The Next Step in Cylindrical Silicon-on- Insulator Microdosimetry: Charge Collection Results ..............................................................................................................................................................363
A. L. Ziebell, N. S. Lai, M. I. Reinhard, D. A. Prokopovich, W. H. Lim, A. S. Dzurak, A. B. Rosenfeld
Radiation Exposure at the Proton Eye Therapy Facility at IFJ in Kraków ..............................................368T. Horwacik, J. Swakon, L. Stolarczyk, K. Zbroja, T. Nowak, U. Sowa, B. Michalec, T. Cywicka-Jakiel, P. Olko, B. Dulny
A Direct Profile Measurement of 11C Positron Activation of Carbon-Rich Materials by Therapeutic Proton Beam ..............................................................................................................................372
V. G. Zavarzin
First Evaluation Results of PESIC, an Integrated Front-End for PET Applications ...............................375V. Herrero, N. Ferrando, M. J. Agullo, J. D. Martinez, J. M. Monzo, C. W. Lerche, R. J. Colom, R. Gadea, A. Sebastia, J. M. Benlloch
Low Noise CMOS Active Pixel Sensor for Digital Radiography ................................................................380D. Sanders, P. Stepanov, I. N. Weinberg, P. Anshire
Temperature Effect on a Phototransistor Used As X-ray Beam Detector for Diagnostic Standard Radiation Qualities.........................................................................................................................383
L. A. Pereira dos Santos, J. P. Brito Filho
Effect of Energy Resolution in Compton Scattered Radiation Imaging.....................................................385M. K. Nguyen
Radiophotoluminescence in Ag+-Activated Phosphate Glass .....................................................................389Y. Miyamoto, H. Nanto, K. Kinoshita, S. Koyama, Y. Takei, S. -I. Taniguchi, T. Kurobori, T. Yamamoto
Results of an On Pixel Sparsification Architecture in a MAPS Test Chip in STM 130nm Technology .......................................................................................................................................................393
E. Spiriti, J. Mlynarczyk
Development of Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor in SOI Technology Fabricated on the Wafer with Thick Device Layer .....................................................................................................................398
W. Kucewicz, B. M. Armstrong, H. S. Gamble, P. Grabiec, K. Kucharski, J. Marczewski, W. Maziarz, H. Niemiec, F. H. Ruddell, M. Sapor, D. Tomaszewski
Development and Test of Micro-Cables for Thin Silicon Detector Modules in a Prostate Probe ................................................................................................................................................................401
V. Stankova, J. Bernabeu, C. Lacasta, V. Linhart, N. Clinthorne, M. Mikuž, A. Studen, P. Weilhammer, K. Honscheid, H. Kagan, D. Žontar
High Rate Pulse Processing Algorithms for Microcalorimeters .................................................................405D. Breus, W. Hennig, K. Sabourov, H. Tan, W. K. Warburton, W. B. Doriese, J. N. Ullom, M. K. Bacrania, A. S. Hoover, M. W. Rabin
Study of Surface Roughness of CsI:Tl Crystals Treated by Various Abrasives........................................409I. V. Kilimchuk, V. A. Tarasov, J. M. Alameda
A Comparative Study of Undoped NaI Scintillators with Different Purity ...............................................413M. Moszynski, W. Czarnacki, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, A. Nassalski, T. Szczesniak, L. Swiderski, F. Kniest, A. Iltis
Neutron Scintillator Using Ga-doped ZnO Phosphor with High Detection Efficiency .............................420S. Koyama, H. Nanto, A. Kinoshita, A. Fujiwara, Y. Takei, M. Katagiri
Storage Characteristics of SrBPO5:Eu2+ Phosphors by Fast Neutron Irradiation....................................424K. Sakasai, Y. Iwamoto, K. Soyama
Determination of the Absolute Light Yields of LuYAP and LYSO ............................................................428M. Kronberger, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq
Radiation Damage in CWO Scintillation Crystals with Different Defects .................................................433I. A. Tupitsyna, B. V. Grinyov, K. A. Katrunov, L. L. Nagornaya, G. M. Onishchenko
Measurement of Light Yield of Ce3+ Perturbed Emission of CaF2 Scintillator coupled with Avalanche Photodiode ....................................................................................................................................437
T. Yanagida, K. J. Kim, K. Kamada, K. Aoki, N. Kawaguchi, K. Fukuda, A. Yoshikawa
Basic Properties of Ceramic Pr:LuAG Scintillator......................................................................................441T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, A. Ikesue, K. Kamada
Crystal Growth and Scintillation Property of Nd3+-doped LaF3 Single Crystal........................................445K. Fukuda, N. Kawaguchi, T. Suyama, T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, M. Nikl
Neutron Responses of Eu2+ Activated LiCaAlF6 Scintillator.......................................................................449N. Kawaguchi, T. Yanagida, A. Novoselov, K. J. Kim, K. Fukuda, A. Yoshikawa, M. Miyake, M. Baba
Charged-particle-induced Luminescence of Sr4Al14O25:Eu2+,Dy3+ .............................................................452K. Toh, K. Sakasai, T. Nakamura, K. Soyama, S. Nagata, B. Tsuchiya, T. Shikama
Low-power Wide-dynamic-range Readout System for a 64-channel Multi-anode PMT of a Scintillation Gamma Camera.........................................................................................................................456
H. Kubo, K. Hattori, C. Ida, S. Iwaki, S. Kabuki, S. Kubo, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, H. Nishimura, Y. Okada, A. Takada, M. Takahashi, T. Tanimori, K. Tsuchiya, K. Ueno
The Development of Large-area Plastic Gamma-ray Spectrometers .........................................................461C. J. Burt, D. Ramsden
Construction and Performance of a Scintillating Fiber Detector ...............................................................466M. Ziembicki, A. Nawrot, K. Klimaszewski, P. Źabowski-Źychowicz, M. Dziewiecki, R. Kurjata
Characteristics of CsI(Tl) Scintillating Detector Based on Solid State Photo Multiplier .........................470S. M. Ignatov, V. N. Potapov, M. G. Mitel’man, O. P. Ivanov
Design Studies for an All-Scintillator Compton Telescope..........................................................................473A. MacLeod, D. Hanna, P. Saull, H. Seywerd, L. Sinclair
Novel Scintillators with Neutron/Gamma Discrimination, Cs(NH4)MYX6:Ce3+ (M = Li, Na; X = F, Cl)..........................................................................................................................................................477
E. V. Van Loef, C. M. Wilson, W. W. Moses, K. S. Shah
Upgrade of Position Sensitive Detector System for Small Angle Neutron Scattering ...............................481R. Engels, U. Clemens, W. Erven, H. Frielinghaus, M. Heiderich, G. Kemmerling, H. -W. Lövenich, H. Nöldgen, V. Ossovyi, V. Pipich, A. Radulescu, D. Schwahn, J. Schelten
Thin YAG:Ce and LuAG:Ce Single Crystal Imaging Plates Used for High Spatial Resolution in X-ray Imaging Systems ...........................................................................................................484
J. Touš, M. Horváth, K. Blažek, L. Pína, B. Sopko
Crystal Growth, Optical Properties and Neutron Responses of Ce3+ Doped LiCaAlF6 Single Crystal...................................................................................................................................................487
A. Yoshikawa, T. Yanagida, K. J. Kim, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ishizu, K. Fukuda, M. Nikl, M. Miyake, M. Baba
High Detection Efficiency ZnS Scintillator for a Fibercoded Linear Neutron Detector for Thermal Neutron Scattering Instruments.....................................................................................................490
T. Nakamura, E. M. Schooneveld, N. J. Rhodes, M. Katagiri, N. Tsusui, K. Toh, K. Sakasai, K. Soyama
Test of a 3. 3. LaCl3:Ce Crystal and Neutron Sensitivity of Lanthanum Halide Scintillators .................495C. Guerrero, T. Martínez, D. Cano-Ott
Proton-Recoil Detectors for Time-of-Flight Measurements of Neutrons with kinetic Energies from some Tens of keV to a few MeV ............................................................................................498
R. Beyer, E. Grosse, K. Heidel, J. Hutsch, A. R. Junghans, M. Sobiella, A. Wagner, R. Nolte, S. Röttger
Optical Ceramic Scintillator for Gamma-Ray Detection.............................................................................502Y. Wang, J. Glodo, E. V. Loef, W. H. Rhodes, C. Brecher, L. Nguyen, G. Baldoni, M. McClish, K. S. Shah
Fabrication and Comparison Gd2O2S(Tb) and CsI(Tl) films for X-ray Imaging Detector Application.......................................................................................................................................................507
B. K. Cha, J. -H. Shin, J. Y. Kim, H. Jeon, J. H. Bae, C. -H. Lee, S. Chang, G. Cho, H. Kim, B. -J. Kim
Growth, Optical Properties and Neutron Responses of Ce3+ Doped LiYF4 Single Crystals.....................511Y. Yokota, T. Yanagida, K. J. Kim, A. Yoshikawa, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ishizu, K. Fukuda, M. Nikl, M. Miyake, M. Baba
Characterization of a Nuclear Medicine Gamma Camera as a Gamma Spectrometer for Low Activity Sources ......................................................................................................................................515
J. C. Engdahl, S. Portscheller, K. Bharwani
A Compton-Scattering Coincidence System for Light Yield Measurements on Aliovalently-Doped CeBr3 ....................................................................................................................................................521
P. B. Ugorowski, M. J. Harrison, C. S. Linnick, S. O. Brinton, D. S. McGregor
First Principles Computation Study of Ce Scintillation in YI3....................................................................526R. Boutchko, A. Canning, A. Chaudhry, M. Weber, S. Derenzo
Reflection of the Xenon Scintillation Light from Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)...................................528C. F. P. Silva, J. P. Cunha, I. Lopes, V. Chepel, A. Pereira
Skyshine Interference with Radiation Detection Systems ...........................................................................534R. T. Kouzes, J. H. Ely, W. K. Hensley, K. R. McCormick, E. R. Siciliano
Picture Comparison Binarization Method for Cosmic Ray Muon Radiography ......................................536Y. Liu, Z. Zhao, Y. Xing, Z. Chen, L. Zhang, Z. Wang
A Framework for the Solution of Inverse Radiation Transport Problems ................................................540J. K. Mattingly, D. J. Mitchell
A Simulation Study on Basis Material Composition for Dual Energy CT Imaging at High-energy Level.....................................................................................................................................................546
X. Duan, L. Zhang, J. Cheng, Z. Chen, Y. Xing
Feasibility Study of Applying X-ray Tomographic Imaging with a Straight-Line Trajectory Scan to Security Inspection .........................................................................................................549
L. Zhang, H. Gao, J. Cheng, Z. Chen, Y. Xing
Performance Expectations for a Tomography System Using Cosmic Ray Muons and Micro Pattern Gas Detectors for the Detection of Nuclear Contraband ...............................................................553
K. Gnanvo, P. Ford, J. Helsby, R. Hoch, D. Mitra, M. Hohlmann
Library of Radioisotope Identifier Spectra...................................................................................................560C. E. Moss, P. D. Felsher, B. D. Rooney
A Volumetric Object Detection Framework with Dual-Energy CT ...........................................................564W. Bi, Z. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Xing
Shielding and Build-up Considerations for Radiation Detection................................................................567J. H. Ely, R. T. Kouzes, E. R. Siciliano
Compact Inexpensive Gamma Spectrometer Based on Silicon Photomultipliers .....................................569E. S. Heckathorne, L. A. Tiefer, F. Daghighian, M. Dahlbom
Performance of Five-or-More-Pixel Event Sequence Reconstruction for 3-D Semiconductor Gamma-Ray-Imaging Spectrometers .................................................................................574
C. L. Thrall, C. G. Wahl, Z. He
Time Series Evaluation of Portal Monitor Data ...........................................................................................577S. M. Robinson, S. E. Bender, M. L. Woodring
Terrestrial Background Reduction in RPM Systems by Direct Internal Shielding ..................................581S. M. Robinson, E. D. Ashbaker, J. E. Schweppe
N03 GASEOUS DETECTORS I – NEW DETECTORS FOR NEW APPLICATIONS New results from GridPix detectors ..............................................................................................................586
H. van der Graaf
Collection of Photoelectrons from a CsI Photocathode in Triple GEM Detectors ....................................591C. Woody, B. Azmoun, A. Caccavano, Z. Citron, M. Durham, T. Hemmick, J. Kamin, M. Rumore
GEMs with Double Layered Micropattern Electrodes and their Applications .........................................595A. Di Mauro, P. Martinengo, E. Nappi, R. Oliveira, V. Peskov, F. Pietropaolo, P. Picchi
Construction and operation of a Double Phase LAr Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber........................................................................................................................................603
A. Badertscher, L. Knecht, M. Laffranchi, A. Marchionni, G. Natterer, P. Otiougova, F. Resnati, A. Rubbia
Micropattern Gaseous Photon Detectors for Cherenkov Imaging Counters.............................................610S. Dalla Torre
Construction and Test of a Long-strip MRPC (LMRPC) ...........................................................................616Y. Sun, C. Li, M. Shao, H. Chen, B. Gui
Performance of the Cylindrical-GEM prototype for the Inner Tracker of KLOE-2................................620G. Bencivenni, S. Cerioni, D. Domenici, G. Felici, M. Gatta, M. Pistilli
New Micromegas Detectors for Rare Event Searches: Axions and ßß Decay............................................622T. Dafni
N04 NEW SOLID STATE DETECTORS I Intermediate Digital Chip Sensor for the EUDET-JRA1 High Resolution Beam Telescope....................626
M. Gelin, J. Baudot, G. Bertolone, A. Besson, A. Brogna, G. Claus, C. Colledani, R. De Masi, Y. Degerli, A. Dorokhov, W. Dulinski, M. Goffe, F. Guilloux, A. Himmi, C. Hu-Guo, K. Jaaskelainen, F. Morel, F. Orsini, M. Specht, I. Valin, M. Winter
Study of the Charge Sharing in Silicon Pixel Detector with Heavy Ionizing Particles Interacting with a Medipix2 and a Timepix Devices....................................................................................633
J. Bouchami, A. Gutiérrez, A. Houdayer, J. Idárragaa, J. Jakůbek, C. Lebel, C. Leroy, J. -P. Martin, M. Platkevič, S. Pospíšil
Performance of a DNW CMOS Active Pixel Sensor Designed for the ILC Vertex Detector ...................636G. Traversi, A. Bulgheroni, M. Caccia, M. Manghisoni, M. Jastrzab, E. Pozzati, L. Ratti, V. Re
Radiation Resistance of SOI Pixel Devices Fabricated with OKI 0.15μm FD-SOI Technology .......................................................................................................................................................644
K. Hara, M. Kochiyama, A. Mochizuki, T. Sega, Y. Arai, K. Fukuda, H. Hayashi, T. Miyoshi, J. Ida, H. Ikeda, Y. Ikegami, H. Ishino, Y. Kawai, T. Kohriki, H. Komatsubara, H. Miyake, M. Ohno, M. Okihara, S. Terada, T. Tsuboyama, Y. Unno, Y. Ikemoto, M. Hirose
GeMini: The Next-Generation Mechanically-Cooled Germanium Spectrometer.....................................650M. T. Burks
Investigation of Single Pixel DePMOSFETs under Cryogenic Conditions ................................................653V. P. Fedl, L. Barl, G. Lutz, L. Strüder
N06 NUCLEAR POWER The ATLAS Trigger........................................................................................................................................657
S. M. Demers
The New DAQ System in RIKEN RIBF........................................................................................................659H. Baba, T. Ichihara, T. Ohnishi, S. Takeuchi, K. Yoshida, Y. Watanabe, S. Ota, S. Shimoura
Commissioning of the New Online System for the Super-Kamiokande Experiment ................................662S. Yamada, Y. Obayashi, M. Shiozawa, Y. Hayato
Readout and Control Electronics for the T2 Detector of the TOTEM Experiment..................................666V. Greco, S. Lami, C. Magazzù, G. Magazzù, A. Scribano, E. Oliveri, E. Pedreschi, M. Sanchez, W. Snoeys, F. Spinella, N. Turini, P. Vulliez
The New Data Acquisition System for the HADES Experiment.................................................................673M. Palka, M. Traxler, I. Froehlich, P. Salabura, P. Skott, R. Trebacz, M. Kajetanowicz, J. Michel, J. Stroth, H. Stroebele, A. Tarantola, S. Yurevich, E. Usenko, M. Boehmer
N07 INSTRUMENTATION FOR RADIATION APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE I Metamaterials for Novel X- or Gamma-ray Detector Designs ....................................................................680
P. R. Lecoq
2D Dosimeter Based on Monolithic Silicon Sensors for Beam Verification in Conformal Radiotherapy ...................................................................................................................................................685
C. Talamonti, D. Menichelli, M. Bruzzi, M. Bucciolini, L. Marrazzo, M. Tesi, M. Brianzi, A. La Rosa, G. G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, P. LoJacono
Improvement of Energy Resolution in Geiger- Mode APD Arrays Using Curve-Fitting of Signal Decay.....................................................................................................................................................691
I. N. Weinberg, P. Stepanov, A. S. Weinberg, P. Abshire, M. P. Dandin, K. H. Wong, P. Cheng, S. K. Mun
Response of a PIN diode and SOI Microdosimeter to the TSL Quasimonoenergetic Neutron Field ...................................................................................................................................................694
D. A. Prokopovich, I. M. Cornelius, M. I. Reinhard, A. B. Rosenfeld
N08 GASEOUS DETECTORS II – LARGE AREA DETECTORS The Forward GEM Tracker of STAR at RHIC ...........................................................................................698
F. Simon, J. Balewski, R. Fatemi, D. Hasell, J. Kelsey, R. Majka, B. Page, M. Plesko, D. Underwood, N. Smirnov, J. Sowinski, H. Spinka, B. Surrow, G. Visser
A Large Area Gem Detector ..........................................................................................................................701S. Duarte Pinto, E. David, R. D. Oliveira, L. Ropelewski, I. Brock, M. Alfonsi, G. Croci, F. Sauli, M. V. Stenis, B. -E. Pinchasik
Large Surface MicroMegas with Embedded Front-End Electronics for a Digital Hadronic Calorimeter......................................................................................................................................................708
C. Adloff
Study of Aging in BaBar RPCs ......................................................................................................................711G. Cibinetto
N09 INSTRUMENTATIONS FOR RADIATION APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE II Characterization of an In-beam PET Prototype for Proton Therapy with Different Target Composition .....................................................................................................................................................717
A. Del Guerra, F. Attanasi, N. Belcari, S. Moehrs, V. Rosso, S. Vecchio, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, P. Lojacono, S. Romano, N. Lanconelli
A Novel X-ray Imaging Technique Based on Coded Apertures Making Phase Contrast Imaging Feasible with Conventional Sources ...............................................................................................722
A. Olivo, R. Speller
DEI-based Phase-contrast Tomosynthetic Experiment on Biological Samples with High Resolution X-ray CCD Camera .....................................................................................................................726
K. Kang, Z. Huang, P. Zhu, L. Zhang
Hybrid Dose Calculation with a Pencil Beam Algorithm and a GEANT4 Simulation for Hadron Therapy Application .........................................................................................................................730
T. Aso, S. Kameoka, T. Nishio, A. Kimura, K. Murakami, T. Sasaki, T. Yamashita
Dose Distributions in Phantoms with Different Dimensions Exposed to BNCT Epithermal Neutron Beam: Measurements and Calculations .........................................................................................734
G. Bartesaghi, J. Burian, M. Carrara, G. Gambarini, M. Marek, A. Negri, L. Viererbl
Measurement of the Fragmentation of Carbon Nuclei Used in Hadron Therapy.....................................737G. De Lellis
N10 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE INSTRUMENTATION I-GAMMA AND HIGH-ENERGY DETECTORS POLAR: a Novel Gamma-ray Burst Polarimeter ........................................................................................741
E. Suarez-Garcia, D. Haas
A New Trigger Provides a Lower Energy Threshold for the MAGIC Cherenkov Telescope ..................747M. Rissi, A. N. Otte, M. Shayduk, T. Schweizer
N11 ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS I A Novel Output Baseline Holder Circuit for CMOS Front-End Analog Channels ..................................751
F. Corsi, M. Foresta, C. Marzocca, G. Matarrese, A. Tauro
MSGCROC - an ASIC for High Count Rate Readout of Position Sensitive Microstrip Gas Chambers for Thermal Neutrons ..................................................................................................................757
P. Wiacek, A. Brogna, S. Buzzetti, W. Dabrowski, T. Fiutowski, B. Gebauer, B. Mindur, C. Schmidt, C. Schulz, H. K. Soltveit, R. Szczygiel, U. Trunk
VFAT2 : a Front-end "system on Chip" Providing Fast Trigger Information and Digitized Data Storage for the Charge Sensitive Readout of Multi-channel Silicon and Gas Particle Detectors. .........................................................................................................................................................764
P. Aspell, G. Anelli, P. Chalmet, J. Kaplon, K. Kloukinas, H. Mugnier, W. Snoeys
A Fast Binary Front-End ASIC for the RICH Detector of the COMPASS Experiment at CERN ...............................................................................................................................................................770
A. Rivetti, M. Chiosso, O. Cobanoglu, G. Mazza, D. Panzieri
A Custom 12-bit Cyclic ADC for the Electromagnetic Calorimeter of the International Linear Collider ................................................................................................................................................776
P. Gay, S. Manen, L. Royer
A Low Power 12-bit and 25-MS/s Pipelined ADC for the ILC / Ecal Integrated Readout.......................781F. Rarbi
Design and Performance of the 6 GHz Waveform Digitizing Chip DRS4 .................................................787S. Ritt
N12 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS I New Developments for CMOS SSPMs ..........................................................................................................791
E. B. Johnson, C. Stapels, E. Chapman, D. Wehe, F. Augustine, P. Barton, J. Christian
Radiation Damage Studies on SiPMs for Calorimetry at the Super LHC .................................................798A. H. Heering, J. Rohlf, E. Hazen, S. Los, J. Freeman, C. Piemonte, Y. Musienko
NMR NSS/MIC/RTSD JOINT SESSION Towards Direct Conversion Detectors for Medical Imaging with X-Rays.................................................802
M. Overdick, C. Bäumer, C. Herrmann, M. Simon, R. Steadman, G. Zeitler, K. -J. Engel
PICASSO: A Silicon Microstrip Detector for Mammography with Synchrotron Radiation...................811L. Rigon, F. Arfelli, A. Bergamaschi, D. Dreossi, R. Longo, R. H. Menk, G. Orzan, B. Schmitt, E. Vallazza, E. Castelli
Basic Characteristics of a Newly Developed Si/CdTe Compton Camera for Medical Imaging ............................................................................................................................................................815
N. Kawachi, S. Watanabe, T. Satoh, K. Arakawa, S. Takeda, S. Ishikawa, H. Aono, M. Yamaguchi, T. Takahashi, H. Shimada, Y. Yoshida, Y. Suzuki, H. Sakurai, T. Nakano
N13 NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION I Development of GEM Based Digital Hadron Calorimeter ..........................................................................819
J. Yu
Commissioning and Calibration of the Zero Degree Calorimeters for the ALICE Experiment ......................................................................................................................................................824
N. De Marco
The Performance of the LHCb RICH Detectors ..........................................................................................829S. Easo
Prototype of a DIRC-barrel for the PANDA Experiment ...........................................................................831R. Hohler, D. Lehmann, K. Peters, G. Schepers, C. Schwarz, C. Sfienti, W. Koenig, M. Palka, M. Traxler
Front-End Electronics of the Hades RPC Wall: Full Sector Test...............................................................836A. Gil, D. Belver, P. Cabanelas, E. Castro, J. Díaz, J. A. Garzón, D. González-Díaz, W. Koenig, M. Traxler
N14 SYNCHROTRON RADIATION AND FEL INSTRUMENTATION A Low Energy X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer for Elemental Mapping X-Ray Microscopy.......................................................................................................................................................839
A. Longoni, R. Alberti, T. Klakta, A. Gianoncelli, D. Bacescu, B. Kaulich, C. Guazzoni
Femtosecond Radiation Experiment Detector for X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) Coherent X-ray Imaging.................................................................................................................................842
H. T. Philipp, L. J. Koerner, M. S. Hromalik, M. W. Tate, S. M. Gruner
XAMPS Prototypes for the X-ray Pump Probe Instruments at the LCLS ................................................847G. A. Carini, W. Chen, A. Dragone, J. Fried, J. Jakoncic, A. Kuczweski, Z. Li, J. Mead, R. Michta, J. -F. Pratte, P. Rehak, D. P. Siddons
Large Format X-ray Imager with Mega-Frame Readout Capability for XFEL, based on the DEPFET Active Pixel Sensor ...................................................................................................................853
M. Porro, L. Andricek, A. Castoldi, C. Fiorini, P. Fischer, H. Graafsma, K. Hansen, A. Kugel, G. Lutz, U. Pietsch, V. Re, L. Strueder
N15 RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS ON DETECTION MATERIALS I Radiation Induced Point- and Cluster - Related Defects with Strong Impact to Damage Properties of Silicon Detectors .......................................................................................................................862
I. Pintilie, E. Fretwurst, A. Junkes, G. Lindstroem
Observation of Gamma Irradiation-Induced Suppression of Reverse Annealing in Neutron Irradiated MCZ Si Detectors .........................................................................................................................872
Z. Li, R. Gul, J. Harkonen, J. Kierstead, J. Metcalfe, S. Seidel
N16 MONTE CARLO CODES AND TECHNOLOGY The Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC): A Resource for Nuclear Science Applications .........................................................................................................................875
B. L. Kirk
The Impact of Technological Research Through an Analysis of Literature ..............................................878M. G. Pia, T. Basaglia, Z. W. Bell, P. V. Dressendorfer, J. Vigen
The FLUKA Code, Galactic Cosmic Ray and Solar Energetic Particle Events: from Fundamental Physics to Space Radiation and Commercial Aircraft Doses ..............................................884
G. Battistoni
M1 NSS/MIC JOINT SESSION I A High Bandwidth Preamplifier for SiPM-Based TOF PET Scintillation Detectors................................891
S. Seifert, D. R. Schaart, H. T. van Dam, J. Huizenga, R. Vinke, P. Dendooven, H. Löhner, F. J. Beekman
Silicon Photomultiplier as an Alternative for APD in PET/MRI Applications .........................................895A. Nassalski, M. Moszyński, A. Syntfeld-Każuch, T. Szczęśniak, L. Świderski, D. Wolski, T. Batsch, J. Baszak
Evaluation of Arrays of Silicon Photomultipliers for Beta Imaging...........................................................901E. S. Heckathorne, L. A. Tiefer, F. Daghighian, M. Dahlbom
Potentials for Large Axial Field of View Positron Camera Systems ..........................................................907L. A. Eriksson, D. W. Townsend, M. Conti, C. L. Melcher, M. Eriksson, B. W. Jakoby, H. Rothfuss, M. E. Casey, B. Bendriem
Design and Performance of Liquid Xenon Detectors for PET ....................................................................912A. Muennich, P. Amaudruz, D. Bryman, L. Kurchaninov, P. Lu, C. Marshall, J. P. Martin, F. Retiere, A. Sher, V. Sossi
N17 NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION II GEANT4 Simulation of a New 4π Sum-Spin Spectrometer at TIFR..........................................................915
A. K. Gourishetty, I. Mazumdar, D. A. Gothe
The Front End Readout of the Focal Plane Detector (FPD) of KATRIN...................................................918L. Petzold, J. Amsbaugh, T. Buritt, J. Formaggio, H. Gemmeke, M. Leber, H. Robertson, M. Steidl, T. V. Wechel, J. F. Wilkerson, S. Wüstling
Characterization of Large Frustum CsI(Tl) Crystals for the R3B Calorimeter .......................................924M. Gascón, H. Alvarez-Pol, J. Benlliure, E. Casarejos, D. Cortina, I. Durán
Detector Developments for the Hypernuclear Programme at PANDA......................................................930P. Achenbach, A. Sanchez Lorente, J. Pochodzalla, S. Sanchez
Position-, Spectral- and Time-sensitive Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments with TimePix Pixel Detectors .................................................................................................................................................934
C. Granja, J. Jakubek, Y. Kopatch, S. Pospisil, S. A. Telezhnikov, Z. Vykydal
N18 DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS: ANALYSIS METHODS An Efficient Algorithm for Spatial Localization of Multiple Events from Detector Arrays in FPGA Devices..............................................................................................................................................936
A. Abba, A. Manenti, A. Suardi, C. Fiorini, A. Geraci
Digital Delay Line Shaping-Zero Crossing Algorithm for Timestamp Extraction in PET ......................940J. D. Martinez, J. M. Monzo, J. Toledo, V. Herrero, A. Sebastia, J. M. Benlloch, N. Ferrando, R. Esteve, C. W. Lerche
Maximum Likelihood Estimation Techniques for High Rate, High Throughput Digital Pulse Processing. .............................................................................................................................................943
P. A. B. Scoullar, R. J. Evans
Time Profile Analysis of Signals from the DREAM Dual Read-out Calorimeter with the Domino Ring Sampler (DRS) .........................................................................................................................948
M. Incagli
The ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter: Online Energy and Time Calculation.......................................953B. Laforge
Unifying the Approach to Histogram Visualisation in ATLAS the Online Histogram Presenter ..........................................................................................................................................................957
P. Adragna, D. Carpana, D. Cimino, A. Dotti, R. A. Vitillo
N19 RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS ON DETECTION MATERIALS II Characteristics of the Irradiated Hamamatsu p-Bulk Silicon Microstrip Sensors ...................................961
K. Hara, H. Hatano, T. Meguro, S. Mitsui, T. Okuyama, M. Yamada, Y. Ikegami, T. Kohriki, S. Terada, Y. Unno, K. Yamamura, S. Kamada
Investigation of 3D Silicon Microstrip Detectors for the sLHC ..................................................................966S. Kühn, G. -F. Dalla Betta, S. Eckert, K. Jakobs, U. Parzefall, S. Ronchin, A. Zoboli, N. Zorzi
Measurement of the Current Related Damage Rate at –50° C and Consequences on Macropixel Detector Operation in Space Experiments ...............................................................................972
G. Segneri, C. Brown, J. Carpenter, B. Kuhnle, T. Lauf, P. Lechner, G. Lutz, S. Rummel, L. Strueder, J. F. Treis, C. Whitford
N20 SOFTWARE FOR DETECTORS MarlinTPC: A Common Software Framework for TPC Development .....................................................979
M. Killenberg, J. Abernathy, K. Dehmelt, R. Diener, J. Hunt, M. E. Janssen, T. Krautscheid, A. Muennich, M. Ummenhofer, A. Vogel, P. Wienemann, S. Zimmermann, J. Engels
Alignment of the ATLAS Inner Detector ......................................................................................................984B. D. Cooper
Tracking Stations Alignment with Kalman Tracks at LHCB.....................................................................989A. Hicheur, L. Nicolas, W. Hulsbergen, M. D. Needham, J. M. Amoraal, G. H. Raven
Vertex Reconstruction in the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC ..................................................................995A. Wildauer, E. Bouhova-Thacker, T. Koffas, W. Liebig, M. Limper, G. Piacquadio, K. Prokofiev, C. Weiser, V. Kostyukhin
Alignment and Monitoring of ATLAS Muon Spectrometer .....................................................................1003B. Resende
A New Technique for Simultaneous Beta and Gamma Spectroscopy Based on Wavelet Analysis of Pulse Shapes ...............................................................................................................................1008
S. Yousefi, L. Lucchese
NM2 NSS/MIC JOINT SESSION II New Structures for High Resolution THz-Imaging in Medical Applications ..........................................1016
G. Staats, U. Schade
Edge-on Semiconductor X-ray Detectors - Towards High-rate Counting Computed Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................1023
E. Roessl, J. -P. Schlomka, R. Proksa
Radiation Detectors Based on Silicon Monolithic Telescope in Medical Applications............................1027A. Fazzi, S. Agosteo, M. V. Introini, A. Pola, V. Varoli
3D Dosimetry of High Intensity Therapeutic Electron Beams ..................................................................1033E. Lamanna, A. S. Fiorillo, A. Trapasso, R. Vena, A. Berdondini, M. Bettuzzi, R. Brancaccio, F. Casali, M. P. Morigi, H. Bilokon, G. Barca, F. Castrovillari, Y. F. T. Siaka
High Spatial and Energy Resolution Gamma Imaging Based on LaBr3(Ce) Continuous Crystals ..........................................................................................................................................................1038
R. Pani, F. Vittorini, R. Pellegrini, P. Bennati, M. N. Cinti, R. Scafè, S. Lo Meo, F. Navarria, G. Moschini, V. Orsolini Cencelli, F. de Notaristefani, M. Mattioli, P. Boccaccio
N21 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE INSTRUMENTATION II – X-RAY DETECTORS Fast DEPFET Read-out for the SIMBOL-X Low Energy Detector .........................................................1047
L. Bombelli, C. Fiorini, A. Ricca, M. Porro, S. Herrmann, A. Wassatsch, J. Treis
DEPFET Macropixel Arrays as Focal Plane Instrumentation for SIMBOL-X and MIXS on BepiColombo .................................................................................................................................................1053
J. Treis, P. Lechner, L. Andricek, F. Aschauer, K. Heinzinger, S. Herrmann, T. Lauf, G. Lutz, R. H. Richter, M. Porro, G. Schaller, M. Schnecke, G. Segneri, F. Schopper, H. Soltau, L. Strüder
Planar Array Technology for the Fabrication of Germanium X-Ray Microcalorimeters .....................1064U. Lo Cicero, C. Arnone, M. Barbera, A. Collura, G. Lullo, S. Varisco
N22 NUCLEAR MEASUREMENTS AND MONITORING TECHNIQUES I: LOW BACKGROUND The MAJORANA Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment .............................................................1068
V. E. Guiseppe
Low-background Multi-HPGe Spectrometer TGV II Used for the Study of Double Electron Capture of 106Cd.............................................................................................................................1074
I. Stekl
Experimental Set-up for Gamma-Activity Measurements of Astromaterials .........................................1077P. Colombetti, C. Taricco, N. Bhandari, A. Romero, N. Verma, G. Vivaldo
Calorimetric Measurement of the First Excited State Lifetime in 7Li......................................................1081I. D. Hau, T. Niedermayr, S. Friedrich
N23 ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS II A Multi-channel ASIC for the Readout of the HICAM Gamma Camera ...............................................1085
A. Gola, L. Bombelli, C. Fiorini, T. Frizzi, G. Membretti, R. Nava, R. Peloso
DIRAC: A DIgital Readout Asic for hAdronic Calorimeter .....................................................................1090R. Gaglione
Low-Power Amplifier-Discriminators for High Time Resolution Detection ...........................................1095M. Despeisse, F. Osmic, P. Jarron, S. Tiuraniemi, P. Riedler, A. Kluge, A. Ceccucci, F. Anghinolfi
Development of Waveform Multiplexing CMOS ASIC with Decay Time Modulation for Pixellated Detectors.......................................................................................................................................1102
B. Shi, K. Shimazoe, T. Fujiwara, H. Takahashi, J. Ooi, Y. Kumazawa
Performance of ASTEROID: a 64 Channel ASIC for Source Follower Readout of DEPFET Matrices for X-ray Astronomy ....................................................................................................1105
M. Porro, G. De Vita, S. Herrmann, T. Lauf, A. Wassatsch, J. Treis, L. Bombelli, C. Fiorini
RG64 - High Count Rate Multichannel ASIC with Energy Window Selection for X-ray Imaging Applications ....................................................................................................................................1111
R. Szczygiel, P. Grybos, P. Maj, A. Tsukiyama, K. Matsushita, T. Taguchi
N24 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS II Development of Large Area APDs for the PANDA EMC readout ...........................................................1118
A. Wilms
N25 TRIGGER AND FRONT-END SYSTEMS I The ALICE Dimuon Spectrometer High Level Trigger ............................................................................1121
A. K. Szostak
First Data with the ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger .........................................................................1126R. Achenbach, P. Adragna, M. Aharrouche, V. Andrei, B. Asman, B. M. Barnett, B. Bauss, M. Bendel, C. Bohm, J. R. A. Booth, J. Bracinik, I. P. Brawn, D. G. Charlton, J. T. Childers, N. J. Collins, C. J. Curtis, A. O. Davis, S. Eckweiler, E. Eisenhandler, P. J. W. Faulkner, J. E. Fleckner, F. Fohlisch, M. P. Gallacher, C. N. P. Gee, A. R. Gillman, M. Groll, D. R. Hadley, P. Hanke, S. Hellman, A. Hidvegi, S. J. Hillier, M. Johansen, E. E. Kluge, T. Kuhl, M. Landon, V. Lendermann, J. N. Lilley, K. Mahboubi, G. Mahout, K. Meier, C. Goringer, R. P. Middleton, T. Moa, J. D. Morris, F. Muller, A. Neusiedl, C. Ohm, B. Oltmann, V. J. O. Perera, D. P. F. Prieur, W. Qian, S. Rieke, F. Ruhr, D. P. C. Sankey, U. Schafer, K. Schmitt, H. C. Schultz-Coulon, S. Silverstein, J. Sjolin, R. J. Staley, R. Stamen, M. C. Stockton, C. L. A. Tan, S. Tapprogge, J. P. Thomas, P. D. Thompson, P. M. Watkins, A. Watson, P. Weber, M. Wessels, M. Wildt
Study of the Performances of the Level-1 Trigger System for Muons in the Barrel of ATLAS with Cosmic Rays ............................................................................................................................1134
F. Pastore
The CMS High Level Trigger: Commissioning and First Operation with LHC Beams.........................1139M. Felcini, M. Zanetti
Commissioning and Performance of the CMS Global Calorimeter Trigger ...........................................1146A. Tapper
PMF: the Front End Electronic of the ALFA Detector .............................................................................1149P. Barrillon, S. Blin, C. Cheikali, C. Dominique, F. Daniel, G. Michel, H. Matthieu, W. Iwanski, C. de la Taille, B. Lavigne, P. Puzo, J. -L. Socha
N26 NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION I: NEUTRON DETECTORS Thermal Neutron Detectors with Discrete Anode Pad Readout ...............................................................1153
B. Yu, N. A. Schaknowski, G. C. Smith, G. De Geronimo, E. O. Vernon, L. G. Clonts, C. L. Britton, S. S. Frank
A Compact Neutron Detector Based on the Use of a SiPM Detector........................................................1157M. A. Foster, D. Ramsden
Development of Very High Rate and Resolution Neutron Detectors with Novel Readout and DAQ Hard- and Software in DETNI....................................................................................................1162
S. S. Alimov, A. Borga, A. Brogna, S. Buzzetti, F. Casinini, W. Dabrowski, T. Fiutowski, B. Gebauer, G. Kemmerling, M. Klein, B. Mindur, G. Modzel, C. Petrillo, F. Sacchetti, C. J. Schmidt, H. K. Soltveit, K. S. Solvag, R. Szczygiel, C. Schulz, C. Thielmann, U. Trunk, P. Wiacek, T. Wilpert
Characterization of the High-Efficiency Neutron Detector Array (HENDA) .........................................1176P. B. Ugorowski, C. M. Henderson, S. Bellinger, W. L. Dunn, L. M. Crow, W. J. McNeil, R. D. Taylor, D. S. McGregor
N27 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: TRACKERS I Aging Effects and Operational Experience with the CDF Run II Silicon Detector.................................1179
U. Husemann
A Novel Technique for the Reconstruction and Simulation of Hits in the CMS Pixel Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................1184
V. Chiochia, M. Swartz, D. Fehling, G. Giurgiu, P. Maksimovic
Commissioning the ATLAS Silicon Microstrip Tracker ...........................................................................1188P. Johansson
Results from the Commissioning of the ATLAS Pixel Detector................................................................1193I. Ibragimov
Digital Architecture and Interface of the New ATLAS Pixel Front-End IC for Upgraded LHC Luminosity............................................................................................................................................1198
D. Arutinov
Edge Characterization of 3D Silicon Sensors after Bump-Bonding with the ATLAS Pixel Readout Chip.................................................................................................................................................1204
O. M. Røhne
N28 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE INSTRUMENTATION III – SOLID STATE AND GAS DETECTORS One Year of In-orbit Operation of the AGILE Payload ............................................................................1210
C. Labanti, M. Prest, M. Feroci, F. Perotti, A. Argan, M. Tavani, E. Al.
Performance of Thin-Window Silicon Drift Detectors ..............................................................................1219C. A. Carini, W. Chen, G. De Geronimo, J. Fried, J. A. Gaskin, J. Keister, Z. Li, B. D. Ramsey, P. Rehak, D. P. Siddons
In Orbit Performance and Observations of the Silicon Strip Experiment SuperAGILE .......................1226M. Feroci, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta
Basic properties of Gas Electron Multipliers for Cosmic X-Ray Polarimeters .......................................1234T. Iwahashi, T. Tamagawa, A. Hayato, A. Harayama, N. Yasuda, H. Kitamura, F. Tokanai, H. Sakurai, K. Makishima, K. Abe, S. Iwamoto, S. Nakamura
N29 GRID COMPUTING The Commissioning of CMS Computing Centres in the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid.................1238
A. Sciabà, J. Flix, S. Belforte, A. Fanfani, I. Fisk, N. Magini, V. Miccio, J. Hernandez, F. Würthwein, J. Letts, J. Klem, S. Padhi, P. Saiz
StoRM: a Flexible Solution for Storage Resource Manager in Grid ........................................................1246R. Zappi, L. Magnoni, A. Ghiselli
Distributed Computing and Data Analysis in the CMS Experiment........................................................1254P. K. Kreuzer, D. Spiga
A Comparison of Data-Access Platforms for the Computing of BaBar Experiment at the Italian Tier1 ...................................................................................................................................................1259
A. Fella, L. Li Gioi, D. Andreotti, E. Luppi, V. Sapunenko
N30 NSS POSTER SESSION II PSD Read-out Electronics Development for the New Exed Experiment at the Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin (HZB)...................................................................................................................................1266
S. P. Boenisch, B. Namaschk, F. Wulf
An ASIC for Multi-Energy X-ray Counting ...............................................................................................1271S. Mikkelsen, D. Meier, G. E. Maehlum, P. Oya, B. M. Sundal, J. Talebi
Digital Part of PARISROC: a Photomultiplier Array Readout Chip ......................................................1277F. Dulucq, C. de la Taille, G. Martin-chassard, S. Conforti, W. Wei
Time to Digital Converter Implementation on a Configurable Digital Processor for BaF2 Scintillation Detector Events ........................................................................................................................1281
S. Scarpaci, S. Brambilla, F. Camera, B. Million, S. Riboldi, A. Geraci, M. Cuccarese, S. Caramanno
Experimental Results from an Analog Front-End Channel for Silicon Photomultiplier Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................1285
F. Corsi, M. Foresta, C. Marzocca, G. Matarrese, A. Del Guerra
Nuclear Pulse Height Measurement Using FPGA Techniques .................................................................1290P. C. Tsao, H. P. Chou
PADI, a fast Preamplifier - Discriminator for Time-of-Flight Measurements ........................................1293M. Ciobanu, N. Herrmann, K. D. Hildenbrand, M. Kis, A. Schüttauf
A Charge Sensitive Amplifier for Time and Energy Measurements ........................................................1300M. Ciobanu, N. Herrmann, K. D. Hildenbrad, M. Kis, T. I. Kang, A. Schüttauf
CASA: a Readout ASIC for Gas Detectors with Self-Amplification ........................................................1304Z. Deng, Y. Liu, Y. Li
A Low-Power-Consumption, Supply-Noise- Insensitive Charge Pump PLL with a Voltage Regulator for On-chip Clock Generating in MAPS at STAR Experiment ..............................................1307
Q. Sun, A. S. Brogna, C. Hu-Guo, Y. Hu
A New Clamp Amplifier Suitable for PET Scanner's Front-end Electronics Based on Integrated Circuit..........................................................................................................................................1315
T. Furumiya, J. Ohi, Y. Kumazawa
Low Overdrive Voltage and Low Current Compact Comparator for a Diamond Dosimeter ASIC ...............................................................................................................................................................1318
F. Petullà, F. de Notaristefani, V. Orsolini Cencelli, A. Fabbri, E. D'Abramo, D. Riondino, M. Marinelli, G. Verona
Portable Gamma and Neutron Radiation Dosimeter Reader ...................................................................1323P. Krasinski, D. Makowski, B. Mukherjee, S. Simrock, A. Napieralski
Low Noise Power Supply System for the Front-End Electronics of the HADES RPC Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................1327
A. Gil, D. Belver, P. Cabanelas, E. Castro, J. Díaz, J. A. Garzón, D. González-Díaz, W. Koenig, V. Stankova, M. Traxler
A Cryogenic Low-noise JFET-CMOS Preamplifier for the HPGe Detectors of GERDA ......................1331A. Pullia, F. Zocca, S. Riboldi, D. Budjas, A. D'Andragora, C. Cattadori
Signal Deconvolution Concept Combined with Cubic Spline Interpolation to Improve Timing with Phoswich PET Detectors.........................................................................................................1336
H. Semmaoui, M. -A. Tétrault, R. Lecomte, R. Fontaine
A 16 Channel NIM Module for a Complete Processing of Fast Scintillator Signals ...............................1343C. Boiano, R. Bassini, F. Camera, B. Million, O. Wieland, A. Giaz
Test of a Fully Integrated CMOS Preamplifier for HPGe Detectors .......................................................1346S. Riboldi, A. Pullia, F. Zocca, A. D'Andragora, D. Budjas, C. Cattadori
A High Voltage CCD Sensor Control Chip for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) ............................................................................................................................................................1349
Z. Ning, B. J. Blalock, M. N. Ericson, J. Oliver, R. Van Berg, P. O'Connor, C. L. Britton
Optimization of a Time-over-Threshold Preamplifier for High Purity Germanium Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................1354
A. Pullia, F. Zocca
An Auto-zero Charge Preamplifier with "cold" Discharge Mechanism for Ionising Radiation Sensors..........................................................................................................................................1359
A. Pullia, F. Zocca
In-the-Flash Pulse Shape Discrimination with Liquid Scintillators .........................................................1362K. D. Ianakiev, B. W. Blackburn, P. Hausladen, A. W. Hunt, J. T. Johnson, J. L. Jones, R. W. Williams, J. T. Mihalzo, C. E. Moss
A Very Low Power and Low Signal 5 Bit 50 M Samples/s Double Sampling Pipelined ADC for Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors in High Energy Physics and Biomedical Imaging Applications ...................................................................................................................................................1366
M. Dahoumane, J. Bouvier, D. Dzahini, L. Gallin-Martel, J. -Y. Hostachy, E. Lagorio, Y. Hu
An Investigation of Shaper Circuit Optimization for Digitally Pulse Processing in PET.......................1373B. Zhang, Q. Xie, N. Guo, X. Wang, J. Zhu, W. Cao, Y. Zhang
An 8K Pulse Height Analyzer and Multi-Channel Scaler with the USB, Ethernet and Wireless Interfaces Featuring Internal Backup File System .....................................................................1378
Z. Guzik, S. Borsuk, R. Marcinkowski, M. Płominski, J. Szewiński, K. Traczyk
Performance of a High Speed and High Density Data Acquisition System for Multiple Gamma-ray Detection...................................................................................................................................1382
A. Kimura, Y. Toh, K. Furutaka, M. Koizumi, T. Kin, M. Oshima
Design and Implementation of BESIII Online Farm .................................................................................1387F. Li, K. Zhu, L. Wang, Y. Liu
High-precision Time-to-Digital Converters in a FPGA device..................................................................1389A. Aloisio, P. Branchini, R. Cicalese, R. Giordano, V. Izzo, S. Loffredo
Research and Design of DAQ System for Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment...............................1394X. Ji, F. Li, M. Ye, Y. An, K. Zhu, Y. Wang
Data Acquisition System for a Large TPC..................................................................................................1397G. W. P. De Lentdecker
Performance of the Read-Out Driver for the RPCs Muon Spectrometer of the ATLAS Experiment. ...................................................................................................................................................1399
M. Della Pietra, A. Aloisio, L. Capasso, F. Cevenini, D. della Volpe, V. Izzo
Startup and Shutdown Thermal Modeling of a Pressurized Water Reactor Simulator.........................1405D. R. Osborne, L. F. Miller
A Novel Modular and Flexible Readout Electronics for Photon Imaging Applications .........................1407A. G. Argentieri, E. Cisbani, S. Colilli, F. Cusanno, R. De Leo, R. Fratoni, F. Garibaldi, F. Giuliani, M. Gricia, M. Lucentini, M. L. Magliozzi, P. Musico, F. Santavenere, S. Torrioli, M. Marra, G. Vacca
High-Speed, Fixed-Latency Serial Links with FPGAs...............................................................................1412A. Aloisio, F. Cevenini, R. Giordano, V. Izzo
A Modular DAQ System for Ultra-fast Sampling for Application in High Energy and Astroparticle Physics ....................................................................................................................................1418
M. Bitossi, R. Paoletti, R. G. Pegna, R. Cecchi
The Upgrade of the Multiwire Drift Chamber Readout of the HADES Experiment at GSI .................1421A. Tarantola, I. Froehlich, B. Kolb, J. Michel, C. Muentz, M. Palka, H. Stroebele, J. Stroth, M. Traxler, J. Wuestenfeld
Online Data Quality Monitoring Tools of LHCb .......................................................................................1425O. Callot, M. Frank, C. Gaspar, G. Graziani, E. V. Herwijnen, B. Jost, N. Neufeld, M. Pepe-Altarelli, S. Péter
AGILE WebMon: Monitoring the AGILE Payload Through the WEB ..................................................1428A. Bulgarelli, M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti, F. Fuschino, C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, G. Di Cocco
Flexible DAQ System for Pixel Detectors....................................................................................................1434M. Battaglia, D. Bisello, D. Contarato, P. Giubilato, D. Pantano, M. Tessaro, T. Tanabe
Bringing a Control System to the Web - a Middle layer Control System Bridge Service.......................1439C. C. W. Robson, C. Bohm, K. Rehlich, R. Kammering
Data Analysis for Characterizing pnCCDs .................................................................................................1441R. Andritschke, G. Hartner, P. Holl, N. Meidinger, L. Strüder, R. Hartmann
Performance of the Final Data-Logging System of the Trigger and Data Acquisition for the ATLAS Experiment at CERN......................................................................................................................1448
A. Battaglia, H. P. Beck, K. Kordas, W. Vandelli, M. Dobson, S. Gadomski
Readout and Timing System Prototypes for DETNI .................................................................................1455G. Kemmerling, A. Borga, W. Erven, B. Gebauer, C. Schulz, C. Thielmann
RUIN - Rapid Universal Interface for Medipix detector ...........................................................................1460M. Platkevic, J. Jakubek, Z. Vykydal
Status of the ATLAS Trigger System for LHC Startup ............................................................................1463J. I. Mamuzic
The Influence of GEM Readout Detector Gain on the Spatial Resolution of a GEM-TPC Prototype........................................................................................................................................................1468
Y. Li, H. Qi, Y. Gao, J. Li
Overview of the CMS Pixel Detector ...........................................................................................................1471G. B. Cerati
Curved Radiation Detector ..........................................................................................................................1475B. F. Phlips, M. Christophersen
Performance of the SiGe HBT 8HP and 8WL Technologies after High Dose/Fluence Radiation Exposure.......................................................................................................................................1481
J. S. Rice, M. Ullan, G. Brooijmans, J. D. Cressler, D. Damiani, S. Diez, T. Gadfort, A. A. Grillo, R. Hackenburg, G. Hare, A. Jones, J. Kierstead, W. Kononenko, I. Mandić, F. Martinez-McKinney, J. Metcalfe, F. M. Newcomer, J. A. Parsons, S. Phillips, S. Rescia, H. F. -W. Sadrozinski, A. Seiden, N. Spencer, H. Spieler, A. K. Sutton, Y. Tazawa, E. Wulf, M. Wilder
Thermal Runaway Characteristics of Silicon Microstrip Module Designed for ATLAS Upgrade Inner Tracker at Super LHC .......................................................................................................1486
S. Terada, T. Kohriki, Y. Unno, Y. Ikegami, K. Hara
Utilization of Double-Sided Silicon Strip Detectors within the PANDA Micro-Vertex-Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................1490
T. Würschig
A Tracking Fiber Detector based on Silicon Photomultipliers for the KAOS Spectrometer .................1495S. Sanchez, P. Achenbach, J. Pochodzalla
TPAC: A0.18 Micron MAPS for Digital Electromagnetic Calorimetry at the ILC ................................1499M. Stanitzki, J. A. Ballin, R. E. Coath, J. P. Crooks, P. D. Dauncey, A. -M. Magnan, Y. Mikami, O. Miller, M. Noy, V. Rajovic, K. D. Stefanov, R. Turchetta, M. Tyndel, E. G. Villani, N. K. Watson, J. A. Wilson
P-Terphenyl Deposited Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype ...................................................................1503Y. Onel
Muon Identi cation with the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Read-Out Driver for Level-2 Trigger Purposes ...........................................................................................................................................1509
A. Ruiz-Martinez
Calibration of a Highly Granular Hadronic Calorimeter with SiPM Readout .......................................1514F. Simon
Signal Transmission Studies for CALICE ECAL Prototype Slabs ..........................................................1518C. P. Barham, M. J. Goodrick, L. B. A. Hommels, R. J. Shaw, D. R. Ward, S. Sigurdsson
Integration Prototype of the CALICE Tile Hadron Calorimeter for the International Linear Collider ..............................................................................................................................................1523
M. Reinecke
The NA62 Liquid Krypton Calorimeter Data Acquisition Upgrade ........................................................1528B. Hallgren, A. Ceccucci, M. Piccini, H. Wendler
The Commissioning of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Light Monitoring System ....................1533T. J. Orimoto
The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter: Commissioning, Calibration and Preparation for Collisions................1536J. G. M. Saraiva
Drift-Time Calibration of the ATLAS Monitored Drift Tubes with a Precision Mini-Chamber ........................................................................................................................................................1541
D. S. Levin, N. Amram, M. ben Moshe, E. Etzion, T. Dai, E. B. Diehl, C. Feretti, J. Gregory, M. Kiesel, R. Thun, C. Weaverdyck, A. Wilson, B. Zhou
Measuring the Magnetic Field Inside the CMS Steel Yoke Elements ......................................................1545V. I. Klyukhin, A. Ball, D. Campi, B. Curé, D. Dattola, A. Gaddi, H. Gerwig, A. Hervé, R. Loveless, H. Reithler, R. P. Smith
Temperature Studies for ATLAS MDT BOS Chambers...........................................................................1549A. Engl, R. Hertenberger, O. Biebel, R. Mameghani, D. Merkl, F. Rauscher, D. Schaile, R. Ströhmer
Systematic Study of the Auto-Calibration of the Drift Tubes for Muon Tracking in the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC ..................................................................................................................1553
S. Di Luise
ATLAS Monitored Drift Tube Chambers in E = 11 MeV Neutron Background ....................................1559R. Hertenberger, T. A. Müller, A. Mlynek, O. Biebel, F. Rauscher, D. Merkl, T. Nunnemann, D. Schaile, R. Ströhmer
First Study of the Performance of the LHCb Muon System with Cosmic Rays......................................1563R. Nobrega
Aerogel at Colliders.......................................................................................................................................1567T. Bellunato, M. Calvi, C. Matteuzzi, M. Musy, D. L. Perego
Development of Fast Micron-Resolution Beam Position Monitors for Linear Collider Beam-Based Feedback Systems. ..................................................................................................................1573
P. N. Burrows, C. Swinson, B. Constance, R. Apsimon, C. Clarke, A. Hartin, C. Perry, H. Dabiri-Khah, J. Resta-Lopez, A. Kalinin, G. Christian
Beam Stop for Electron Accelerator Beam Characterisation ...................................................................1577G. Roach, V. Sharp, J. Tickner, J. Uher
The Brick Assembly Machine (BAM) for the OPERA Experiment in LNGS .........................................1581S. Buontempo, M. Dell'Era, B. D'Aquino, L. De Fascio, D. Orlandi, P. Paruta, T. Napolitano, C. Sirignano, E. Vanzanella
Photodetector Studies and Prototype Simulation of a Cherenkov Detector for an ILC Polarimeter ....................................................................................................................................................1588
C. Helebrant, D. Kaefer, J. List, C. Bartels
Development of the Muon Beam Monitor for the T2K Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment ....................................................................................................................................................1590
H. Kubo, K. Matsuoka, T. Nakaya, M. Yokoyama
Real-Time Beam Loss Monitoring System for the Injector of SSRF........................................................1594M. Zeng, B. Shao, L. Hou, Y. Li, J. Cai
Beam & Radiation Monitoring for CMS.....................................................................................................1597A. J. Bell
Radiation Damage Monitoring using Gamma-Camera at Cyclotron facility ..........................................1601H. Kim, G. Cho, J. Ahn, H. Jeon
Gamma Detector for the Shintake Monitor (IP Beam Size Monitor at ATF2)........................................1605M. Oroku, T. Yamanaka, Y. Kamiya, H. Yoda, T. Suehara, S. Komamiya, Y. Honda, T. Tauchi, N. Terunuma, T. Kume
Measurement of 14 MeV Neutron Flux from D-T Neutron Generator Using Activation Analysis ..........................................................................................................................................................1610
S. Jakhar, C. V. S. Rao, A. Shyam, B. Das
The Research on Neutron Dose Equivalent Meter for Pulse Neutron Radiation Field ..........................1614W. Wang, K. Kang, J. Li
First Measurements of the Inclined Boron Layer Thermal-Neutron Detector for Reflectometry ................................................................................................................................................1621
T. L. Van Vuure, L. G. Clonts, R. G. Cooper, J. D. Richards, R. A. Riedel, J. L. Robertson
Measurement of Variations in the Neutron Background at Sea using a Neutron Scatter Camera ...........................................................................................................................................................1625
P. A. Marleau, N. Mascarenhas, K. Krenz, S. Mrowka, J. Brennan
Evaluation of the ATLAS-MPX Devices for Neutron Field Spectral Composition Measurement in the ATLAS Experiment ...................................................................................................1628
Z. Vykydal, J. Bouchami, M. Campbell, Z. Dolezal, M. Fiederle, D. Greiffenberg, A. Gutierrez, E. Heijne, T. Holy, J. Idarraga, J. Jakubek, V. Kral, M. Kralik, C. Lebel, C. Leroy, X. Llopart, D. Maneuski, M. Nessi, V. O'Shea, M. Platkevic, S. Pospisil, V. Sochor, J. Solc, M. Suk, L. Tlustos, P. Vichoudis, J. Visschers, I. Wilhelm, J. Zemlicka
Observation of Neutron-induced Signals Using Two-dimensional Micro-pixel Gas Chamber ........................................................................................................................................................1633
K. Toh, H. Yamagishi, K. Sakasai, T. Nakamura, K. Soyama
Requirements and Ideas for the Neutron Instrumentation of the IFMIF Test Facilities .......................1637D. Rapisarda, Á. García, Á. Ibarra, F. Mota
Measurement of Detection Efficiency Using Pb-scintillating Fiber Sampling KLOE Calorimeter for Neutrons Between 22 and 174 MeV .................................................................................1643
B. Sciascia
The Planar Silicon p-i-n Diodes As Sensors of Fast Neutrons...................................................................1648I. E. Anokhin, A. Rosenfeld, O. Zinets
Further Study of Boron-10 Loaded Liquid Scintillators for Detection of Fast and Thermal Neutrons .........................................................................................................................................................1653
L. Swiderski, M. Moszynski, D. Wolski, T. Szczesniak, T. Batsch, F. Kniest, M. R. Kusner, G. Pausch, J. Stein, W. Klamra, P. Schotanus, C. Hurlbut
Evaluation of Silicon Monolithic APS as a Neutron Detector ...................................................................1658D. Maneuski, L. Eklund, M. Kralik, A. Laing, V. O'Shea, S. Pospisil, Z. Vykydal
A Novel Wavelet-Based Method for Neutron/Gamma Discrimination in Liquid Scintillators ....................................................................................................................................................1662
S. Yousefi, L. Lucchese, M. D. Aspinall
Testing a Silicon Photomultiplier Time-of-Flight (TOF) System in Fermilab Test Beam Facility............................................................................................................................................................1667
A. Ronzhin, E. Ramberg, M. Albrow, J. Vavra, H. Frisch, T. Natoli, C. Ertley, H. Kim, A. Kobach, F. Tang, S. Wilbur, J. -F. Genat, E. May, K. Byrum, J. Anderson, G. Drake
Study of Timing Properties of Silicon Photomultipiers .............................................................................1670A. Ronzhin, M. Demarteau, S. Los, E. Ramberg
Fast X-ray Spectroscopy using Si-drift Detectors ......................................................................................1675K. Hansen, C. Reckleben, I. Diehl, H. Klär, E. Welter
Signal Evolution in Semiconductor Radiation Detectors...........................................................................1678V. Polushkin
Simulation of the Focusing DIRC Optics with Mathematica ....................................................................1683J. Va'vra
MISTI Imaging and Source Localization....................................................................................................1688E. A. Wulf, B. F. Phlips, W. N. Johnson, B. Leas, L. J. Mitchell
Assessment of Novel Transition Metal Oxide Radiation Detectors ..........................................................1693A. M. Subahi, G. J. Royle, J. A. Griffiths, R. D. Speller, J. Boardman
Characterization of a γ-Ray Detection System Based on a CsI(Tl) Scintillator Coupled to a Silicon PiN Diode...........................................................................................................................................1699
A. Fazzi, V. Varoli, G. U. Pignatel, F. Corsi, S. Carrato, G. -F. Dalla Betta, F. Garibaldi, A. Rossi
Monte Carlo Simulations of a Multi-Layer Semiconductor Gamma Photon Tracker ...........................1704J. Solc, J. Jakubek
The Degree of Enhancement in a Gamma-Ray Image Gleaned from Recoil-Electron Tracking .........................................................................................................................................................1708
M. D. Hammig
Development of an Automated Gamma-Imaging System for Nondestructive Testing of Welded Pipes and Its Performance Evaluation ..........................................................................................1715
H. S. Cho, S. Y. Lee, S. I. Choi, J. E. Oh, H. M. Cho, S. J. Lee, Y. O. Park, B. S. Lee, S. Kim, H. K. Kim
Development of Silica aerogel with refractive index gradient for RICH radiator ..................................1720Y. Ishii, I. Adachi, H. Kawai, Y. Saito, T. Sumiyoshi, M. Tabata, H. Yokogawa
Study of the Light Collection Efficiency in the CMS ECAL PbWO4 crystals .........................................1723A. Thea
Material Analysis Using Characteristic Transmission Spectra.................................................................1727D. Vavrik, J. Jakubek
Performance Evaluation of an Electron Veto Counter with Silica Aerogel of n < 1.003 ........................1731Y. Saito, Y. Ishii, H. Kawai, Y. Kon, K. Mase, T. Nakano, H. Nakayama, M. Tabata, Y. Tajima, H. Yoshida, M. Yosoi
Reconstruction of Incident X-ray Spectra Using the Medipix2 Detector .................................................1734P. Takoukam Talla, T. Michel, M. Firsching, J. Durst, G. Anton
Gamma-ray Spectroscopy with LaBr3:Ce Scintillation Crystal coupled to an Ultra High Quantum Efficiency PMT ............................................................................................................................1737
R. Pani, M. N. Cinti, R. Scafè, P. Bennati, R. Pellegnini, F. Vittorini, S. Ridolfi, S. Lo Meo, M. Mattioli, G. Baldazzi, G. Trotta, F. Navarria, G. Moschini, V. Orsolini Cencelli
Characterization of SiPM: Temperature Dependencies. ...........................................................................1742M. Ramilli
Timing and Cross-Talk Properties of BURLE/Photonis Multi-Channel MCP PMTs ............................1746S. Korpar, R. Pestotnik, P. Krizan, A. Stanovnik
Characterization of LN2 Cooled LAAPDs for Single Photon Counting Applications ............................1750R. Jöhren, D. Anielski, W. Buglak, D. Hampf, V. Hannen, C. Weinheimer
New Developments in Fast-Sampling Readout of Micro-Channel Plate Based Large Area Pico-second Time-of-Flight Detectors .........................................................................................................1753
J. A. Anderson, K. Byrum, G. Drake, C. Ertley, H. Frisch, J. -F. Genat, E. May, D. Salek, F. Tang
Scintillation Light Readout Using Silicon Photomultiplier - Review and Experimental Results ............................................................................................................................................................1757
A. Osovizky, U. Wengrowicz, M. Ghelman, I. Cohenzada, V. Pushkarsky, D. Ginzburg, Y. Gabay, A. Algom, R. Seif, A. Manor, A. Beck, E. Vulaski, M. Ellenbogen, D. Tirosh
Use of Standard CMOS Pixel Imagers as Ionizing Radiation Detectors..................................................1759L. Servoli, D. Passeri, D. Biagetti, E. Spanti Gattuso
Application of a Simple PSA Algorithm for HPGe Segmented Detectors to in-Beam Data...................1764F. C. L. Crespi, A. Bracco, F. Camera, B. Million, V. Vandone, O. Wieland
Delay-Line Electrode Partitioning as a Means of Simplified Position-Sensing........................................1768M. D. Hammig, M. Jeong, D. K. Wehe, S. Ramadoss
Optimized Design Topologies for Position-sensitive Silicon Drift Detectors Operating at High Drift Fields............................................................................................................................................1776
A. Castoldi, C. Guazzoni, R. Hartmann, L. Strueder
P-Stop Designs for Reducing Electric Field Strength at Implant Edges ..................................................1782Y. Unno, Y. Ikegami, T. Kohriki, S. Terada, K. Hara, K. Yamamura, S. Kamada
Pulse Shape Analysis with a Broad-Energy Germanium Detector for the GERDA experiment .....................................................................................................................................................1788
D. Budjas, M. Barnabe Heider, O. Chkvorets, S. Schoenert, N. Khanbekov
Noise Characterization of Double-Sided Silicon MicroStrip Detectors with Punch-Through Biasing ............................................................................................................................................................1791
G. Giacomini, L. Bosisio, I. Rashevskaya, O. Starodubtsev
Device Simulation of Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors: Radiation Damage Effects ................................1798N. T. Fourches
The Computer Modeling of Distribution of In, As and Nanostructures on Depth in Si and SiO2 .................................................................................................................................................................1805
A. K. Togambayeva, F. F. Komarov
Study of the Radiation Hardness of Silicon Sensors for the XFEL ..........................................................1810R. Klanner, E. Fretwurst, F. Januschek, H. Perrey, I. Pintilie, F. Renn
Radiation Damage Effects on Epitaxial Silicon Devices for the PANDA Hybrid Pixel Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................1814
A. Braghieri, L. Busso, D. Calvo, P. De Remigis, R. Jaekel, O. Morra, P. Montagna, R. Wheadon
Theoretical Foundations of Atom Displacements Induced by Fast Electron Elastic Scattering in Solids........................................................................................................................................1817
C. M. Cruz Inclán, I. Piñera Hernández, Y. Abreu, A. Leyva Fabelo
SPICE Model for Radiation Hard Silicon Detectors..................................................................................1820L. Long, R. Roeder
Radiation Tolerance of Epitaxial Silicon after Fast Hadron Irradiation .................................................1825V. Khomenkov, D. Bisello, A. Candelori, G. Kramberger, M. Moll
Simulation of Irradiated Edgeless Detectors ..............................................................................................1828J. P. Balbuena, M. Lozano, G. Pellegrini, G. Ruggiero, M. Ullan, E. Verbitskaya
Monte Carlo Assisted Classical Method for the Calculation of dpa Distributions in Solids Materials ........................................................................................................................................................1832
I. Piñera Hernández, C. M. Cruz Inclán, Y. Abreu Alfonso, A. Leyva Fabelo, A. E. Cabal, P. Van Espen
Some New Photoluminescence Features of W Line for Neutron-irradiated MCz-Si and FZ-Si .....................................................................................................................................................................1836
B. Surma, P. Kaminski, A. Wnuk, R. Kozlowski
Performance of DOFZ Diode as On-Line Gamma Dosimeter in Radiation Processing .........................1840F. Camargo, J. A. C. Gonçalves, E. Tuominen, J. Härkönen, C. C. Bueno
Observations of Single-Event Upsets and Multiple- Bit Upsets in Random Access Memories On-Board the Algerian Satellite.................................................................................................1843
Y. Bentoutou, M. Djaifri
The DiagOn : an Undulator Diagnostic for SOLEIL Low Energy Beamlines.........................................1846K. Desjardins, S. Hustache-ottini, F. Polack, T. Moreno, J. -M. Dubuisson, O. Chubar, F. Delmotte
Performance of Different Readout Topologies of Silicon Drift Detectors in PIXE Spectroscopy ..................................................................................................................................................1850
R. Alberti, N. Grassi, C. Guazzoni, T. Klatka, P. A. Mandò, A. Quattrone
A System for Distributing High-Speed Synchronous High-Precision Clock and Trigger Data over Large Distances............................................................................................................................1856
A. Hidvegi, K. Rehlich, P. Geßler, S. Rydström, C. Bohm
Experiments with Fast Spectroscopic pnCCDs at BESSY and FLASF VUV-FEL.................................1860C. Reich, R. Hartmann, H. Soltau, L. Strüder, N. Meidinger, U. Pietsch, W. Leitenberger, C. Bostedt, T. Möller
Large Format pnCCDs as Imaging Detectors for Xray Free-Electron-Lasers........................................1865R. Hartmann, S. Epp, S. Herrmann, P. Holl, N. Meidinger, D. Rolles, H. Soltau, L. Strüder, J. Ullrich, G. Weidenspointner, C. Reich
An Optimization of 16-point Discrete Cosine Transform Implemented Into a FPGA As a Design for a Spectral 1st Level Surface Detector Trigger in the Pierre Auger Observatory .................1871
Z. Szadkowski
Implementation of a Hit Reconstruction Algorithm for the ALICE Dimuon High-Level-Trigger............................................................................................................................................................1877
S. Siddhanta
A Control and Monitor System for Serial Powering of Silicon Strip Detectors at SLHC ......................1881Y. Ikegami, K. Hara, T. Kohriki, S. Terada, Y. Unno
Design of Prototyping PMT Electronic System for Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment ...............1886Z. Wang
The Configuration System of the ATLAS Trigger .....................................................................................1889J. Stelzer, P. Bell, M. Nozicka, J. Haller, S. Head, D. Berge, S. Brunet, T. Kono, G. Fischer, M. Goebel, A. Hoecker, A. Martyniuk, M. Owen, R. Spiwoks, T. Wengler, W. Wiedenmann
Implementation and Commissioning of the ATLAS Tau Trigger ............................................................1892E. Perez, C. Belanger-Champagne, K. Benslama, M. Bosman, R. Brenner, M. P. Casado, Z. Czyczula, M. Dam, S. Demers, S. Farrington, O. Igonkina, A. Kalinowski, N. Kanaya, C. Osuna, E. Ptacek, A. Reinsch, A. Saavedra, A. Sfyrla, A. Sopczak, D. Strom, E. Torrence, S. Tsuno, V. Vorwerk, A. Watson, S. Xella
Performance and Strategies of the B-jet Selection for the ATLAS High-level Trigger ..........................1896A. Coccaro
An FPGA-based Trigger for the Search of μ+ → e+γ Decay in the MEG Experiment ...........................1900L. Galli
Characterization System for Germanium Detectors and Other Developments for Gamma Spectroscopy Applied to Nuclear Waste Characterization .......................................................................1905
J. Roccaz, N. Saurel, M. Juillard
Flux Dependence of Cluster Formation in Neutron Irradiated Weld Material - Small-angle Neutron Scattering Experiments and Rate Theory Simulation ................................................................1909
F. Bergner, U. Birkenheuer, A. Ulbricht, F. -P. Weiss
Modeling of Charge Transfer Inefficiency in a CCD with High-Speed Column Parallel Readout ..........................................................................................................................................................1914
A. Sopczak
Measurements of Charge Transfer Inefficiency in a CCD with High-Speed Column Parallel Readout ............................................................................................................................................1919
A. Sopczak
N31 GASEOUS DETECTORS III – GASEOUS DETECTORS BASICS: IONIZATION AND SCINTILLATION GEM Operation in CF4: Studies of Charge and Scintillation Properties.................................................1925
H. Natal da Luz, A. S. Conceição, J. F. C. A. Veloso, J. M. F. dos Santos, A. C. S. S. M. Bento, J. A. Mir, L. F. Requicha Ferreira
Self Quenching Streamer Mode in Quenching Gases Initiated by Alpha Particles ................................1928Y. I. Davydov, R. Openshaw
Time Resolution of Radiation Hard Resistive Plate Chambers for the CBM Experiment at FAIR...............................................................................................................................................................1933
D. Bartos, G. Caragheorgheopol, F. Dohrmann, B. Kämpfer, R. Kotte, L. Naumann, M. Petris, M. Petrovici, V. Simion, D. Stach, C. Williams, J. Wüstenfeld, K. Hildenbrand
N32 HEP COMPUTING Commissioning of the ATLAS Reconstruction Software with First Data................................................1936
A. Gibson
The CMS Software Performance at the Start of Data Taking ..................................................................1942G. Benelli
The TriggerTool Graphical User Interface to the ATLAS Trigger Configuration Database ................1947P. J. Bell
Commissioning of the ALICE-LHC Online Data Quality Monitoring Framework ...............................1955F. Roukoutakis
N33 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: CALORIMETERS I The ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeters. Commissioning and Performances from Selected Test Beams .....................................................................................................................................................1959
L. Iconomidou-Fayard
The Electromagnetic Calorimeter of the CMS Experiment ......................................................................1964N. Pastrone
Inter-calibration of the CMS Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter Using π0 → γγ Decays ...................1971Y. Yang
PWO-II Scintillation Crystals for the PANDA Electromagnetic Calorimeter ........................................1973A. E. Borisevich, A. A. Derevschikov, W. Döring, V. I. Dormenev, A. A. Fedorov, Y. M. Goncharenko, V. A. Kachanov, M. V. Korzhik, Y. M. Melnik, A. P. Meschanin, O. V. Missevitch, V. V. Mochalov, R. W. Novotny, A. V. Ryazantsev, P. A. Semenov, A. V. Uzunian, A. N. Vasiliev, A. E. Yakutin
Design of a Si-W Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the International Linear Collider and Study of Crosstalk in Silicon Sensors ..........................................................................................................1976
R. Cornat
The Liquid Argon Jet Trigger of the H1 Experiment at HERA ...............................................................1984A. Dubak, M. Fras, W. Haberer, C. Kiesling, B. Olivier, A. Wassatsch
N34 NEW SOLID STATE DETECTORS II Advanced Model of Silicon Edgeless Detector Operation..........................................................................1986
E. M. Verbitskaya, I. V. Eremin, G. Ruggiero, A. Cavallini, A. Castaldini, G. Pellegrini, M. Lozano, S. Golubkov, N. Egorov
Analytical Approach for 3D Detectors Engineering ..................................................................................1992V. Eremin, E. Verbitskaya
Functional Characterization of 3D-DDTC Detectors Fabricated at FBK-irst.........................................1996A. Zoboli, M. Boscardin, L. Bosisio, G. -F. D. Betta, S. Eckert, S. Kuhn, C. Piemonte, U. Parzefall, S. Ronchin, N. Zorzi
Thick Silicon Drift Detectors........................................................................................................................2002M. Christophersen, B. F. Phlips
ASIPET Chip: Low Noise Optoelectronic Integrated Readout with n-i-p A-Si:H Photodiode Array for Positron Emission Tomography .............................................................................2006
A. Nardulli
N35 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS I Crystal Growth and Scintillation Properties of YAP:Pr Co-doped with Tetravalent and Trivalent Ions ................................................................................................................................................2016
M. Zhuravleva, M. Nikl, J. Pejchal, J. A. Mares, A. Yoshikawa
Energy Resolution of Calcium Co-doped LSO:Ce Scintillators................................................................2019A. Syntfeld-Każuch, M. Moszyński, L. Świderski, T. Szczęśniak, A. Nassalski, C. L. Melcher, M. A. Spurrier
Intrinsic Energy Resolution of GSO:(Ce, Zr) and GSO:Ce measured for different Dopant Concentrations ..............................................................................................................................................2026
M. Sato, T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, N. Shimura, T. Usui, Y. Kurata, H. Ishibashi
N36 TRIGGER AND FRONT-END SYSTEMS II Triggering on B-Jets at CDF II ....................................................................................................................2030
S. Amerio, M. Casarsa, G. Cortiana, J. Donini, D. Lucchesi, S. Pagan Griso, L. Ristori
Level-3 Calorimeter Resolution Available for the Level-1 and Level-2 CDF Triggers...........................2037A. Canepa
The Associative Memory for the Self-Triggered SLIM5 Silicon Telescope .............................................2040M. Piendibene, G. Batignani, S. Bettarini, G. Calderini, R. Cenci, A. Cervelli, F. Crescioli, M. Dell'Orso, F. Forti, P. Giannetti, M. Giorgi, A. Lusiani, S. Gregucci, G. Marchiori, F. Morsani, N. Neri, E. Paoloni, G. Rizzo, L. Sartori, J. Walsh, E. Yurstev, C. Andreoli, L. Gaioni, E. Pozzati, L. Ratti, V. Speziali, M. Manghisoni, V. Re, G. Traversi, M. Bomben, L. Bosisio, G. Giamcomini, L. Lanceri, I. Rachevskaia, L. Vitale, D. Gamba, M. Bruschi, R. Di Sipio, B.Giacobbe, A. Babrielli, F. Giorgi, G. Pellegrini, C. Sbarra, N. Semprini, R. Spighi, S. Valentinetti, M. Villa, A. Zoccoli
The Trigger System for the Drift Chamber of BESIII...............................................................................2045H. Xu
A New High-Speed Pattern Recognition Trigger for Ground-Based Telescope Arrays Used in Gamma Ray Astronomy...........................................................................................................................2048
G. Drake, F. Krennrich, K. Byrum, T. Cundiff, J. Dawson, W. Haberichter, D. Horan, A. Madhavan, M. Schroedter, A. Smith
The Global Trigger System of the Magic Telescope Array .......................................................................2056R. Paoletti, C. Bigongiari, M. Bitossi, R. Cecchi, R. Pegna
A Low Energy Muon Trigger for Icecube...................................................................................................2059C. Bohm, H. Kavianipour, D. Nygren, C. Robson, C. Wernhoff, G. Wikström
N37 HEP SIMULATION Improved Description of Bremsstrahlung for High-Energy Electrons in Geant4...................................2063
A. Schaelicke
Validation of the Simulation of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Using Data ..............................2067C. Rovelli
Fast Simulation of the CMS Detector at the LHC......................................................................................2070A. Schmidt
Validation of Geant4 Hadronic Physics Models at Intermediate Energies ..............................................2073S. Banerjee
Calorimeter Simulation with Hadrons in CMS ..........................................................................................2076S. Piperov
N38 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: MUON SYSTEMS I Commissioning and Early Measurements of the DT Muon Detector of CMS at the LHC ....................2081
A. Perrotta
Pre-Installation Tests of MWPCs for the LHCb Muon System ................................................................2087B. Schmidt
The OPERA Spectrometers..........................................................................................................................2091A. Bertolin
Cathode Strip Chambers in ATLAS : Installation, Commissioning and in Situ Performance ..................................................................................................................................................2094
T. Argyropoulos, K. A. Assamagan, B. H. Benedict, V. Chernyatin, E. Cheu, J. Deng, A. Gordeev, I. Gough Eschrich, V. Grachev, K. Johns, S. Junnarkar, A. Kandasamy, V. Kaushik, A. Khodinov, A. J. Lankford, X. Lei, R. Murillo Garcia, K. Nikolopoulos, P. O'Connor, W. Park, C. L. Parnell-Lampen, V. Polychronakos, R. Porter, M. V. Purohit, M. Schernau, B. K. Toggerson, D. Tompkins
Data Quality Monitor of the Muon Spectrometer Tracking Detectors of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider: First Experience with Cosmic Rays. ...................................2100
M. Iodice
Alignment of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with Muon Tracks ..........................................................2105B. Bittner, S. Kaiser, O. Kortner, H. Kroha, S. Kotov, R. Harrington, J. Love, N. Nation
The LHCb Muon System: Electronics Commissioning and Results from First Data Taking ................2109S. Cadeddu
N40 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS II Scintillation Properties of Praseodymium Doped LuAG Scintillator Compared to Cerium Doped LuAG, LSO and LaBr3 .....................................................................................................................2115
L. Swiderski, M. Moszynski, A. Nassalski, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, T. Szczesniak, K. Kamada, T. Yanagida, K. Tsutsumi, Y. Usuki, A. Yoshikawa, W. Chewpraditkul
Lead Tungstate Scintillator for the Future Particle Physics Detectors ....................................................2122M. Korjik, A. Fedorov, O. Missevitch, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq
Radioluminescence and Scintillation Results of Horizontal Gradient Freeze Grown Aliovalently-Doped CeBr3 ............................................................................................................................2125
M. J. Harrison, C. F. Linnick, B. Montag, S. O. Brinton, M. McCreary, F. P. Doty, D. S. McGregor
Gamma Radiation Hardness of Ø1" × 1" LaBr3:Ce, LaCl3:Ce, and CeBr3 Scintillators.......................2131W. Drozdowski, P. Dorenbos, A. J. J. Bos, A. Owens, D. Richaud
N41 SIMULATION Status of Instrumental Background Simulations for Gamma-ray Telescopes with Geant4...................2134
A. Zoglauer, G. Weidenspointner, C. B. Wunderer, S. E. Boggs
New Geant4 Developments for Doppler Broadening Simulation in Compton Scattering - Development of Charge Transfer Simulation Models in Geant4 ..............................................................2140
M. G. Pia, F. Longo, L. Pandola
Validation of Geant4 X-ray Fluorescence Transitions - Validation of Geant4 Electromagnetic Models Against Calorimetry Measurements in the Energy Range Up to 1 MeV ................................................................................................................................................................2144
M. Sudhakar
Application of the Geant4 PIXE Implementation for Space Missions New Models for PIXE Simulation with Geant4 ................................................................................................................................2152
G. Weidenspointner
Validation of Neutrons in Geant4 Using TARC Data - Production, Interaction and Transportation ..............................................................................................................................................2160
A. S. Howard
Experimental Verification of Track Structure Models..............................................................................2165V. A. Bashkirov, R. W. Schulte, G. Coutrakon, A. Wroe, G. Y. Garty, A. Breskin, R. Chechik, S. Shchemelinin, E. Gargioni, B. Grosswendt, H. Sadrozinski
N42 NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION II: NEUTRON FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS Energy (TOF) and Position Sensitive Detection of Ultra Cold Neutrons with Micrometric Resolution Using the TimePix Pixel Detector .............................................................................................2170
J. Jakubek, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, P. Geltenbort, M. Platkevic, C. Plonka-Spehr, J. Solc, T. Soldner
Energy-Resolving Neutron Transmission Radiography at the ISIS Pulsed Spallation Source with a High-Resolution Neutron Counting Detector .....................................................................2177
A. S. Tremsin, J. B. McPhate, W. A. Kockelmann, J. V. Vallerga, O. H. W. Siegmund, W. B. Feller
The nELBE Neutron Time-of-flight Facility ..............................................................................................2184A. R. Junghans, E. Altstadt, C. Beckert, R. Beyer, V. Galindo, E. Grosse, R. Hannaske, A. Matic, B. Naumann, K. -D. Schilling, S. Schneider, R. Schlenk, R. Schwengner, A. Wagner, F. -P. Weiss, R. Nolte, M. Mosconi, S. Röttger
New Neutron Imaging Techniques for Cultural Heritage Purposes.........................................................2187T. Materna
Development of a Neutron Tagger Module using a Digital Pulse Shape Discrimination Method ...........................................................................................................................................................2192
H. J. Kim, S. Y. Kim, E. J. Kim
N43 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: TRACKERS II First Results of the PixelGEM Central Tracking System of COMPASS .................................................2195
M. Krämer, A. Austregesilo, F. Haas, B. Ketzer, I. Konorov, A. Mann, T. Nagel, S. Paul, F. Schneider, S. Uhl
Time Projection Chamber with Triple GEM and Pixel Readout .............................................................2201C. Brezina, K. Desch, J. Kaminski, M. Killenberg, T. Krautscheid, M. Ummenhofer, P. Wienemann, S. Zimmermann
Design and Construction of INGRID Neutrino Beam Monitor for the T2K Neutrino Experiment ....................................................................................................................................................2205
M. Otani, K. Nitta, O. Ferreira, M. Gonin, T. Nakaya, M. Yokoyama
N44 ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS III A Silicon Pixel Readout ASIC in CMOS 0.13 µm for the PANDA MicroVertex Detector.....................2209
D. Calvo, T. Kugathasan, G. Mazza, M. Mignone, A. Rivetti, T. Stockmanns, R. Wheadon
Integrated Front-End Readout Electronics and Analog Filtering Strategies for DEPFETs with Special Functionalities..........................................................................................................................2215
G. De Vita, M. Porro, S. Herrmann, A. Wassatsch, G. Lutz, L. Strueder, J. Treis, C. Fiorini, L. Bombelli
Design and Noise Analysis of Charge Sensitive Amplifier for Readout of Pixelized Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Sensors .................................................................................................................2221
K. Poltorak, J. Kaplon, P. Jarron, W. Dabrowski
CAMEX Readout ASICs for pnCCDs.........................................................................................................2227S. Herrmann, W. Buttler, R. Hartmann, N. Meidinger, M. Porro, L. Stueder
A Low Power Front-End Prototype for Silicon Pixel Detectors with 100ps Time Resolution................2233S. Martoiu, G. Mazza, F. Osmic, A. Rivetti, F. Marchetto
Time Invariant Analog Processors for Monolithic Deep N-well CMOS Pixel Detectors ........................2237L. Ratti, C. Andreoli, M. Manghisoni, E. Pozzati, V. Re, V. Speziali, G. Traversi
XAMPS Detector Readout ASIC for LCLS................................................................................................2245A. Dragone, J. -F. Pratte, P. Rehak, G. A. Carini, R. Herbst, P. O'Connor, D. P. Siddons
N45 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS III Lanthanum Bromide-based Rotational Modulation Gamma Ray Imager ..............................................2251
B. Budden, G. L. Case, M. L. Cherry
Silicon Drift Detectors Arrays for the HICAM Gamma Camera .............................................................2256C. Fiorini, A. Gola, R. Peloso, A. Longoni, P. Lechner, L. Strueder, A. Niculae, H. Soltau
Pulse Shape Discrimination for a Fast Neutron Detector..........................................................................2259K. J. Coakley, D. F. Vecchia, J. S. Nico, B. Fisher
Cross-Correlation Simulations and Measurements of Plutonium- Oxide Powder..................................2267S. D. Clarke, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, P. Peerani
Radiation Measurements using Solid-State Photomultipliers: Gammas, Charged Particles, and Neutrons .................................................................................................................................................2272
E. B. Johnson, C. Stapels, E. Chapman, F. Augustine, J. Christian
Prospects of a Dual Range Photon Detector with SDD and LaBr3(Ce) scintillator.................................2277C. Plettner, G. Pausch, C. M. Herbach, J. Stein, M. Moszynski, A. Nassalski, L. Swiderski, T. Szczesniak, A. Niculae, H. Soltau
Lanthanum Halides Improve Thermal Neutron Activation Landmine Detection - A Comparison of Fast Inorganic Scintillators ................................................................................................2283
A. A. Faust, J. E. McFee, H. R. Andrews, V. Kovaltchouk, T. Clifford, H. Ing
N46 SOFTWARE TOOLS An Automatic Monitoring and Diagnostic System over a Virtual Organization for the Accelerator Science in Japan .......................................................................................................................2292
G. Iwai, M. Fujii, T. Koyama, Y. Nagasaka, T. Sasaki, Y. Watase
COOL, LCG Conditions Database for the LHC Experiments: Development and Deployment Status ........................................................................................................................................2296
A. Valassi, R. Basset, M. Clemencic, G. Pucciani, S. A. Schmidt, M. Wache
Distributed Database Access in the LHC Computing Grid with CORAL ...............................................2304Z. Molnar, R. Chytracek, D. Düllmann, G. Giacomo, A. Kalkhof, A. Andrea
A Novel Environment for Visual Physics Analysis (VISPA) .....................................................................2311O. Actis, M. Erdmann, R. Fischer, A. Hinzmann, M. Kirsch, T. Klimkovich, G. Müller, J. Steggemann
N47 NUCLEAR MEASUREMENTS AND MONITORING TECHNIQUES II: SAFEGUARDS Advanced Safeguards for the Nuclear Renaissance ...................................................................................2314
M. C. Miller, H. O. Menlove
Towards Above-ground Antineutrino Detectors for Cooperative Monitoring: Background Radiation Studies ..........................................................................................................................................2320
L. E. Sadler, A. Bernstein, N. S. Bowden, S. Dazeley, J. Lund, S. Mrowka, D. Reyna
Real-time Radiation Monitoring System for FLASH ................................................................................2324D. Makowski
New Generation Enrichment Monitoring Technology for Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plants ..............................................................................................................................................................2330
K. D. Ianakiev, B. S. Alexandrov, B. D. Boyer, T. R. Hill, D. W. MacArthur, T. J. Marks, C. E. Moss, G. A. Sheppard, M. T. Swinhoe
Measurement of Neutron Yields from UF4 .................................................................................................2335Z. W. Bell, K. P. Ziock, M. F. Ohmes, Y. Xu, T. J. Downar, S. A. Pozzi
N48 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: BEAM MONITORS AND OTHER DETECTOR SYSTEMS I The New Superconducting RF Photoinjector at the ELBE Linac ............................................................2341
J. Teichert, A. Arnold, H. Buettig, D. Janssen, M. Justus, U. Lehnert, P. Michel, P. Murcek, A. Schamlott, C. Schneider, F. Staufenbiel, R. Xiang, T. Kamps, J. Rudolph, M. Schenk, A. Matheisen, G. Klemz, I. Will, P. vom Stein
A Cyclotron Project for Medical and Research Usage at Jozef Stefan Institute .....................................2345Š. Stres
Beam Stabilization at the ELBE Electron Accelerator and the FELBE Infrared User Facility............................................................................................................................................................2348
M. Justus, U. Lehnert, P. Michel, D. Proehl, R. Jainsch, F. Gabriel, W. Seidel
The Radiation Source ELBE at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf.......................................2353P. R. Michel
CNGS - A High-Intensity Neutrino Facility Startup Issues and 2008 Operational Summary ...............2356I. Efthymiopoulos
N49 RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS ON ELECTRONICS AND COMPONENTS Review of Radiation Effects Leading to Noise Performance Degradation in 100 - nm Scale Microelectronic Technologies.......................................................................................................................2361
V. Re, L. Gaioni, M. Manghisoni, L. Ratti, V. Speziali, G. Traversi
IHP SiGe:C BiCMOS Technologies As a Suitable Backup Solution for the ATLAS Upgrade Front-end Electronics....................................................................................................................2366
S. Díez, M. Ullán, M. Lozano, G. Pellegrini, I. Mandic, D. Knoll, B. Heinemann
Random Telegraph Signal in Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors .................................................................2373M. Deveaux, S. Amar-Youcef, A. Büdenbender, D. Döring, C. Müntz, F. M. Wagner, J. Stroth
Estimation of Radiation Effects in the Front-end Electronics of an ILC Electromagnetic Calorimeter....................................................................................................................................................2381
V. Bartsch, M. Postranecky, M. Warren, M. Wing
N50 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS III Development of Multi-pixel Photon Counters for T2K Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment ...............2386
A. Minamino, N. Nagai, D. Orme, T. Nakaya, M. Yokoyama, T. Nakadaira, T. Murakami, M. Tanaka, F. Retiere, A. Vacheret, Y. Kudenko
Tests of a Silicon Photo-multiplier Module for Detection of Cherenkov Photons ...................................2390S. Korpar, R. Dolenec, P. Krizan, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik, I. Adachi, T. Iijima, H. Chagani
Application of Multi-Pixel Photon Counter to Positron Emission Tomography .....................................2394M. Goettlich, E. Garutti, H. -C. Schultz-Coulon, A. Tadday, V. Kozlov, A. Terkulov
Silicon Photo-multipliers As Photon Detectors for PET ............................................................................2398H. Chagani, R. Dolenec, S. Korpar, P. Krizan, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik
Enhancing Pixelated Fast-Neutron Block Detector Performance Using a Slotted Light Guide ..............................................................................................................................................................2403
F. Habte, M. A. Blackston, P. A. Hausladen, L. Fabris
PMT Evaluation For the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment ........................................................................2408D. W. Liu
N51 MEDICAL PHYSICS SOFTWARE An in-vivo Comparison Study between Standard and PET-based Approach to assess the Therapeutic Dose in Neutron Capture Therapies ......................................................................................2415
G. G. Daquino, N. Cerullo, T. Aihara, J. Hiratsuka, H. Kumada, G. Lomonaco, S. Caria, L. Muzi, R. Moss, A. Sainato, O. Sorace, D. Bufalino
The Channeler Ant Model: Object Segmentation with Virtual Ant Colonies .........................................2422P. Cerello, S. C. Cheran, F. Bagagli, S. Bagnasco, R. Bellotti, L. Bolanos, E. Catanzariti, G. De Nunzio, E. Fiorina, G. Gargano, G. Gemme, E. Lopez Torres, G. L. Masala, C. Peroni, M. Santoro
Comparison Among Homogeneous Models and a Voxel Model on Mammography: a Monte Carlo Study Using the GEANT4 code .............................................................................................2428
V. F. Cassola, G. Hoff
Considerations on the Biological Effect of Laser Induced Radiation with High Dose Rates..................2430A. A. Khaless, L. Karsch, W. Enghardt
A Volume Visualization Driver in Geant4 for Radiotherapy Simulation ................................................2433A. Kimura, T. Sasaki, S. Tanaka
GAMOS: a GEANT4-based Easy and Flexible Framework for Nuclear Medicine Applications ...................................................................................................................................................2437
P. Arce, P. Rato Mendes, J. I. Lagares, M. Cañadas
Geant4 Simulation for Education in Medical Application ........................................................................2444K. Murakami, K. Amako, J. Jacquemier, M. Maire, H. Yoshida
N52 DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS: SMALL SYSTEMS An FPGA based DAQ System for the Readout of SiPM Matrices in PET Applications ........................2447
M. G. Bisogni, G. Collazuol, A. Del Guerra, G. Llosa, G. Magazzu, S. Marcatili
A High Speed Backplane for the RPC Read Out Driver of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer ...............2453A. Aloisio, V. Izzo, L. Capasso, R. Giordano, F. Cevenini, A. Jones, M. Schulte
FPGA-Based DAQ System for Multi-Channel Detectors ..........................................................................2461A. Kopmann, T. Bergmann, H. Gemmeke, M. A. Howe, M. Kleifges, A. Menshikov, D. Tcherniakhovski, J. F. Wilkerson, S. Wüstling
Space and Power Effective Readout System for Cosmic-Ray Muon Radiography .................................2466T. Uchida, H. K. M. Tanaka, M. Tanaka
Digital Data Acquisition Modules for Instrumenting Large Segmented Germanium Detector Arrays .............................................................................................................................................2471
H. Tan, W. Hennig, M. Walby, A. Fallu-Labruyere, J. Harris, D. Breus, P. Grudberg, W. K. Warburton, C. Vaman, T. Glasmacher, P. Mantica, D. Miller, K. Starosta, P. Voss
A Portable Readout System for Microstrip Silicon Sensors (ALIBAVA) ................................................2476R. Marco-Hernández
N53 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: MUON SYSTEMS II Sensitivity and Environmental Response of the CMS RPC Gas Gain Monitoring System ....................2484
S. Colafranceschi
Gas Performance of the ATLAS MDT Precision Chambers.....................................................................2488N. Amram, D. S. Levin, Y. Benhammou, M. ben Moshe, T. Dai, E. Diehl, A. Eppig, E. Etzion, C. Ferretti, J. Gregory, R. Thun, A. Wilson, C. Weaverdyck, B. Zhou
Trigger Detectors for the ALICE Muon Spectrometer .............................................................................2493A. Piccotti
CMS RPC Technical Trigger Performances in Cosmic Runs...................................................................2497S. A. Tupputi
The Detector Control Systems for the CMS Resistive Plate Chamber.....................................................2503G. Polese
Precision Drift-Tube Chambers for the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer at Super-LHC............................2508O. Kortner, H. Kroha, F. Legger, R. Richter, A. Engl, F. Rauscher
N54 SEMICONDUCTOR TRACKING AND SPECTROSCOPY DETECTORS I A Novel Technique for the Characterization of a HPGe Detector Response Based on Pulse Shape Comparison ........................................................................................................................................2512
F. C. L. Crespi, F. Camera, B. Million, M. Sassi, O. Wieland, A. Bracco
Development of Deep N-Well MAPS in a 130 nm CMOS Technology and Beam Test Results on a 4k-Pixel Matrix with Digital Sparsified Readout..................................................................2517
G. Rizzo
Bumpless Hybrid Pixelated Particle Detector ............................................................................................2523I. Peric, P. Fischer, C. Kreidl
N55 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS IV Radiation Hardness and Recovery Processes of Cooled PWO-II Crystals for PANDA .........................2529
R. W. Novotny, W. M. Doering, V. Dormenev, S. Felsing, M. Korjik, S. Lugert, P. A. Semenov, A. N. Vasiliev
4π CsI(Tl) Detector for EC/ß+ Decay Searching in 84Sr ............................................................................2534J. H. So, H. J. Kim, J. I. Kim, G. Rooh, S. K. Kim, S. S. Myung, S. C. Kim, J. H. Choi, S. Ryu, J. H. Lee, Y. D. Kim, J. I. Lee, W. G. KangI, S. Hahn
Dual Readout Calorimeter with Heavy Scintillating Crystal Fibers ........................................................2537E. Auffray, P. Lecoq, D. Abler, C. Dujardin, J. -M. Fourmigue, D. Perrodin
Oxide Scintillators to Search for Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay...................................................2541L. L. Nagornaya, B. V. Grinyov, A. M. Dubovik, Y. Y. Vostretsov, I. A. Tupitsyna, F. A. Danevich, S. S. Nagorny, V. M. Mokina, H. Kraus, V. Mikhailik, O. G. Shkulkova
Construction and Performances of an High Granularity Calorimeter. ...................................................2547P. Branchini, F. Ceradini, G. Corradi, B. Dimicco, S. Loffredo, A. Passeri
N56 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS IV System Tests of the LHCb RICH Detectors in a Charged Particle Beam................................................2551
H. P. Skottowe
N57 ATCA (ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE) The Data Acquisition and Trigger System of PANDA...............................................................................2555
W. Kuehn
DAQ and Control Systems for the CMS Global Calorimeter Trigger Matrix Processor.......................2558J. Jones, M. Stettler, C. Foudas
N58 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: BEAM MONITORS AND OTHER DETECTOR SYSTEMS II EUDET: Detector R&D Towards the International Linear Collider .......................................................2562
J. Mnich
The EUDET High Resolution Pixel Telescope - Towards the Final Telescope ........................................2567D. Haas
Fast Beam Conditions Monitor (BCM1F) for CMS...................................................................................2573R. Hall-Wilton, W. Lange, A. Macpherson, V. Ryjov, R. L. Stone
MERIT - The High Intensity Liquid Mercury Target Experiment at the CERN PS .............................2577I. Efthymiopoulos
Commissioning of the Beam Conditions Monitor of the LHCb Experiment at CERN ..........................2581M. Domke, C. J. Ilgner, S. Köstner, M. Lieng, M. Nedos, J. Sauerbrey, S. Schleich, B. Spaan, K. Warda
Expected Performance of Shintake Monitor (IP Beam Size Monitor at ATF2) ......................................2583T. Yamanaka, M. Oroku, Y. Kamiya, T. Suehara, H. Yoda, T. Nakamura, S. Komamiya, T. Tauchi, N. Terunuma, S. Araki, R. Sugahara, T. Kume, Y. Honda, T. Sanuki
Towards Precision Polarimetry at the ILC: Concepts, Simulation and Testbeam Results ....................2589C. Helebrant, D. Kaefer, J. List, C. Bartels
N59 SAFETY INSTRUMENTATION/HOMELAND SECURITY I Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Using Different Photon Sources...........................................................2593
G. Warren, J. Caggiano, M. Ahmned, W. Bertozzi, A. Hunt, J. Johnson, J. Jones, S. Korbly, E. Reedy, H. Seipel, S. Stave, S. Watson, H. Weller
Surveillance of Nuclear Threats Using Multiple, Autonomous Detection Units......................................2599M. J. Neuer, R. Lentering, K. Ruhnau, F. Platte, G. Pausch, J. Stein, A. Ruhnau
Fast Imaging by a Single-Slice-Detector Helical CT ..................................................................................2605W. Bi, Y. Xing, L. Zhang, Z. Chen
Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Source Detection Using 3D-Position-Sensitive Semiconductor Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................2609
C. G. Wahl, Z. He
N60 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE INSTRUMENTATION IV – NEW TECHNIQUES Detecting Radio Pulses from Air Showers ..................................................................................................2614
A. Horneffer
Long Duration Balloon Flight Exposure of a Ce:LaBr3 Crystal ...............................................................2622B. Budden, G. Case, M. Cherry, R. Hopson, J. Isbert, R. Sankaran, D. Smith, M. Stewart
Optical Test Results of Fast pnCCDs ..........................................................................................................2626S. Ihle, R. Hartmann, M. Downing, L. Strüder, S. Deiries, H. Gorke, S. Hermann, G. Kanbach, J. Papamaturakis, H. Soltau, A. Stefanescu
The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) A New Instrument for the Dark Energy Survey ..........................2632K. Honscheid
N61 SAFETY INSTRUMENTATION/HOMELAND SECURITY II Using Electronic Neutron Generators in Active Interrogation to Detect Shielded Fissionable Material......................................................................................................................................2636
D. L. Chichester, E. H. Seabury
Results with the Neutron Scatter Camera...................................................................................................2643N. Mascarenhas, J. Brennan, K. Krenz, P. Marleau, S. Mrowka
Special Nuclear Material Detection with a Water Cherenkov based Detector ........................................2647M. D. Sweany, A. Bernstein, N. S. Bowden, S. A. Dazeley, R. C. Svoboda
Use of an LGB Detector in Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications .........................................................2651M. Flaska, S. Pozzi, J. B. Czirr
First Test of Cosmic Ray Muon Tomograph Prototype Being Constructed at IHEP(Protvino) .............................................................................................................................................2656
A. S. Kozhin, M. Y. Bogolyubskiy, N. I. Bojko, A. A. Borisov, R. M. Fakhrutdinov, A. N. Isaev, V. A. Senko, N. A. Shalanda, M. M. Soldatov, V. I. Yakimchuk, O. Yushchenko
N62 GASEOUS DETECTORS IV – LARGE TPCs AND APPLICATIONS Large Bulk-MICROMEGAS As Amplification Device for the T2K Time Projection Chambers .......................................................................................................................................................2659
J. Beucher
The Large TPC Prototype for an ILC Detector .........................................................................................2663K. Dehmelt
NEXT: A new Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment ....................................................................2666M. Ball
N63 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: CALORIMETERS II Commissioning of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter with Cosmic Ray and Single Beam Data....................2669
H. Okawa
New Results from the DREAM project .......................................................................................................2675E. Meoni
Test Beam Results from the CALICE Tile Hadron Calorimeter Prototype with SiPM Read-Out........................................................................................................................................................2683
B. Lutz
N64 ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS IV A New Multi-level Time over Threshold Method for Energy Resolving Multi-channel Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................2688
T. Fujiwara, H. Takahashi
Dead Time Correction in the DP5 Digital Pulse Processor........................................................................2691R. H. Redus, A. C. Huber, D. J. Sperry
Monte Carlo Time Domain Noise Simulation in Nuclear Electronics ......................................................2696R. H. Redus, A. C. Huber
A Versatile Digital Readout System for the PANDA MVD .......................................................................2705M. C. Mertens, F. Hügging, J. Ritman, T. Stockmanns
FPGA Based Self Calibrating 40 Picosecond Resolution, Wide Range Time to Digital Converter .......................................................................................................................................................2709
S. S. Junnarkar, P. O'Connor, R. Fontaine
The 10-ps Wave Union TDC: Improving FPGA TDC Resolution beyond Its Cell Delay.......................2715J. Wu, Z. Shi
KPiX, An Array of Self Triggered Charge Sensitive Cells Generating Digital Time and Amplitude Information.................................................................................................................................2722
D. R. Freytag, R. Herbst, J. Brau, M. Breidenbach, R. Frey, G. Haller, B. Holbrook, R. Lander, T. Nelson, V. Radeka, D. Strom, M. Tripathi
N65 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS V Event by Event Energy Sensitive Imaging with TimePix Pixel Detector and its Application for Gamma Photon Tracking .......................................................................................................................2726
J. Jakubek, A. Cejnarova, M. Platkevic, J. Solc, Z. Vykydal
CMOS Active Pixel Sensors for Soft X-rays Detection Applications........................................................2734D. Biagetti, D. Passeri, P. Delfanti, A. Marras, P. Placidi, L. Servoli, P. Ciampolini
Spectroscopic Imaging with an X-ray Microscopy Setup Using a Pixelated Detector with Single Photon Processing ..............................................................................................................................2739
B. Norlin, C. Fröjdh, G. Thungström, D. Greiffenberg
Compton Imaging Camera Using an Electron-Tracking Gaseous TPC and a Scintillation Camera ...........................................................................................................................................................2745
K. Ueno, K. Hattori, C. Ida, S. Iwaki, S. Kabuki, H. Kubo, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, H. Nishimura, Y. Okada, A. Takada, M. Takahashi, T. Tanimori, K. Tsuchiya
N67 APPLIED COMPUTING TECHNIQUES The CMS Data Transfer Test Environment in Preparation for LHC Data Taking................................2750
D. Bonacorsi
JDOT - A Java Detector Optimization Tool ...............................................................................................2758R. Frühwirth, A. Beringer
HiggsToFourLeptonsEV in the ATLAS EventView Analysis Framework ..............................................2763T. Lagouri, F. Barreiro, J. del Peso
SMART (Simulation of MAritime Radiological Threats) .........................................................................2769C. S. Gwon, E. I. Novikova, B. F. Phlips, M. S. Strickman
Geant4 Validation on Mammography Applications ..................................................................................2772P. V. Feijo, G. Hoff
N68 SEMICONDUCTOR TRACKING AND SPECTROSCOPY DETECTORS II Gamma-Ray Tracking for Ge Telescope Compton Camera Imaging ......................................................2774
T. Fukuchi, S. Motomura, Y. Kanayama, H. Haba, Y. Watanabe, S. Enomoto
Development of a Radiation Hard CMOS Monolithic Pixel Sensor .........................................................2776M. Battaglia, D. Bisello, D. Contarato, P. Denes, D. Doering, P. Giubilato, T. S. Kim, Z. Lee, S. Mattiazzo, V. R. Radmilovic
COBRA- Search for Double Beta Decay with CdZnTe Detectors ............................................................2780K. Zuber
Trenched Gamma-Ray Detector ..................................................................................................................2783M. Christophersen, B. F. Phlips, F. J. Kub
Performance of Bare High-purity Germanium Detectors in Liquid Argon for the GERDA Experiment ....................................................................................................................................................2788
M. M. Barnabe Heider, C. Cattadori, O. Chkvorets, A. Di Vacri, K. Gusev, S. Schoenert, M. Shirchenko
N69 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS V Ionizing Radiation Energy Exchange in p-Terphenyl Single-Crystalline and Composite Scintillators ....................................................................................................................................................2792
N. Z. Galunov, N. L. Karavaeva, J. K. Kim, Y. K. Kim, O. A. Tarasenko, E. V. Martynenko, S. V. Budakovsky
Scintillation Properties of a Crystal of (C6H5(CH2)2NH3)2PbBr4 ..............................................................2800C. W. E. Van Eijk, J. T. M. De Haas, P. A. Rodnyi, I. V. Khodyuk, K. Shibuya, F. Nishikido, M. Koshimizu
Development and Characterization of Nanocomposite Scintillators for Gamma-Ray Detection ........................................................................................................................................................2804
S. Stange, E. I. Esch, M. K. Bacrania, L. O. Brown, A. J. Couture, R. E. Del Sesto, R. D. Gilbertson, L. G. Jacobsohn, T. M. McCleskey, E. A. McKigney, R. E. Muenchausen, R. Reifarth
On the Development of Heavy and Fast Scintillation Nano-ceramics ......................................................2808M. Korjik, A. Fedorov, O. Missevitch, V. Mechinski, A. Dossovitski, O. Khasanov, G. Shevchenko
N70 DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS: CONCEPTS AND TOOLS In-plane and Out-of-plane Couplers for Optical Printed Circuit Boards and Optical Backplanes .....................................................................................................................................................2811
M. Schneider, T. Kühner, J. Mohr, U. Köhler
Data Acquisition Systems for Future Calorimetry at the International Linear Collider .......................2817B. Hommels
CAPTAN: A Hardware Architecture for Integrated Data Acquisition, Control, and Analysis for Detector Development .............................................................................................................2821
M. A. Turqueti, R. A. Rivera, A. Prosser, J. Andresen, J. Chramowicz, S. Kwan
A Novel Approach for Mass Storage Data Custodial.................................................................................2828L. dell'Agnello, V. Sapunenko, M. Mazzucato, A. Ghiselli, R. Zappi, L. Magnoni, A. Carbone, V. Vagnoni, E. Ronchieri, D. Gregori, B. Martelli, D. Vitlacil
Data Acquisition Architecture Studies for the KM3NeT Deep Sea Neutrino Telescope ........................2833S. Anvar
Integration of Embedded Single Board Computers into an Object-Oriented Software Bus DAQ Application ...........................................................................................................................................2837
M. A. Howe, M. G. Marino, J. F. Wilkerson
The Current Performance and Upgrade Plans for the PHENIX Data Acquisition ................................2843M. L. Purschke
The ATLAS Conditions Database Model for the Muon Spectrometer ....................................................2846M. Verducci
M02 DETECTORS: PET Evaluation of the First Silicon Photomultiplier Matrices for a Small Animal PET Scanner .................2849
G. Llosa, N. Belcari, M. G. Bisogni, G. Collazuol, A. Del Guerra, S. Marcatili, M. Melchiorri, C. Piemonte, A. Tarolli, P. Barrillon, S. Bondil-Blin, C. de la Taille, N. Dinu
SiPM-Array Based PET Detectors with Depth-of- Interaction Correction .............................................2856D. R. Schaart, H. T. van Dam, S. Seifert, R. Vinke, P. Dendooven, H. Löhner, F. J. Beekman
Multi-Pixel Photon Counters for TOF PET Detector and its Challenges ................................................2861C. L. Kim, G. -C. Wang, S. Dolinsky
Performance Evaluation of SiPM Detectors for PET Imaging in the Presence of Magnetic Fields ..............................................................................................................................................................2866
S. España, G. Tapias, L. M. Fraile, J. L. Herraiz, E. Vicente, J. M. Udias, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero
Study of a High Resolution, 3-D Positioning Cross- Strip Cadmium Zinc Telluride Detector for PET ...........................................................................................................................................2871
Y. Gu, J. L. Matteson, R. T. Skelton, A. A. Deal, E. A. Stephan, F. Duttweiler, T. M. Gasaway, C. S. Levin
Performance Characterization of a New High Resolution PET Scintillation Detector...........................2879A. Vandenbroucke, A. M. K. Foudray, F. W. Y. Lau, C. S. Levin, P. D. Olcott, P. D. Reynolds
M03 IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION: PET I A Novel Iterative Image Reconstruction Method for High-Resolution PET Imaging with a Monte Carlo Based Positron Range Model.................................................................................................2884
L. Fu, J. Qi
On the Optimum Strategy for Subsets Based Reconstruction of In-Beam PET Data ............................2888G. Shakirin, P. Crespo, W. Enghardt
Fusion of Image Reconstruction and Lesion Detection Using a Bayesian Framework for PET/SPECT ...................................................................................................................................................2892
T. Kobayashi, H. Kudo
Direct 4D List Mode Parametric Reconstruction for PET with a Novel EM Algorithm ........................2900J. Yan, B. P. Wilson, R. E. Carson
Visualization of Raw 3D List-mode PET and TOF-PET Data Without Tomographic Reconstruction Using Virtual Space............................................................................................................2904
A. Sitek
Region-of-Interest Reconstruction from Truncated Projection Data under Blind Object Support...........................................................................................................................................................2907
E. A. Rashed, H. Kudo
Spatially Variant Positron Range Modeling Derived from CT for PET Image Reconstruction...............................................................................................................................................2912
A. M. Alessio, L. R. MacDonald
M04 COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES Correlating Motion of Internal Organs with the Displacements of Fiducial Markers During Respiration........................................................................................................................................2916
R. Boutchko, B. W. Reutter, G. T. Gullberg, D. Saloner
Resolution Modeled PET Image Reconstruction Incorporating Space-Variance of Positron Range: Rubidium-82 Cardiac PET Imaging ..............................................................................................2918
A. Rahmim, J. Tang, M. A. Lodge, S. Lashkari, M. R. Ay, F. Bengel
Statistical Shape Modeling of the Diaphragm for Application to Rb-82 Cardiac PET-CT Studies ............................................................................................................................................................2926
S. J. McQuaid, T. Lambrou, B. F. Hutton
Estimation and Correction of Irregular Respiratory motion of the Heart in Presence of Partial Angle Effects Due to Amplitude Binning in SPECT .....................................................................2931
J. Dey, W. P. Segars, P. H. Pretorius, M. A. King
Effectiveness of Three Alternative Strategies in Reducing the Degrading Impact of Respiratory Motion on the Detection of Small Pulmonary Nodules in SPECT Imaging........................2938
M. S. Smyczynski, H. C. Gifford, A. Lehovich, J. E. McNamara, W. P. Segars, J. Dey, M. A. King
Quantitative Study of Rigid-body and Respiratory Motion of Patients Undergoing Stress and Rest Cardiac SPECT Imaging ..............................................................................................................2943
J. Mitra Mukherjee, K. L. Johnson, J. E. McNamara, J. Dey, M. A. King
M05 MULTIMODALITY IMAGING Initial Performance Assessment of a Combined microPET® Focus-F120 and MR Split Magnet System ..............................................................................................................................................2948
R. C. Hawkes, T. D. Fryer, A. J. Lucas, S. B. Siegel, J. C. Clark, T. A. Carpenter
An MR Compatible PET Scanner Based on RatCAP for Small Animal Imaging at 9.4 T ....................2954S. H. Maramraju, S. S. Junnarkar, B. Ravindranath, S. S. Southekal, S. P. Stoll, D. S. Smith, W. Lenz, J. -F. Pratte, M. L. Purschke, S. Rescia, S. Krishnamoorthy, P. Vaska, C. L. Woody, D. J. Schlyer
M06 MIC POSTER I High Sensitivity Collimators for Brain SPECT ..........................................................................................2958
R. Ter-Antonyan, J. E. Bowsher, K. L. Greer, S. D. Metzler, R. J. Jaszczak
Low Noise Multi-Channel Readout Front-End in 0.35 µm CMOS Process for APD-Based PET Detectors................................................................................................................................................2962
X. Fang, C. Hu-Guo, N. Ollivier-Henry, M. Ndeye-Awa, D. Brasse, Y. Hu
Simulation Study on Sensitivity and Count Rate Characteristics of "OpenPET" Geometries .....................................................................................................................................................2967
E. Yoshida, T. Yamaya, K. Shibuya, F. Nishikido, N. Inadama, H. Murayama
Quantitative Accuracy in Cardiac Studies with the GE Discovery RX PET/CT Scanner......................2972T. J. Spinks, J. E. Bastin
Regularized B-spline Deformable Registration for Respiratory Motion Correction in PET Images ............................................................................................................................................................2977
W. Bai, M. Brady
Prototype of TlBr Detector Array for Ultra High Resolution PET ..........................................................2984K. Ishii, K. Hitomi, Y. Kikuchi, M. Fujiwara, M. Nakhostin, H. Yamazaki, S. Matsuyama, A. Terakawa
Correcting Spatial Distortion and non-Uniformity in Planar Images from γ-Camera Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................2986
D. Thanasas, D. Maintas, A. Karabarbounis, E. Georgiou, N. Giokaris, C. Papanicolas, E. Stiliaris
Impact of the Scattering Coefficient of Scintillation Crystals (LYSO and LSO) on Depth of Interaction Resolution ..................................................................................................................................2990
A. Ros-Garcia, C. W. Lerche, F. Sanchez, J. Segura-Ruiz, R. Ortuño, J. Marti, A. Cantarero, A. Sebastia, J. M. Benlloch
Iterative Algorithms for Variance Reduction on Compressed Sinogram Random Coincidences in PET .....................................................................................................................................2994
V. Y. Panin
Online Self Adaptive Calibration Front-end Electric Design for a High Resolution MicroPET ......................................................................................................................................................3001
X. Kang, Y. Liu, S. Wang, Z. Zhang, X. Sun, Y. Xia, Z. Wu, Y. Jin
Evaluation of the Impact of Resolution-Sensitivity Tradeoffs on Detection Performance for SPECT Imaging.............................................................................................................................................3005
E. Asma, R. M. Manjeshwar
Motion Compensated Spatio-temporal Filtering of Cardiac Gated SPECT Images...............................3009T. Marin, M. N. Wernick, Y. Yang, J. G. Brankov
Performance Investigation of a Time-of-Flight PET/CT Scanner ............................................................3013B. W. Jakoby, Y. Bercier, M. Conti, M. E. Casey, T. Gremillion, C. Hayden, B. Bendriem, D. W. Townsend
Investigating the Fundamental Significance of High Sensitivity for Lesion Detection in PET Imaging..................................................................................................................................................3019
C. -M. Kao, Y. Dong, C. -T. Chen
Reconstructed Image Resolution in Multiple Coincidences Compton Camera.......................................3025A. Andreyev, A. Celler, A. Sitek
Characterization of LSO/PMT Scintillation Pulses ...................................................................................3032N. Guo, Q. Xie, B. Zhang, C. Zhu, X. Wang, Z. Zhang, W. Cao, Y. Zhang
Real-Time MRI for Assessment of PET/CT Attenuation Correction Protocols......................................3036J. Hamill, A. Kino, D. Li, P. Weale, R. Jerecic, G. Platsch, C. Hayden, D. Burckhardt, J. Carr
PET Artifacts from off-Plane Sources in High Magnetic Fields ...............................................................3044D. Burdette, D. Albani, E. Chesi, N. Clinthorne, E. Cochran, K. Honscheid, S. Huh, H. Kagan, M. Knopp, C. Lacasta, M. Mikuz, P. Schmalbrock, A. Studen, P. Weilhammer
Reduction of CT Artifacts Due to Respiratory Motion in a Slowly Rotating SPECT/CT ......................3050K. Erlandsson, M. Núñez, D. Kruppa, B. F. Hutton
Geometric Co-Calibration of a Small Animal SPECT-CT System with Fully Superimposed Fields-of-View................................................................................................................................................3054
L. Cao, T. Kriesche, J. Peter
Template based Attenuation Correction for PET in MR-PET Scanners.................................................3061E. Rota Kops, H. Herzog
High Resolution 125i Pinhole SPECT Imaging of the Mouse Thyroid with the MediSPECT Small Animal CdTe Scanner ........................................................................................................................3065
G. Mettivier, M. C. Montesi, A. Lauria, R. Paolo
Development of a High Packing Fraction Detector Module with DOI Measurement Capability for High-Resolution PET ...........................................................................................................3072
F. G. Almeida, S. Augusto, R. Bugalho, B. Carriço, C. S. Ferreira, M. Ferreira, R. Moura, P. Parkhust, C. Ortigão, J. F. Pinheiro, P. Rodrigues, D. N. Sá, J. C. Silva, A. Trindade, J. Varela, J. Barbosa, J. C. Santos, M. Frade, I. Rolo, R. Silva
Performances' Evaluation of a Pinhole Small Animal SPECT System ....................................................3076Z. El bitar, B. Leh, V. Bekaert, D. Huss, D. Brasse
A Cross-Stack Quasi-Monolithic Detector with DOI Capability for a Small Animal PET ....................3080S. -J. Lee, C. -H. Baek, Y. H. Chung, Y. Choi
Hyperfast O(20484) Image Reconstruction for Synchrotron-Based X-Ray Tomographic Microscopy.....................................................................................................................................................3085
M. Kachelrieß, M. Knaup, S. Steckmann, F. Marone, M. Stampanoni
Effects of Multiple Photon Interactions in a High Resolution PET System that Uses 3-D Positioning Detectors ....................................................................................................................................3089
Y. Gu, G. Pratx, F. W. Y. Lau, C. S. Levin
Positioning Accuracy and Precision of a Three- Degrees-of-Freedom Manipulator Guided by Tilting- Collimator Scintillation Camera ...............................................................................................3095
N. M. Uzunov, M. Bello, P. Boccaccio, G. Moschini, D. Bollini, G. Baldazzi, R. Pani
A Novel Parallel Hole Collimator for High Resolution SPET Imaging with a Compact LaBr3 Gamma Camera ................................................................................................................................3099
R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, P. Bennati, M. N. Cinti, S. Ridolfi, R. Scafè, G. De Vincentis, S. Lo Meo, N. Lanconelli, F. Navarria, G. Moschini, A. Fabbri, E. D'Abramo, D. Sacco, V. Orsolini Cencelli, F. de Notaristefani
Design Simulations of a LSO Crystal Block Detector Module for Dual PET/SPECT Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................3104
P. Aguiar, A. Iglesias, C. Lois, F. Gomez
PET/CT Alignment for Small Animal Scanners based on Capillary Detection.......................................3107A. Rodríguez-Ruano, J. Pascau, J. Chamorro, A. Sisniega, V. García-Vázquez, Á. Udias, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco
Comparative Study of Two Flat-Panel X-Ray Detectors Applied to Small-Animal Imaging Cone-Beam Micro-CT ..................................................................................................................................3111
A. Sisniega, J. J. Vaquero, E. Lage, Á. de Carlos, J. L. Villena, M. Abella, I. Vidal, G. Tapias, J. C. Antoranz, M. Desco
Imaging Performance of the LabPET™ APD-based Digital PET Scanner .............................................3116M. Bergeron, J. Cadorette, J. -F. Beaudoin, M. -A. Tétrault, N. Viscogliosi, V. Selivanov, M. D. Lepage, G. Robert, J. P. Norenberg, R. Fontaine, R. Lecomte
Experimental Scanner Setup from miniPET II Detector Module ............................................................3121I. Valastyan, J. Imrek, G. Hegyesi, G. Kalinka, J. Molnar, D. Novak, A. Sipos, I. Bagamery, L. Balkay, A. Kerek
Evaluation of a High-Sensitivity Dual-Head Small Animal PET Scanner in Lesion Detection by Using Computer Observer .....................................................................................................3125
C. -M. Kao, Y. Dong, C. -T. Chen
Design and Feasibility Study of Gamma-Cube - A High Resolution and High Sensitivity SPECT System for In Vivo Mouse Brain Studies.......................................................................................3130
G. Fu, L. -J. Meng, C. -T. Chen
Monolithic Scintillator Blocks in PET and SPECT....................................................................................3136C. W. E. Van Eijk, J. Van der Laan, M. C. Maas, D. R. Schaart
A Hybrid Approach for Accurate Estimation of the Scatter Component in X-ray CT Combining Experimental Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations ................................................3139
A. Akbarzadeh, M. R. Ay, H. Ghadiri Heravani, S. Sarkar, H. Zaidi
An Iodine-Calcium Separation Analysis and Virtually Non-Contrasted Image Generation Obtained with Single Source Dual Energy MDCT.....................................................................................3143
L. Goshen, J. Sosna, R. Carmi, G. Kafri, I. Iancu, A. Altman
Front-End Electronics for a 1 mm3 Resolution Avalanche Photodiode-Based PET System with Analog Signal Multiplexing .................................................................................................................3146
F. W. Y. Lau, A. Vandenbroucke, P. D. Reynolds, P. D. Olcott, M. A. Horowitz, C. S. Levin
A Novel Imaging Beta Probe for Radioguided Surgery.............................................................................3150S. C. Thacker, B. C. Stack, V. J. Lowe, V. B. Gaysinskiya, S. L. Cool, B. Singh, G. Entine, V. V. Nagarkar
Implementation of a High Level Hands-on-Training at an Experimental PET Scanner .......................3154T. Würschig, W. Enghardt, T. Kluge
Demonstration of the Superiority of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis over 2D Mammography through a Series of Sophisticated Computational Breast Phantoms - A Preliminary Monte Carlo Study ....................................................................................................................................................3158
A. K. Ma, S. Gunn, E. Bullard, D. G. Darambara
Interactive Intraoperative Imaging and Guidance with a Pre-Registered CT volume ...........................3161V. I. Naik, J. W. Stayman
Differential Phase-contrast Tomosynthetic Experimental System with Weakly Coherent Hard X-rays ...................................................................................................................................................3164
K. Kang, Z. Wang, Z. Huang, L. Zhang, Z. Chen, F. Ding, Q. Fang
Performance Tests of a Stereotactic Gamma Imaging System Used for Localization ............................3167B. L. Welch, D. Banks, T. St. Saviour
Development of a Fillable, Tapered PET/CT Phantom .............................................................................3173J. M. Wilson, S. J. Lokitz, T. G. Turkington
Experimental Evaluation of Image-Based Spectral Analysis Method for Multi Energy Window Photon Counting X-Ray CT..........................................................................................................3178
R. Carmi, A. Livne, A. Gringauz, Y. Berman, A. Fuksman, N. Wainer
Advanced Compton Camera System for Nuclear Medicine: Prototype System Study...........................3181R. Kohara, T. Shirahata, T. Nakazawa, O. Miyazaki, S. Kabuki, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, H. Kubo, T. Tanimori, T. Nakahara, E. Kunieda, H. Fujii, A. Kubo
Timing Characteristics of the Inorganic Scintillators Coupled with SiPMs for the PET Application.....................................................................................................................................................3184
S. Kobayashi, J. Sakamoto, T. Yamamoto
Improving Light Extraction from Heavy Inorganic Scintillators by Photonic Crystals.........................3189M. Kronberger, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq
A Cone Beam CT Scanner without Moving Parts......................................................................................3195H. Schomberg, R. Luhta, R. Pietig
Four-layer DOI-PET Detector with a Silicon Photomultiplier Array ......................................................3198F. Nishikido, N. Inadama, K. Shibuya, E. Yoshida, T. Yamaya, I. Oda, K. Kitamura, H. Murayama
Advantage of the Four-Layer DOI Information in the Time Resolution for a TOF-PET Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................3201
T. Tsuda, K. Kitamura, J. Ohi, H. Tonami, M. Satoh, Y. Kumazawa
A Continuous Crystal Detector for TOF PET ............................................................................................3205T. Szczesniak, M. Moszynski, L. Swiderski, A. Nassalski, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, P. Ojala, C. Bohm
Simultaneous Imaging of Multi Nuclides using the Electron Tracking Compton Gamma-Ray Camera based on Small Animal and Phantom Experiments ............................................................3212
S. Kabuki, H. Kubo, K. Miuchi, H. Kimura, R. Kohara, O. Miyazaki, T. Nakazawa, T. Shirahata, E. Yamamoto, A. Kubo, E. Kunieda, T. Nakahara, H. Amano, H. Kawashima, M. Ueda, Y. Nakamoto, K. Ogawa, K. Togashi, H. Saji, T. Tanimori
DOI PET Detectors with Scintillation Crystals Cut as Triangular Prisms ..............................................3217N. Inadama, H. Murayama, T. Yamaya, F. Nishikido, K. Shibuya, E. Yoshida, T. Tsuda, A. Ohmura, Y. Yazaki, H. Osada
Crystal Identification Performance of the jPET Detector Depending on Refractive Index of Optical Cement Between Scintillators .........................................................................................................3221
A. Ohmura, F. Nishikido, N. Inadama, Y. Yazaki, H. Osada, K. Shibuya, T. Yamaya, E. Yoshida, S. Torii, H. Murayama
Evaluation of the Luminescence Efficiency of YAG:CE Powder Scintillating Screens for Use in Digital Mammography Detectors .....................................................................................................3225
S. David, C. Michail, M. Roussou, E. Nirgianaki, A. Toutountzis, N. Kalivas, I. Valais, G. Fountos, I. Kandarakis, G. Panagiotakis
Optimizing Timing Resolution for TOF PET Detectors Based on Monolithic Scintillation Crystals Using Fast Photosensor Arrays .....................................................................................................3229
R. Vinke, H. Loehner, D. R. Schaart, H. T. van Dam, S. Seifert, F. J. Beekman, P. Dendooven
HICAM: Development of a High-resolution Anger Camera for Nuclear Medicine................................3236C. Fiorini, A. Gola, R. Peloso, A. Longoni, P. Lechner, L. Strueder, B. F. Hutton, K. Erlandsson, S. Mahmood, P. Van Mullekom, A. Pedretti, R. Moretti, G. L. Poli, G. Lucignani
Simultaneous Acquisition of K-Edge Subtraction Images using a pnCCD..............................................3240K. Nurdan, T. Conka Nurdan, M. AlTaani, H. Yousef, A. H. Walenta, K. Walenta, A. Abboud, A. Nasr, O. Rübsamen, W. Schenk, U. Pietsch, S. Send, W. Leitenberger, R. Hartmann, L. Strüder
Experimental Determination of Optical Scattering and Absorption in LaBr3:Ce3+................................3245H. T. van Dam, W. Drozdowski, S. Seifert, P. Dorenbos, D. R. Schaart
Parametrization of SiPM Dynamic Range Contribution to Energy Resolution of Scintillation Light Readout ..........................................................................................................................3248
B. Couce, F. Gomez, A. Iglesias, P. Aguiar, C. Lois
Feasibility Study for Photon Counting Detector for High Resolution Pre Clinical SPECT ...................3250S. Tibbelin, A. Badano, M. Danielsson
Optimization of Silicon Detector Layout and Associated Front-end Electronics for Timing Performance of a Silicon PET Through Simulation...................................................................................3255
A. Studen, N. H. Clinthorne, H. Kagan, M. Mikuž
Energy Weighting in a 2D-MHSP x-ray Single Photon Detector..............................................................3261C. A. Oliveira, C. A. Santos, A. L. Silva, J. M. dos Santos, J. F. Veloso
First Experiments with LaBr3:Ce Crystals Coupled Directly to Silicon Photomultipliers for PET Applications ..........................................................................................................................................3266
D. R. Schaart, S. Seifert, H. T. van Dam, M. R. de Boer, R. Vinke, P. Dendooven, H. Löhner, F. J. Beekman
Monte Carlo Based Performance Assessment of Four Commercial GE Discovery PET/CT Scanners Using GATE ..................................................................................................................................3270
P. Geramifar, M. R. Ay, M. Shamsai Zafarghandi, G. Loudos, A. Rahmim
Monte Carlo Simulation of Multi-Head Si/CdTe Compton Camera for Medical Imaging ....................3275M. Yamaguchi, N. Kawachi, S. Watanabe, H. Odaka, S. Takeda, S. Ishikawa, H. Aono, T. Takahashi, K. Arakawa, T. Nakano
Development and Validation of a GATE Simulation Model for the LabPET Scanner ..........................3278S. Rechka, R. Fontaine, M. Rafecas, R. Lecomte
LuCaS: Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations of Highly Realistic PET Tumor Images .............................3285S. Stute, P. Tylski, N. GrotusI
Optimization of Photon Tracking in Gate...................................................................................................3288N. S. Rehfeld, S. Stute, M. Soret, J. ApostolakisI
Sensitivity of Photon-Counting K-Edge Imaging: Dependence on Atomic Number and Object Size .....................................................................................................................................................3291
E. Roessl, B. Brendel, J. -P. Schlomka, A. Thran, R. Proksa
Evaluation of Different Multi-Pinhole Imaging Geometries for SPECT Imaging of Parkinsonian Disorders ................................................................................................................................3297
M. E. Spilker, G. Bal, J. Uribe, L. Thurfjell, C. Tan Hehir, X. Tao, A. Can, B. Sarachan, F. Jansen
Computer Evaluation of a Novel Multipinhole SPECT System for Cardiac Imaging ............................3300Q. Huang, R. Boutchko, B. H. Hasegawa, T. F. Budinger, G. T. Gullberg
Look-up Table-Based Simulation of Scintillation Detectors in Computed Tomography .......................3303M. Balda, S. Wirth, D. Niederlöhner, B. Heismann, J. Hornegger
Slat Collimated Multipinhole Human Brain SPECT .................................................................................3309J. De Smet, R. Van Holen, S. Staelens, S. Vandenberghe, I. Lemahieu
Theoretical Analysis of Multi-Pinhole Brain SPECT ................................................................................3311M. C. Goorden, M. C. M. Rentmeester, F. J. Beekman
Parallel Adaptive Finite Element Simulation for Optical Molecular Imaging with Simplified Spherical Harmonics Approximation .......................................................................................3314
Y. Lu, A. F. Chatziioannou
Effect of Detector Energy Response on Image Quality of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT......................3318L. Volokh, J. Hugg, I. Blevis, E. Asma, F. Jansen, R. Manjeshwar
An Analytic Model of the Cardiac Cycle.....................................................................................................3322S. Zabic, D. Heuscher, F. Noo
Monte Carlo Simulations of Respiratory Gated 18F-FDG PET for the Assessment of Volume Measurement Methods ...................................................................................................................3325
S. Vauclin, S. Hapdey, C. Michel, H. Rebani, I. Buvat, A. Edet-Sanson, K. Doyeux, I. Gardin, P. Vera
A Vector Uniform Cramer-Rao Bound for SPECT System Design .........................................................3329L. -J. Meng, N. Li
Experimental Validation and Performance Analysis of the Clear-PEM Data Acquisition Electronics......................................................................................................................................................3340
R. Bugalho, V. Bexiga, B. Carriço, C. S. Ferreira, M. Ferreira, N. C. Ferreira, C. Leong, P. Lousã, P. Machado, R. Moura, P. Neves, C. Ortigão, F. Piedade, J. F. Pinheiro, P. Rodrigues, I. C. Teixeira, J. P. Teixeira, J. C. Silva, A. Trindade, J. Varela
Convex Optimization of Coincidence Time Resolution for High Resolution PET Systems ...................3343P. D. Reynolds, P. D. Olcott, G. Pratx, F. W. Y. Lau, C. S. Levin
Data Acquisition System for Multi Channel Silicon Drift Diode-based Detector....................................3349Y. Kim, J. Moon, J. Lee, K. Yoon, Y. Ahn, H. Lee, K. Lee, J. Joung, S. Bae
Test and Optimization of Timing Algorithms for PET Detectors with Digital Sampling Front-end .......................................................................................................................................................3353
B. Joly, G. Montarou, J. Lecoq, M. Crouau, M. Brossard, G. Bohner, P. -E. Vert
Motion Estimation for Functional Medical Imaging Studies Using a Stereo Video Head Pose Tracking System ...................................................................................................................................3361
W. P. T. Ma, G. Hamarneh, G. Mori, K. Dinelle, V. Sossi
Data-Processing Strategies for Crossed-Strip Gamma-Ray Detectors.....................................................3366H. L. Durko, B. S. McDonald, S. Shokouhi, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, T. E. Peterson
Analysis of Time Resolution in Monolithic Crystal PET Detectors Using Different Digital Time Extraction Algorithms ........................................................................................................................3370
J. M. Monzo, C. W. Lerche, J. D. Martinez, R. Esteve, J. Toledo, V. Herrero, N. Ferrando, R. J. Aliaga, R. J. Colom, R. Gadea, F. Sanchez, F. J. Mora, J. M. Benlloch, A. Sebastia
An Investigation of Waveform Sampling for Improved Signal Processing in TOF PET .......................3376R. I. Wiener, S. Surti, C. C. M. Kyba, F. M. Newcomer, R. Van Berg, J. S. Karp
Towards Quantitative SPECT: Error Estimation of SPECT OSEM with 3D Resolution Recovery, Attenuation Correction and Scatter Correction .......................................................................3381
J. Zeintl, A. H. Vija, A. Yahil, X. Ding, J. Hornegger, T. Kuwert
Very High Resolution 3D List-Mode PET Reconstruction Using Polar Voxels.......................................3387R. E. Ansorge, T. A. Carpenter, J. C. Clark, T. D. Fryer, R. C. Hawkes, A. J. Lucas
Reconstruction of a Uniform Star Object from Interior X-ray Data .......................................................3390G. Van Gompel, M. Defrise, J. Batenburg
Image Based Resolution Modeling for the HRRT OSEM Reconstructions Software.............................3395C. Comtat, F. C. Sureau, M. Sibomana, I. K. Hong, N. Sjöholm, R. Trébossen
Enhancement of Spatial Resolution of Roentgenographic Methods Using Deconvolution.....................3399F. Krejci, J. Jakubek, J. Dammer, D. Vavrik, M. Kroupa
Efficient Projection Model for Blobs in Motion-Compensated Iterative Cone-Beam CT ......................3405A. A. Isola, A. Ziegler, T. Koehler, W. J. Niessen, M. Graß
Fan-Beam Tomography Iterative Algorithm Based on Fourier Transform ............................................3413D. I. Kazantsev, V. V. Pickalov
Prediction Correction Tractography through Statistical Tracking..........................................................3415D. Imperati, I. Frosio, M. Tittgemeyer, A. Borghese
PET Reconstruction Software Toolkit - PRESTO A Novel, Universal C++ Library for Fast, Iterative, Fully 3D PET Image Reconstruction using Highly Compressed, Memory-Resident System Matrices.............................................................................................................................3422
J. J. Scheins, H. Herzog
Cone-Beam Artifact Reduction Using Second Pass Radon Space Filling ................................................3426K. Erhard
BPF Reconstruction for Helical CT Using All Data ...................................................................................3429T. Koehler, C. Bontus, R. Proksa
Vector Field Interpolation for Cardiac Motion Compensated Reconstruction .......................................3432P. Forthmann, U. van Stevendaal, M. Graß, T. Köhler
A Method for OSEM PET Reconstruction on Parallel Architectures Using STIR.................................3436T. Beisel, S. Lietsch, K. Thielemans
Comparison of Noise Performance for Penalized-Likelihood Image Reconstruction Methods with Uniform Resolution Estimators ...........................................................................................3444
M. Ahmad, A. Todd-Pokropek
MAP-EM Reconstruction using Uniform Background Template for Limited-Angle PEM...................3447K. Kitamura, H. Kudo
Metal Artifact Reduction in CT images by Sinogram TV inpainting.......................................................3450X. Duan, L. Zhang, Y. Xiao, J. Cheng, Z. Chen, Y. Xing
Region-of-Interest Reconstruction from Truncated Data by Combined Classical Filtered-Backprojection and Virtual Fanbeam Reconstruction ..............................................................................3453
M. S. Ould Mohamed, R. Clackdoyle, C. Mennessier
A Dedicated Storage Scheme for the System Matrix to the Model Based Tomographic X-ray Perfusion Imaging ..................................................................................................................................3457
S. Serowy, M. Skalej, G. Rose
Metals in PET/CT: Causes And Reduction of Artifacts in PET Images ..................................................3459C. Lemmens, J. Nuyts
3D Reconstruction Algorithm for Cone-beam Differential Phase Contrast Computed Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................3468
L. Zhang, Q. Fang, Z. Huang
A Statistical Stopping Rule for MLEM Reconstructions in PET..............................................................3473N. Bissantz, B. Mair, A. Munk
Preliminary Study on the Impact of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Scanning Angle on Micro-calcification Imaging .........................................................................................................................3476
E. Y. Sidky, I. S. Reiser, R. M. Nishikawa, X. Pan
Iterative CT Reconstruction using LabPET™ Detector Modules ............................................................3480C. Thibaudeau, P. Bérard, M. -A. Tétrault, J. -D. Leroux, R. Fontaine, R. Lecomte
Artifact Suppression and Quantitative Accuracy of Damped MLEM Algorithm for SPECT Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................3485
S. Shcherbinin, A. Celler
Parameter Estimation in Multiple-Image Radiography ............................................................................3489K. Majidi, J. G. Brankov, J. Li, C. Muehleman, M. Wernick
System Modeling of a DOI-Capable Half-Ring PET Insert Device for Breast Cancer Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................3493
D. B. Keesing, D. Pal, J. A. O'Sullivan, S. Komarov, H. Wu, Y. -C. Tai
Three-Dimensional Edge-Preserving Regularization for Compton Camera Reconstruction ................3498S. -J. Lee, M. N. Lee, V. -G. Nguyen, S. M. Kim, J. S. Lee
A Novel Approach to Reconstruct Cone-Beam Data Acquired on Less than a Full Scan ......................3504J. D. Pack, J. J. Manak
Fully 4D Cardiac Gated SPECT Reconstruction with Simultaneous Compensation in KL Domain ...........................................................................................................................................................3507
Y. Fan, C. Jiao, H. Lu, Z. Liang
Toward Region-of-interest (ROI)-based 4-D Perfusion Using Angiography System..............................3512K. Taguchi, J. -F. H. Geschwind
Quantitation of D2 Receptor Binding with Dedicated Small Animal PET, Small Animal SPECT and HiSPECT - the Impact of the Reference Region on the Binding Potential .........................3515
S. Nikolaus, A. Wirrwar, S. Viehöver, A. Azmoudeh, R. Larisch, M. Beu, C. Antke, N. Schramm, H. -W. Müller
Simulation-based and Experimental Evaluation of HiSens, a New CdZnTe Gamma-camera Architecture .....................................................................................................................................3520
C. Robert, G. Montemont, V. Rebuffel, I. Buvat, L. Guerin, L. Verger
A Normalization Scheme for LOR-based Motion Correction in PET......................................................3526V. W. Zhou, A. Z. Kyme, S. R. Meikle, R. R. Fulton
Clinical Usability of a Compact High Resolution Detector for High Resolution and Quantitative SPECT Imaging in a Selected Small ROI .............................................................................3531
T. Zeniya, H. Watabe, H. Kudo, Y. Hirano, K. Minato, H. Iida
Pixel-based Partial Volume Correction of Small Animal PET Images Using Point Spread Function System Characterization: Evaluation of Effects on Cardiac Output, Perfusion and Metabolic Rate Using Parametric Images ...........................................................................................3534
A. E. Spinelli, D. D'Ambrosio, G. Fiacchi, R. Franchi, S. Boschi, M. Marengo
A New Dynamic SPECT Quantification Method for Conventional Rotating Camera Systems and a Step-andshot Protocol ..........................................................................................................3540
Y. -J. Tsai, I. -T. Hsiao, K. -J. Lin, C. -H. Hsu
Use of IBASPM Atlas-based Automatic Segmentation Toolbox in Pathological Brains: Effect of Template Selection.........................................................................................................................3544
V. García-Vázquez, S. Reig, J. Janssen, J. Pascau, A. Rodríguez-Ruano, Á. Udías, J. Chamorro, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco
Multi-Slice SPECT Attenuation and Scatter Correction Using Monte Carlo Simulated System Matrices ............................................................................................................................................3547
A. C. Sauve, B. W. Reutter, R. Boutchko, W. -S. Choong, G. T. Gullberg
Estimating Random Coincidences from Singles Count Rates for Improved RatCAP Image Accuracy ........................................................................................................................................................3551
S. Southekal, P. Vaska
Motion-Compensated Iterative Sparse Data Reconstruction for Interventional 3-D Coronary Artery Imaging ............................................................................................................................3554
E. Hansis, O. Dössel, M. Graß
Super-resolution in 4D Positron Emission Tomography ...........................................................................3559D. Wallach, F. Lamare, J. Rubio, M. Ledesma, A. Santos, G. Kontaxakis, P. Maréchal, C. Roux, D. Visvikis
Revisiting the Singles Rate Method for Modeling Accidental Coincidences in PET...............................3562J. F. Oliver, M. Rafecas
Accuracy Analysis of Image-based Respiratory Motion Estimation and Compensation in Respiratorygated PET Reconstruction........................................................................................................3566
S. Chen, B. M. W. Tsui
Adaptive Upsampling with Shift Method for Windmill Artifact Correction in Multislice Helical CT ......................................................................................................................................................3570
A. A. Zamyatin
Frequency Selective Signal Extrapolation for Compensation of Missing Data in Sinograms ................3573J. L. Herraiz, S. España, E. Vicente, E. Herranz, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero, J. M. Udias
Validation of a Retrospective Respiratory Gating Method for Small-animal CT Scanners ..................3577C. Chavarrías, J. J. Vaquero, A. Sisniega, A. Rodríguez-Ruano, M. L. Soto-Montenegro, M. Desco
MRI Based Assessment of the Extent to Which Stereo-Tracking of Markers on the Chest can Predict Motion of the Heart. .................................................................................................................3580
M. A. King, J. Dey, J. E. McNamara, K. Johnson, J. Mitra, P. H. Pretorius, A. Lehovich, S. Gu, R. Walvick, Y. Sun, J. C. Ford
Quantitative Accuracy of SPECT Reconstructions with a Voxelized CT-based Partial Volume Effect Correction.............................................................................................................................3585
S. Shcherbinin, A. Celler
Correction of Motion-Induced Artifacts in Clinical Cardiac SPECT Studies Using a Stereo-Motion- Tracking System .................................................................................................................3593
J. E. McNamara, K. Johnson, J. Mitra, S. Gu, M. A. Gennert, M. A. King, P. H. Pretorius
Implementation of Cluster Analysis in 3D Dosimetry for Targeted Radionuclide Therapy ..................3598A. Divoli, S. Buckley, M. Bardiés, G. D. Flux
New Approaches to Parameter Estimation from Noisy Image Data ........................................................3602M. K. Whitaker, H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson
Automatic Contrast Enhancement in Digital Radiography ......................................................................3605I. Frosio, M. Lucchese, F. Lissandrello, N. A. Borghese
PET Functional Volume Segmentation: a Robustness Study....................................................................3609M. Hatt, P. Bailly, A. Turzo, C. Roux, D. Visvikis
Human Observer Efficiency for Signal Detection and Localization in Emission Tomographic Images ....................................................................................................................................3614
B. Liu, L. Zhou, S. Kulkarni, G. R. Gindi
Automatic Localization of the Hippocampal Region in MR Images to Asses Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease in MCI Patients .....................................................................................3622
G. Gemme
Evaluation of Genetic Algorithm-Generated Multivariate Color Tables for the Visualization of Multimodal Medical Fused Data Sets ..............................................................................3629
K. G. Baum, M. Helguera, E. Schmidt, K. Rafferty, A. Krol
Hessian Based Orientation Analysis of the Canal Network in Cortical Bone Micro-CT Images ............................................................................................................................................................3635
Z. Peter, B. Perrenot, A. Larrue, F. Peyrin
A Method to Reduce the FP/imm Number Through CC and MLO Views Comparison in Mammographic Images. ...............................................................................................................................3638
G. Raso, D. Cascio, F. Fauci, L. Lo Presti, R. Magro, R. Ienzi, M. Glorioso, M. Iacomi, M. Vasile, S. Sorce
Volume-of-Interest Segmentation of Cortical Regions for Multimodal Brain Analysis .........................3642G. Wagenknecht, S. Winter
High-Definition Positron Emission Tomography Using Restored Sinograms .........................................3647H. Li, Y. Zhang, H. Baghaei, S. Liu, R. Ramirez, C. Wang, S. An, W. -H. Wong
Measurements and Evaluation of the Image Noise Power Spectrum for Computed Radiography ..................................................................................................................................................3652
H. -S. Park, H. -J. Kim, H. -M. Cho, J. Jung, C. -L. Lee
Interactive Point-of-Interest Volume Rendering Visualization of PET-CT Data ...................................3658J. Kim, A. Kumar, S. Eberl, M. Fulham, D. Feng
A Fourier-Based Algorithm for Micro-Calcification Enhancement in Mammographic Images ............................................................................................................................................................3662
F. Fauci, D. Cascio, M. Iacomi, A. La Manna, R. Magro, G. Raso, M. Vasile
Automatic Computer Aided Diagnosis Tool using Component-based SVM ...........................................3666J. M. Górriz, J. Ramírez, A. Lassl, D. Salas-Gonzalez, E. W. Lang, C. G. Puntonet, I. Álvarez, M. López, M. Gómez-Río
A Comparison of Nonlinear Least-square Optimization Methods in Affine Registration of SPECT Images...............................................................................................................................................3670
D. Salas-Gonzalez, J. M. Górriz, J. Ramírez, A. Lassl, C. G. Puntonet, E. W. Lang, M. Gómez-Río
Cardiac PET Image Segmentation by a Deformable Model with a Force Field Driven Speed Term ....................................................................................................................................................3673
R. Dedic, M. Allili, R. Lecomte, A. Benchakroun
A Results Recapitulation of Image Registration Techniques in Digital Subtraction Angiography ..................................................................................................................................................3677
Y. Bentoutou, N. Taleb, A. Bounoua, C. Serief
Integrated Models for the Analysis of Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis Gel Images ...........................3683G. De Nunzio, S. Maglio, R. Demitri, A. Agrusti, R. Cataldo, I. De Mitri, M. Favetta, A. Massafra, G. Marsella, M. Quarta, G. Mercurio
Effects of Background Complexity on LROC Analysis of SPECT ...........................................................3687B. Liu, L. Zhou, S. Kulkarni, G. R. Gindi
Material Separation in CT Reconstruction Based on Data-domain Dual Energy Decomposition ...............................................................................................................................................3692
A. M. Natarajan, A. A. Zamyatin, Y. Zou
Effect Of Data Processing On The Accuracy Of Biologically Relevant Measures In High Resolution PET Brain Imaging Using The HRRT .....................................................................................3697
V. Sossi, K. Dinelle, S. Blinder, S. Lidstone
MR-DTI: a Semi-Automated Algorithm to Identify Damaged Brain Areas from Fractional Anisotropy Maps ...........................................................................................................................................3700
G. De Nunzio, C. Ciraci, M. Donativi, A. Castellano, S. Quarta, F. Ricci
Lung Uniformization for Juxta-Pleural Nodule Detection ........................................................................3703A. Massafra, G. De Nunzio, L. Martina, R. Cataldo, S. Maglio, M. Quarta, A. Retico, L. Bolanos
A Noise Mechanism for Model Observers...................................................................................................3707N. F. Pereira, H. C. Gifford, M. A. King
Feature Selection for Learning-machine Numerical Observer .................................................................3714J. G. Brankov, P. H. Pretorius
Accuracy of Channelized Hotelling Observer Performance Measures Estimated from Repeated CT Scans .......................................................................................................................................3718
A. Wunderlich, F. Noo
Temporal Wavelet Denoising of PET Sinograms and Images...................................................................3722F. C. Sureau, J. -C. Pesquet, C. Chaux, N. Pustelnik, A. J. Reader, C. Comtat, R. Trébossen
Shortened Dynamic FDG-PET Protocol to Determine the Glucose Metabolic Rate in Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma..........................................................................................................................3729
E. P. Visser, L. B. E. Kienhorst, L. F. de Geus-Oei, W. J. G. Oyen
In How Many Kinetic Classes Can [11C]-(R)- PK11195 Brain PET Data Be Segmented? .....................3733R. Hinz, R. Boellaard, F. E. Turkheimer
Maximizing Model Parameter Precision by Optimizing Dose in 3D [15O]H2O PET Scans ....................3738M. D. Walker, J. C. Matthews, M. -C. Asselin, C. C. Watson, A. Saleem, N. Charnley, P. J. Julyan, P. M. Price, T. Jones
A Nonlinear Variational Method for Improved Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using Dynamic H2 15O PET ..........................................................................................................................3746
M. Benning, T. Kösters, F. Wübbeling, K. Schäfers, M. Burger
Dynamic Pinhole SPECT Imaging and Compartmental Modeling of Fatty Acid Metabolism in the Rat Heart........................................................................................................................3752
B. W. Reutter, R. Boutchko, R. H. Huesman, S. M. Hanrahan, K. M. Brennan, A. C. Sauve, G. T. Gullberg
Maximum Likelihood Deconvolution of Dynamic Contrast MRI Data. ..................................................3756N. Fitzgerald, F. O'Sullivan, G. Newman, D. O'Mahony, N. O'Donovan
Photoacoustic Image Reconstruction in an Attenuating Medium Using Singular-value Decomposition ...............................................................................................................................................3763
D. Modgil, P. J. La Riviere
M08 APPLICATION SPECIFIC IMAGING, IMAGING FOR RADIOTHERAPY Clinical Imaging Characteristics of the Positron Emission Mammography PEM Flex Solo II .............3768
L. MacDonald, J. Edwards, J. Rogers, T. Lewellen, P. Kinahan
Conclusions from an Experimental 3D Ultrasound Computer Tomograph............................................3776N. V. Ruiter, G. F. Schwarzenberg, M. Zapf, H. Gemmeke
Cerenkov Radiation Imaging as a Method for Quantitative Measurements of Beta Particles in a Microfluidic Chip ...................................................................................................................3784
J. S. Cho, A. Douraghy, S. Olma, K. Liu, Y. C. Chen, C. K. Shen, R. W. Silverman, R. M. Van Dam, A. F. Chatziioannou
A Novel Approach for Predicting the Positron Emitter Distributions Produced during Therapeutic Ion Irradiation .........................................................................................................................3790
M. Priegnitz, F. Fiedler, D. Kunath, K. Laube, K. Parodi, F. Sommerer, W. Enghardt
First 4D In-beam PET Measurement for Beam Tracking of a Moving Phantom with a Scanned Carbon Ion Beam...........................................................................................................................3794
K. Parodi, N. Saito, C. Richter, N. Chaudhri, W. Enghardt, E. Rietzel, C. Bert
Singular Value Analysis for Magnetic Particle Imaging ...........................................................................3799T. Knopp, S. Biederer, T. Sattel, T. M. Buzug
Pulse Width Modulation: a Novel Readout Scheme for High Energy Photon Detection........................3804P. D. Olcott, C. S. Levin
Segmenting Degenerated Lumbar Intervertebral Discs from MR Images ..............................................3810S. Michopoulou, L. Costaridou, R. Speller, E. Panagiotopoulos, A. Todd-Pokropek
M09 DETECTORS: SPECT, CT A 54mm x 54mm - 1.8Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor for Medical Imaging .........................................3814
A. T. Clark, N. Guerrini, N. Allinson, S. E. Bohndiek, J. Crooks, T. Pickering, R. Turchetta
Depth-of-Interaction Detection and Correction with a Multi-Scale Algorithm in CCD Based Gamma Cameras................................................................................................................................3818
M. A. N. Korevaar, J. W. T. Heemskerk, M. C. Goorden, F. J. Beekman
M10 MIC POSTER II A Multiplex "OpenPET" Geometry to Extend Axial FOV without Increasing the Number of Detectors ....................................................................................................................................................3824
T. Yamaya, E. Yoshida, N. Inadama, F. Nishikido, K. Shibuya, H. Murayama
Performance Comparison and System Modeling of a Compton Medical Imaging System and a Collimated Anger Camera .................................................................................................................3827
L. Han, N. Clinthorne
Performance Assessment of a Variable Field of View and Geometry PET Animal Scanner Based on CdTe Strip Detector Blocks .........................................................................................................3832
P. Descourt, F. Mathy, S. Maitrejean, J. F. Clement, C. Comtat, R. Trebossen, O. Rossetto, L. Verger, G. Montémont, D. Visvikis, O. Monnet
Comparing Crystal Identification Algorithms for PET Block Detectors .................................................3835X. Kang, Z. Gu, X. Sun, Y. Liu, S. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Jin
PET-CT Co-Registration for In-Beam PET ...............................................................................................3840F. Fiedler, M. Sobiella, W. Enghardt
A Demonstrator for a New Axial PET Concept .........................................................................................3844P. Solevi
Thick Continuous Crystal Design for PET .................................................................................................3848M. Kaul, S. Surti, R. Wiener, J. S. Karp
Optimizability of LogLikelihoods for the Estimation of Detector Efficiencies and Singles Rates in PET ..................................................................................................................................................3853
M. W. Jacobson, K. Thielemans
A Comparison of Breast Lesion Imaging Capability of a Whole-body PET Camera and a Brain/breast PET Camera............................................................................................................................3860
H. Baghaei, H. Li, Y. Zhang, R. Ramirez, S. Liu, C. Wang, S. An, W. -H. Wong
Comparison of 3D SPECT Imaging with a Rotating Slat Collimator and a Parallel Hole Collimator ......................................................................................................................................................3865
R. Van Holen, S. Vandenberghe, S. Staelens, I. Lemahieu
Improved Reconstructed Image Quality in a SPECT System with Slit-Slat Collimation by Combination of Multiplexed and Non-Multiplexed Data ..........................................................................3871
S. T. Mahmood, K. Erlandsson, B. F. Hutton
Fully 4D Reconstruction of Dynamic SPECT Images Based on the Estimation of Spatiotemporal Basis Coefficients Directly from Projection Measurements ...........................................3877
M. Abella, B. W. Reutter, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco, G. T. Gullberg
Evaluation of Local PMT Triggering Electronics for a TOF-PET Scanner ............................................3881C. C. Kyba, R. Wiener, F. M. Newcomer, A. E. Perkins, R. R. Kulp, M. E. Werner, S. Surti, N. Dressnandt, R. Van Berg
A Lower-Cost High-Resolution LYSO Detector Development for Positron Emission Mammography (PEM)..................................................................................................................................3887
R. A. Ramirez, Y. Zhang, S. Liu, H. Li, H. Baghaei, S. An, C. Wang, M. -L. Jan, W. -H. Wong
Performance of Electronically Collimated SPECT Imaging System in the Energy Range from 140 keV to 511 keV ..............................................................................................................................3891
E. Cochran, D. Burdette, E. Chesi, N. H. Clinthorne, K. Honscheid, S. S. Huh, H. Kagan, C. Lacasta, M. Mikuz, D. S. Smith, A. Studen, P. Weilhammer
Monte Carlo Simulation Study on the Time Resolution of a PMT-Quadrant-Sharing LSO Detector Block for Time-of-Flight PET.......................................................................................................3895
S. Liu, J. Liu, H. Li, Y. Zhang, S. An, C. Wang, R. Ramirez, H. Baghaei, W. -H. Wong
Optimization of Rb-82 PET Acquisition and Reconstruction Protocols for Myocardial Perfusion Defect Detection ...........................................................................................................................3902
J. Tang, A. Rahmim, R. Lautamäki, M. Lodge, F. Bengel, B. M. W. Tsui
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with an Ultra-Fast Cardiac SPECT Camera - a Phantom Study...............................................................................................................................................................3909
L. Volokh, C. Lahat, E. Binyamin, I. Blevis
Novel Electro-Optically Coupled MR-Compatible PET Detectors...........................................................3913P. D. Olcott, H. Peng, C. S. Levin
A Comparison of CT-based Attenuation Correction Strategies for PET Data of Moving Structures.......................................................................................................................................................3919
C. Richter, C. Hoinkis, U. Just, F. Pönisch, J. Woithe, W. Enghardt
A Simultaneous PET/MRI Breast Scanner based on the RatCAP ...........................................................3923B. Ravindranath, S. H. Maramraju, S. S. Junnarkar, S. S. Southekal, S. P. Stoll, J. -F. Pratte, M. L. Purschke, X. Hong, D. Bennett, K. Cheng, D. Tomasi, D. S. Smith, S. Krishnamoorthy, P. Vaska, C. L. Woody, D. J. Schlyer
MR-based Attenuation Correction for PET Using an Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) Sequence.........................................................................................................................................................3929
V. Keereman, S. Vandenberghe, Y. De Deene, R. Luypaert, T. Broux
Performance Evaluation and MR Compatibility Assessment of an Optical Fibre Based Pre-Clinical MR-Compatible PET Scanner................................................................................................3935
J. E. Mackewn, D. Strul, G. Charles-Edwards, J. J. Totman, T. Schaeffter, W. A. Hallett, P. Halsted, R. A. Page, S. C. Williams, D. Cash, S. F. Keevil, P. K. Marsden
Study of Compatibility of a Silicon Drift Detector with a MRI System ...................................................3940C. Fiorini, A. Longoni, R. Peloso, A. Laratta
VrPET/CT: Development of a Rotating Multimodality Scanner for Small-Animal Imaging................3944E. Lage, J. J. Vaquero, A. Sisniega, S. España, G. Tapias, A. Udias, V. Garcia, A. Rodriguez-Ruano, M. Desco
Can Large-area Avalanche Photodiodes Be Used for a Clinical PET/MRI Block Detector?.................3948H. Peng, P. D. Olcott, C. S. Levin
Preclinical Dual-Energy X-ray Computed Tomography Through Differential Filtration .....................3954R. Taschereau, A. F. Chatziioannou
Optimization of Crystal Length and Coating to Improve the Depth of Interaction Spatial Resolution in PET Imaging ..........................................................................................................................3958
S. Salvador, J. Wurtz, D. Huss, D. Brasse
Design of a High Resolution, Monolithic Crystal, PET/MRI Detector with DOI Positioning Capability.......................................................................................................................................................3961
R. S. Miyaoka, X. Li, C. Lockhart, T. K. Lewellen
High-Resolution Cardiac Rat SPECT: Effect of Dose and Acquisition Time..........................................3966C. Wu, B. Vastenhouw, F. van der Have, R. A. Dierckx, F. J. Beekman
Development of a High-Spatial-Resolution Whole- Body DOI PET System Using LGSO/GSO Crystals .....................................................................................................................................3969
A. Ohtani, K. Tanaka, K. Kitamura, T. Mizuta, Y. Inoue, H. Tonami, J. Ohi
Measured Imaging Performance of Photon Counting Hybrid Pixel X-Ray Detectors ...........................3973F. Cassol Brunner, J. -C. Clemens, C. Hemmer, C. Morel
Pulse Train Multiplexing Method for Pixellated Gamma Detectors ........................................................3977K. Shimazoe, B. Shi, H. Takahashi, T. Furumiya, J. Ooi, Y. Kumazawa
Real-time Awake Animal Motion Tracking System for SPECT Imaging................................................3980J. S. Goddard, J. S. Baba, S. J. Lee, A. G. Weisenberger, A. Stolin, J. McKisson, M. F. Smith
Transmission Measurements using Iterative Conebeam Reconstruction on the Inveon DPET ..............................................................................................................................................................3984
M. W. Lenox, J. Gregor, S. B. Siegel
First Test Results of a Commercially Available Clinical PET Scanner Using the NEMA NU 4 - 2008 Small Animal PET Standards ........................................................................................................3991
W. Luo, E. Anashkin, C. G. Matthews
Analytic Calculation of Multi-pinhole Collimator Sensitivity with Tilted Pinholes................................3997H. -H. Hsieh, I. -T. Hsiao, C. -H. Hsu, K. -J. Lin
Coincidence Identification in PET Using Neural Networks ......................................................................4001E. Fuster-Garcia, J. F. Oliver, S. Tortajada, M. Rafecas
Comparison of Coincidence Identification Techniques for High Resolution PET ..................................4005J. F. Oliver, I. Torres-Espallardo, R. Fontaine, S. I. Ziegler, M. Rafecas
A New Position Reconstruction Method for Position Sensitive Photomultipliers ...................................4009M. Mikeli, A. Polychronopoulou, A. Gektin, N. Giokaris, A. Karabarbounis, D. Maintas, V. Pedash, C. Papanicolas, D. Thanasas, E. Stiliaris
Optimized Multipinhole Design for Mouse Imaging..................................................................................4015K. Vunckx, J. Nuyts, B. Vanbilloen, M. De Saint-Hubert, D. Vanderghinste, D. Rattat, F. Mottaghy, M. Defrise
Statistical Three-Dimensional Positioning Algorithm for High-Resolution dMiCE PET Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................4024
K. M. Champley, T. K. Lewellen, L. R. MacDonald, R. S. Miyaoka, P. E. Kinahan
A Super-Resolution Feasibility Study in Small- Animal SPECT Imaging ...............................................4028J. L. Villena, E. Lage, A. De Carlos, G. Tapias, A. Sisniega, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco
Real-Time X-Ray 2-D and 3-D Micro-Imaging of Living Animals with Medipix2 Single Photon Counting Detector ............................................................................................................................4033
P. M. Frallicciardi, J. Dammer, J. Jakubek, S. Pospisil, D. Vavrik, F. Weyda
Implementation of Physiological Gating on the High Resolution Research Tomograph........................4040M. C. Huisman, C. E. van den Brom, F. L. Buijs, C. F. M. Molthoff, R. Boellaard, A. A. Lammertsma
Automated CT-based Attenuation Correction for Preclinical Multimodality PET/CT .........................4043M. Chen, D. Osborne, S. Gleason
Performance Comparison of Two Commercial Small Animal PET Scanners: ClearPET™ and rPET-1™ ................................................................................................................................................4046
M. Cañadas, M. Embid, E. Lage, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero, J. M. Perez
A Unique Noncathartic CT Colonography Approach by Using Two-Layer Dual-Energy MDCT and a Special Algorithmic Colon Cleansing Method ....................................................................4053
R. Carmi, G. Kafri, L. Goshen, A. Steinberg, S. Amin-Spector, A. Altman, J. Sosna
1D Gamma Counting Approach to Study Radiopharmaceutical Kinetics ..............................................4057F. Boisson, V. Bekaert, Z. El bitar, J. Steibel, D. Huss, D. Brasse
Dynamic Laser-Guided Contouring for Dedicated Emission Mammotomography................................4062S. J. Cutler, D. J. Crotty, M. P. Tornai
The System Design, Engineering Architecture and Preliminary Results of a Lower-cost High-Sensitivity High-Resolution Positron Emission Mammography Camera.......................................4067
Y. Zhang, R. Ramirez, H. Li, S. Liu, S. An, C. Wang, H. Baghaei, W. -H. Wong, M. -L. Jan
Characterization of Biological Tissues using X-ray Attenuation Data .....................................................4071G. Baldazzi, P. L. Rossi, S. Masetti, M. Fiaschetti, A. Turco, N. Lanconelli, D. Bianchini, L. Roma, G. Nicoletti, P. L. Lollini
X-ray Cone-beam Breast Computed Tomography: Phantom Studies .....................................................4076G. Mettivier, A. Lauria, M. C. Montesi, P. Russo
The Effect of Energy on Scintillation Camera Intrinsic Spatial Resolution ............................................4084M. Holstensson, M. Partridge, S. E. Buckley, G. D. Flux
Real-time Viewer for Positron Emission Mammography Image-Guided Intervention ..........................4087X. Lu, E. Anashkin, C. G. Matthews, W. Luo
Prostate-Bladder Phantom for Radionuclide Imaging Research..............................................................4093Y. Seo
A Dedicated ASIC Front-End Readout for the Monolithic Detector Blocks of the BrainPET Prototype .....................................................................................................................................4096
I. Sarasola Martín, P. Rato Mendes, J. Navarrete, P. Bruyndonckx, J. M. Pérez, C. Willmott
Comparison Of Dual-kVp And Dual-Layer CT In Simulations And Real CT System Measurements................................................................................................................................................4101
S. Kappler, S. Wirth
Spirometry Based Respiratory Gating Method for Cardiac PET and MRI Imaging.............................4105T. Noponen, T. Kokki, V. Lepomäki, S. Kajander, N. Durand-Schaefer, M. Teräs, J. Knuuti
A New Algorithm for the Continuous Quantitative Monitoring of Leakage during Chemotherapeutic Limb Perfusion .............................................................................................................4108
R. Wierts, J. R. de Jong, S. V. Lazarenko, A. T. M. Willemsen, A. M. J. Paans
Banding Artifact Reduction for Cardiac CT ..............................................................................................4111Z. Sun, W. P. Segars, E. K. Fishman, J. A. Brinker, K. Taguchi
Multimodality High Resolution Wrist Imaging for Monitoring Response to Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Instrumentation and Techniques..........................................................................4113
A. J. Chaudhari, G. W. Burkett, R. Harse, S. L. Bowen, N. J. Packard, J. M. Boone, S. Naguwa, R. L. Stern, J. C. Hunter, M. H. Buonocore, R. D. Badawi
Dual Modality Planar PET/optical Scanner for Imaging of Surgical Margins in Extracted Tissue Samples...............................................................................................................................................4118
A. V. Stolin, C. Freeman, J. McKisson, B. Kross, J. Proffitt, S. Majewski, S. Falen, B. Welch
Comparison of CT Contrast Blood Pool Agents for In-vivo 3D Angiography using MicroCT.........................................................................................................................................................4121
C. Wietholt
First Experimental Results from a Prototype Rotating Slit-Slat Collimator ...........................................4126S. D. Metzler, R. Accorsi, A. S. Ayan, R. J. Jaszczak
Light Output Analyzes of Scintillator Crystal Pins and Array for PET Detector Modules ...................4134E. Lőrincz, G. Erdei, I. Péczeli, C. Steinbach, F. Ujhelyi, T. Bükki
Preliminary Evaluation of a Silicon Drift Diode Based Gamma Detector ...............................................4138J. Joung, J. Lee, J. Kang, J. Moon, K. Lee, D. Henseler, W. Metzger, M. Schmand
Comparison of Spectral and Scintillation Properties of LuAP:Ce and LuAP:Ce,Sc Single Crystals ..........................................................................................................................................................4143
A. Petrosyan, M. Derdzyan, K. Ovanesyan, G. Shirinyan, P. Lecoq, E. Auffray, M. Kronberger, B. Frisch, C. Pedrini, C. Dujardin
Active Pixel Sensors in Nuclear Medicine Imaging ....................................................................................4149R. J. Ott, N. Evans, P. Evans
A Comparative Investigation of Ce3+ doped Single Crystal Scintillators Covering Radiotherapy and PET/CT Imaging Conditions........................................................................................4153
I. G. Valais, C. M. Michail, S. L. David, A. E. Toutountzis, G. P. Fountos, G. S. PanayiotakisI, S. Kandarakis
Development of a Back-contact, Scalable Silicon Photomultiplier Array for PET .................................4157W. Zhao, A. R. Lubinsky, D. Zheng, K. Zhao, R. Shafliha, X. Clairardin, M. Asghari, A. Reznik, J. A. Rowlands, V. Saveliev, C. C. Kung, J. Fong
Proposal of a Novel Diffraction Enhanced Imaging Setup Based on Polycapillary X-Ray Optics .............................................................................................................................................................4161
A. Bjeoumikhov, A. Castoldi, C. Guazzoni, J. Griffiths, R. Hartmann, C. Ozkan, G. Royle
Uniformity Correction in Photon-counting X-ray Detector Based on Basis Material Decomposition ...............................................................................................................................................4168
X. Wang, X. He, K. Taguchi, B. E. Patt, D. Wagenaar, E. C. Frey
Passive Electrical Model of Silicon Photomultipliers .................................................................................4172K. A. Wangerin, G. -C. Wang, C. Kim, Y. Danon
Study of Scintillation Crystal Array Parameters for an Advanced PET Scanner Dedicated to Breast Cancer Imaging.............................................................................................................................4180
A. Vandenbroucke, C. S. Levin
Monte Carlo Evaluation of Monolithic Scintillator Block Detectors Using Silicon PMTs .....................4186P. Bruyndonckx, Z. Li, K. Ziemons, S. Tavernier, D. Jun, M. Wedrowski, J. M. Perez, P. Rato
Fundamental Study of Two-dimensional Position Sensitive CdTe Detector for PET Camera ...........................................................................................................................................................4190
Y. Kikuchi, K. Ishii, H. Yamazaki, S. Matsuyama, M. Nakhostin, T. Sakai, K. Nakamura, M. Kouno
Optimization of a Monolithic Detector Block Design for a Prototype Human Brain PET Scanner...........................................................................................................................................................4193
P. Rato Mendes, P. Bruyndonckx, M. Canadas Castro, Z. Li, J. M. Perez, I. Sarasola Martin
CZT Gamma Camera with Pinhole Collimator: Spectral Measurements ...............................................4197I. M. Blevis, L. Volokh, L. Tsukerman, J. W. Hugg, F. P. Jansen, J. P. Bouhnik
Sub-Millimeter Resolution PET Detector Module Using Multi-Pixel Photon Counter Array...............4199T. Y. Song, H. Wu, S. Komarov, S. B. Siegel, Y. -C. Tai
Characteristics of Lu1.8Gd0.2SiO5:Ce (LGSO) for APD-based PET Detector ..........................................4204S. Shimizu, C. M. Pepin, M. Bergeron, R. Lecomte
Effects of the Super Bialkali Photocathode on the Performance Characteristics of a Position-Sensitive Depth-of-Interaction PET Detector Module ................................................................4211
J. J. Vaquero, J. M. Udias, S. España, M. Desco
Respiratory Motion Modeling in Small Animal PET Using GATE..........................................................4214S. Branco, S. Jan, P. Almeida
Registered Collimation for Pixellated SPECT Detectors...........................................................................4220K. Lee, J. Joung, S. Bae, H. Lee, Y. Kim, E. Min
Development of a Database of Realistic Simulated Whole Body [18F]FDG PET Images for Lymphoma .....................................................................................................................................................4224
S. Tomeï, A. Reilhac, D. Visvikis, C. Odet, F. Giammarile, T. Mognetti, C. Lartizien
GEANT4 Simulation for Modelling the Optics of LaBr Scintillation Imagers........................................4230S. Lo Meo, G. Baldazzi, P. Bennati, D. Bollini, V. O. Cencelli, M. N. Cinti, N. Lanconelli, G. Moschini, F. L. Navarria, R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, A. Perrotta, F. Vittorini
Angular Response Function Parameterization for Collimator/detector in SPECT Simulations Within the GATE Toolkit........................................................................................................4235
P. Descourt, Y. Du, X. Song, E. C. Frey, B. M. W. Tsui, D. Visvikis
Detection of Iron Overload with the ORNL Spallation Neutron Source: an MCNPX Simulation Study ...........................................................................................................................................4238
A. J. Kapadia, F. X. Gallmeier, E. B. Iverson, P. D. Ferguson
Multiplicative versus Additive Bias Field Models for Unified Partial-Volume Segmentation and Inhomogeneity Correction in Brain MR Images.................................................................................4242
S. Wang, L. Li, H. Lu, Z. Liang
Improved Dose and Fluence Calculations by using Tabulated Cross Sections in PHITS ......................4249L. Sihver, D. Mancusi
Evaluation of Different X-ray Tube Concepts with the Simulation Package ROSI................................4252A. B. Loehr, F. Sukowski, J. R. Durst, G. Anton, T. Michel, J. Fürst
Monte Carlo Simulation of Pixelated Photon Counting X-ray Detectors like the Medipix2 and the Medipix3 Using High-Z Sensor Materials .....................................................................................4256
J. R. Durst, P. Bartl, B. Kreisler, T. Michel, G. Anton
A Comparison of GEANT4 and DETECT2000 for the Simulation of Light Transport in Scintillation Detectors ...................................................................................................................................4261
M. A. Blackston, F. Habte, P. A. Hausladen
A Simulation Study of a Long Axial Field of View Whole-Body PET Scanner using Cylindrical and Anthropomorphic Phantoms ............................................................................................4265
J. K. Poon, L. R. MacDonald, S. R. Cherry, R. D. Badawi
Simulation of Mechanical Misalignments in a Conebeam Micro-CT System..........................................4273I. Vidal-Migallón, M. Abella, A. Sisniega, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco
Monte Carlo Based Estimation of Detector Response in a Large Solid Angle Preclinical PET Imaging System.....................................................................................................................................4276
Q. Bao, S. Cho, Q. Li, D. Newport, M. Chen, R. Leahy, A. F. Chatziioannou
A Simulation Study of the Counting-Rate Performance of Clinical PET Systems Applying a Methodology for Optimizing the Injected Dose.......................................................................................4280
N. Karakatsanis, A. Parasyris, G. Loudos, K. Nikita
Theoretical Bounds and Optimal Configurations for Multi-Pinhole SPECT ..........................................4286P. Nillius, M. Danielsson
Design of a Second Generation Firewire Based Data Acquisition System for Small Animal PET Scanners ................................................................................................................................................4289
T. K. Lewellen, R. S. Miyaoka, L. S. MacDonald, M. Haselman, D. DeWitt, S. Hauck
Design of an FPGA based Algorithm for Real- Time Solutions of Statistics-Based Positioning......................................................................................................................................................4295
D. DeWitt, R. S. Miyaoka, X. Li, C. Lockhart, T. K. Lewellen, S. Hauck
A Digital Architecture for Routinely Storing and Buffering the Entire 64-Bit Event Stream at Maximum Bandwidth for Every Acquisition in Clinical Real-Time 3-D PET: Embedding a 400 Mbyte/sec SATA RAID 0 Using a Set of Four Solid-State Drives ..............................4302
W. F. Jones, E. Breeding, J. Everman, J. H. Reed
A 40-Channel Readout ASIC for ToF-PET ................................................................................................4307M. Ritzert, P. Fischer, I. Peric, T. Solf
Spatial Distortion Correction and Crystal Identification for Position-sensitive Avalanche Photodiode-based PET Scanners .................................................................................................................4311
A. J. Chaudhari, A. A. Joshi, Y. Wu, R. M. Leahy, S. R. Cherry, R. D. Badawi
A Practical, Semi-Experimental System Matrix for 2-D PET Image Reconstruction: Comparison with a Geometrical Model ......................................................................................................4319
L. Fin, P. Bailly, J. Daouk, M. -E. Meyer
Latest Advance in the Scatter Calibration and Combining the Scatter Calibration with a Practical Scatter and Random Approximation Technique for Dynamic Brain Imaging in High Resolution PET ....................................................................................................................................4326
J. C. Cheng,, S. Blinder, A. Rahmim, V. Sossi
Optimum Voxel Size for Reconstruction of In-Beam PET Data...............................................................4332G. Shakirin, P. Crespo, F. Fiedler, A. Wagner, W. Enghardt
Faster Maximum-Likelihood Reconstruction via Explicit Conjugation of Search Directions ...............4336G. Pratx, A. J. Reader, C. S. Levin
Data Estimation for the ECAT HRRT Sinograms by Utilizing the DCT Domain ..................................4342U. Tuna, S. Peltonen, U. Ruotsalainen
Automated Geometric Calibration and Reconstruction in Circular Cone-Beam Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................4347
C. Mennessier, R. Clackdoyle
A Weighted FBP Reconstruction for Plasmasphere CT Imaging.............................................................4352L. Li, Z. Chen, R. Xu, K. Kang, L. Zhang, Y. Xing
Nonlinear Regularization of Iterative Weighted Filtered Backprojection for Helical Cone-Beam CT ........................................................................................................................................................4356
J. Sunnegardh, M. Grasruck
Efficient Methodology for 3D Statistical Reconstruction of High Resolution Coplanar PET/CT Scanner ...........................................................................................................................................4362
J. E. Ortuño, J. L. Rubio, P. Guerra, G. Kontaxakis, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero, A. Santos
Monte-Carlo System Modeling for PET Reconstruction: a Rotator Approach ......................................4367L. Zhang, S. Vandenberghe, S. Staelens, J. Verhaeghe, I. Karawkow, I. Lemahieu
Voxel-Based Reconstruction Combined with Motion Detection for Slow Rotating 4D CBCT .............................................................................................................................................................4373
F. Bergner, T. Berkus, M. Oelhafen, P. Kunz, T. Pan, M. Kachelrieß
C-arm CT: Reconstruction of Dynamic High Contrast Objects Applied to the Coronary Sinus ...............................................................................................................................................................4379
C. Rohkohl, G. Lauritsch, A. Nöttling, M. Prümmer, J. Hornegger
Quantitative Accuracy of HRRT List-mode Reconstructions: Effect of Low Statistics .........................4387B. Planeta-Wilson, J. Yan, T. Mulnix, R. E. Carson
On the Convergence of Iterative Ordered-Subset Algorithms in Small Animal PET.............................4391J. -W. Hsu, C. -H. Hsu, I. -T. Hsiao, K. Lin
Random Correction Using Singles Count Rates for DOI Positron Emission Mammography ...............4395Y. Yamakawa, K. Kitamura, Y. Yamada, N. Hashizume, A. Kawashima, Y. Kumazawa
Accurate EM-TV Algorithm in PET with Low SNR .................................................................................4399A. Sawatzky, C. Brune, F. Wübbeling, T. Kösters, K. Schäfers, M. Burger
Towards a Stopping Rule for the OSEM Algorithm for Iterative Image Reconstruction in PET.................................................................................................................................................................4404
A. Gaitanis, G. Kontaxakis, G. Spyrou, G. Panayiotakis, G. Tzanakos
3D Region-of-Interest (ROI) Reconstruction from Truncated Data in Circular Cone-beam CT ...................................................................................................................................................................4409
L. Li, K. Kang, Z. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Xing
Iterative EM Reconstruction of Cardiac Small Animal PET Images Using System Point Spread Function Modelling and MAP with Anatomical Priors ................................................................4413
A. E. Spinelli, G. Fiacchi, D. D'Ambrosio, S. Branco, R. Franchi, S. Boschi, M. Marengo
GPU-Based Parallel-Beam and Cone-Beam Forward- and Backprojection using CUDA .....................4419M. Knaup, S. Steckmann, M. Kachelrieß
Accurate Helical CT Reconstruction with Redundant Data Using Nutating Slices ................................4424H. Schöndube, K. Stierstorfer, F. Noo
In-depth Analysis of Cone-beam CT Image Reconstruction by Ideal Observer Performance on a Detection Task ................................................................................................................4427
E. Y. Sidky, X. Pan
Penalized-likelihood Sinogram Decomposition for Dual-energy Computed Tomography.....................4432P. J. La Riviere, P. Vargas
Generation of Hybrid SPECT Bone Scans and Reconstruction Using CT-derived Anatomical Priors .........................................................................................................................................4436
A. Lehovich, J. K. Kikut, R. Licho, H. C. Gifford, P. H. Pretorius, M. A. King
Theoretical Investigation of the Effects of Timing Calibration Errors on Time-of-Flight PET Image Quality .......................................................................................................................................4441
R. M. Manjeshwar, E. Asma
Theoretical and Numerical Study of MLEM and OSEM Reconstruction Algorithms for Motion Correction in Emission Tomography .............................................................................................4445
J. Dey, M. A. King
Rapidly Converging Image Covariance Estimation for FBP Reconstruction Methods..........................4453A. Wunderlich, F. Noo
Scatter Enhanced Breast CT Using a Mono-energetic First Generation Scanner: Feasibility Study ............................................................................................................................................4457
J. E. Alpuche Aviles, S. Pistorius
Model-Based Factor Analysis of Dynamic Sequences of Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................4464
R. Klein, A. Adler, R. S. Beanlands, R. A. deKemp
Partial Scan Artifact Reduction (PSAR) for the Assessment of Cardiac Perfusion in Dynamic Phase-Correlated CT ....................................................................................................................4469
P. Stenner, B. Schmidt, H. Bruder, T. Flohr, M. Kachelrieß
In Vivo Saturation Binding Analysis Using Small Animal PET - the Impact of the Reference Tissue on the Binding Potential of [18F]N-methyl-benperidol ................................................4476
S. Nikolaus, A. Wirrwar, M. Beu, R. Larisch, H. -W. Müller
3D List-mode Cardiac PET for Simultaneous Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow and Ventricular Function .............................................................................................................................4481
R. deKemp, R. Klein, J. Renaud, A. Alghamdi, M. Lortie, J. DaSilva, R. Beanlands
An Investigation of Partial Volume Effect and Partial Volume Correction in Small Animal Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of the Rat Brain ...........................................................................4485
W. Lehnert, M. -C. Gregoire, X. Hu, S. R. Meikle
Image Normalization Strategies for Organ Specific Models of Functional Uptake in FDG-PET /CT .........................................................................................................................................................4491
V. Potesil, G. Platsch, D. Slosman, T. Kadir
Combination of a High Resolution Detector with Small FOV and a Low Resolution Detector with Large FOV for High Resolution and Quantitative SPECT ...............................................4495
T. Zeniya, H. Watabe, H. Kudo, Y. Hirano, K. Minato, H. Iida
Performing Longitudinal Measurements in Rodents Using Small Animal PET Imaging ......................4498H. -M. Wu, R. W. Silverman, N. G. Harris, R. L. Sutton
Impact of Attenuation and Scatter Correction in Estimating Tumor Hypoxia-related Kinetic Parameters for FMISO Dynamic Animal-PET Imaging..............................................................4500
W. Wang, M. Chen, C. Sean, C. Oehler, P. Zanzonico, J. Humm
Compensating for Head Motion in Slowly-Rotating Cone Beam CT Systems with Optimization Transfer Based Motion Estimation ......................................................................................4506
M. W. Jacobson, J. W. Stayman
Event-by-Event Attenuation Measurement for ACS2-Based PET Systems ............................................4512J. Langner, H. Mölle, S. Dittrich, E. Will, J. van den Hoff
A Method to Reject Random Coincidences and Extract True from Multiple Coincidences in PET using 3-D Detectors ..........................................................................................................................4515
G. Chinn, C. S. Levin
Implementing Analytical Geometric and Penetration Response Correction for Keel-edge Pinhole SPECT Image Reconstruction........................................................................................................4521
X. Zhang, Q. Dai, Y. Qi
Iterative Deconvolution of Simultaneous Dual Radionuclide Projections for CdZnTe Based Cardiac SPECT .............................................................................................................................................4526
K. Kacperski, K. Erlandsson, S. Ben-Haim, D. Van Gramberg, B. F. Hutton
Correction of Respiratory Motion in Dual Gated Cardiac Imaging in PET/CT .....................................4530F. Lamare, M. Teras, T. Kokki, H. Fayad, O. Rimoldi, P. G. Camici, J. Knuuti, D. Visvikis
Analysis of Ray-sampling for Non-circular Trajectories in Fan Beam Geometry ..................................4536A. A. Zamyatin
An Evaluation of Missing Data Compensation Methods for a PET Camera by Comparing to No-Gap Data..............................................................................................................................................4539
H. Baghaei, H. Li, Y. Zhang, R. Ramirez, S. Liu, C. Wang, S. An, W. -H. Wong
List-Mode Detector Scatter Estimation Method with Potential for Real-Time Implementation in High Resolution PET Imaging .....................................................................................4543
L. Ortega Maynez, T. Kösters, V. Uhlendorf, F. Wübbeling, K. Schäfers, A. J. Reader
Pattern Independent Deformation Estimation Illustrated by MRI ..........................................................4551S. Gu, J. E. McNamara, K. Johnson, H. Gifford, A. V. Sklyar, M. A. Gennert, M. A. King
Image-based Correction for Mismatched Attenuation in PET Images ....................................................4558K. Thielemans, E. Asma, R. M. Manjeshwar, A. Ganin, T. J. Spinks
Fast 3-D Motion Correction using the Characteristics of Motion in Rigid Body ....................................4563K. Lee, D. Keator, S. Potkin, Y. Ahn, Z. Burbar, I. Hong
A 3D Multi Resolution Local Analysis Approach for Correction of Partial Volume Effects in Emission Tomography..............................................................................................................................4566
A. Le pogam, N. Boussion, M. Hatt, G. Fahd, C. Prunier-aesch, D. Guilloteau, J. -L. Baulieu, D. Visvikis
Discontinuity Preserving Regularization for Modeling Sliding in Medical Image Registration....................................................................................................................................................4570
D. Ruan, J. A. Fessler, S. Esedoglu
Artificial Neural Networks Applied to Bone Recognition in X-Ray Computer Microtomography Imaging for Histomorphometric Analysis ..................................................................4575
A. A. M. Meneses, C. J. G. Pinheiro, R. Schirru, R. C. Barroso, D. Braz, L. F. Oliveira
Automatic Detection of Active Nodules in 3D PET Oncology Imaging Using the Hotelling Observer and the Support Vector Machines: a Comparison Study .........................................................4580
S. Tomei, S. Marache-Francisco, C. Odet, C. Lartizien
A General Method for the Identification and Repair of Concavities in Segmented Medical Images ............................................................................................................................................................4586
W. F. Sensakovic, A. Starkey, S. G. Armato
Jitter-Improved Sampling in Micro-CT......................................................................................................4593R. Grimmer, M. Knaup, M. Kachelrieß
Bias in ROI Estimators and an Unbiased Solution ....................................................................................4598M. K. Whitaker, H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson
Analytic Noise Propagation for Anisotropic Denoising of CT Images .....................................................4601A. Borsdorf, S. Kappler, R. Raupach, J. Hornegger
Multiscale Noise Reduction on Low-Dose CT Sinogram by Stationary Wavelet Transform.................4605D. Wang, H. Lu, C. Jiao, Z. Zhang, Z. J. Liang
Clustering Approach for the Classificarion of SPECT Images.................................................................4611A. Lassl, J. M. Górriz, J. Ramírez, E. W. Lang, C. G. Puntonet, D. Salas-Gonzalez, M. Gómez
Lung Segmentation and Tumor Detection from CT Thorax Volumes of FDG PET-CT Scans by Template Registration and Incorporation of Functional Information .....................................4615
C. Ballangan, X. Wang, D. D. Feng, S. Eberl, M. Fulham
Virtual MRI-derived SPECT for the Visual Analysis of Parkinson's Disease in Early Stage................4620S. Chauvie, M. M. Obertino, A. Papaleo, M. Ruspa, A. Solano, G. Perno, A. Biggi
An Innovative Lung Segmentation Algorithm in CT Images with Accurate Delimitation of the Hilus Pulmonis ........................................................................................................................................4625
G. De Nunzio, E. Tommasi, A. Agrusti, R. Cataldo, I. De Mitri, M. Favetta, R. Bellotti, S. Tangaro, N. Camarlinghi, P. Cerello
A Method for Stable Computation of the Hilbert Kernel and Its Resolution and Noise Properties .......................................................................................................................................................4628
A. A. Zamyatin
Quantitative Evaluation of Reconstruction Algorithms for Motion Compensated PET ........................4632N. C. Detorie, M. Dahlbom
Image Synthesis of a Mini Gamma Camera and Stereo Optical Cameras ..............................................4639H. Haneishi, H. Shimura, H. Hayashi
Development of a Database Driven Statistical Quality Control Framework for Medical Imaging Systems............................................................................................................................................4643
X. Ding, H. Vija, J. Zeintl, A. Kriplani
Use of Resampling Techniques in Assessment of Robustness of Complex Image Analysis: An Example in FDG-PET of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. .............................................................4648
P. J. Markiewicz, J. C. Matthews, J. Declerck, K. Herholz
How Many Reconstruction Methods Are Needed for Training a Numerical Observer? .......................4653J. G. Brankov, P. H. Pretorius
Nonlinear Effect of Pile-up in the Quantification of a Small Animal PET Scanner................................4657E. Vicente, S. España, J. L. Herraiz, E. Herranz, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero, J. M. Udias
Automatic Skeletonization for 3D Hepatic Portal Vein in CT Angiography ...........................................4662J. Liu, Z. Zhang, P. Song, E. Song, D. Hu, Q. Xie
Performance of a Modified Supervised Cluster Algorithm for Extracting Reference Region Input Functions from (R)-[11C]PK11195 Brain PET Studies ....................................................................4666
R. Boellaard, F. Turkheimer, R. Hinz, A. Schuitemaker, P. Scheltens, B. van Berckel, A. Lammertsma
Estimating Tl-201 Redistribution in the Heart at Rest Using Stress Perfusion SPECT Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................4669
P. H. Pretorius, M. A. King, M. N. Wernick, J. G. Brankov
PET Kinetic Modeling of Rat Tumors Simultaneously Treated with Photodynamic Therapy: a Reference Tissue Model ............................................................................................................4673
P. Boubacar, M. Bentourkia, O. Sarrhini, J. van Lier, R. Lecomte
Design and Development of a Co-planar Fluorescence and X-ray Tomograph ......................................4678J. Aguirre, A. Sisniega, J. Ripoll, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero
Parallel Finite Element Reconstruction For Spectrally-solved Bioluminescence Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................4680
Y. Lu, A. F. Chatziioannou
Compton-scattering Based Imaging System for Hadron Therapy Monitoring .......................................4684M. Frandes, A. Zoglauer, V. Maxim, R. Prost
M11 IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION: CT, SPECT CT Reconstruction with Extended Z-Range ...............................................................................................4691
R. Grimmer, M. Oelhafen, U. Elstroem, M. Kachelrieß
Investigation of Detector Coverage for Exact Reconstruction with General Circle+curve Trajectory ......................................................................................................................................................4696
A. A. Zamyatin, A. Katsevich
Hyperfast General-Purpose Cone-Beam Spiral Backprojection with Voxel-Specific Weighting .......................................................................................................................................................4699
S. Steckmann, M. Knaup, M. Kachelrieß
Breathing{Motion Correction for Helical CT.............................................................................................4707U. V. Stevendaal, T. Klinder, C. Lorenz, T. Köhler
Reconstructing Uniformly Attenuated Rotating Slant-Hole SPECT Projection Data Using the DBH Method ...........................................................................................................................................4711
Q. Huang, J. Xu, B. M. W. Tsui, G. T. Gullberg
M12 SYSTEMS AND HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING: PET A High Resolution PET Insert System for Clinical PET/CT Scanners ....................................................4715
H. Wu, T. Y. Song, D. Pal, D. B. Keesing, S. Komarov, J. A. O’Sullivan, Y. -C. Tai
A New PET Scanner for Functional Brain Imaging Based on 2-mm Straw Detectors ...........................4718A. Athanasiades, L. Sun, C. S. Martin, T. D. Lyons, R. V. Nguyen, G. J. Vazquez-Flores, J. L. Lacy
Correction for Continuous Motion in Small Animal PET.........................................................................4725V. W. Zhou, A. Z. Kyme, S. R. Meikle, W. Lehnert, R. R. Fulton
LabPET II, a Novel 64-channel APD-based PET Detector Module with Individual Pixel Readout Achieving Submillimetric Spatial Resolution ..............................................................................4730
P. Bérard, M. Bergeron, C. M. Pepin, J. Cadorette, M. -A. Tétrault, N. Viscogliosi, H. Dautet, M. Davies, P. Deschamps, R. Fontaine, R. Lecomte
Imaging Performance of a LaBr3-Based Time-of-Flight PET Scanner ....................................................4736M. E. Daube-Witherspoon, S. Surti, A. E. Perkins, C. C. M. Kyba, M. E. Werner, S. Matej, J. S. Karp
M13 IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION: PET II Accelerate Direct Reconstruction of Linear Parametric Images using Nested Algorithms....................4741
G. Wang, J. Qi
Direct 4D Reconstruction of Parametric Images Incorporating Anato-functional Joint Entropy ..........................................................................................................................................................4744
J. Tang, H. Kuwabara, D. F. Wong, A. Rahmim
Ultra Fast 4D PET Image Reconstruction with User-Definable Temporal Basis Functions ..................4748I. Hong, A. J. Reader
On-Line Sliding-Window List-Mode PET Image Reconstruction for a Surgical PET Imaging Probe ...............................................................................................................................................4752
S. S. Huh, W. L. Rogers, N. H. Clinthorne
Combined Motion Compensation and Reconstruction for PET ...............................................................4758M. Blume, M. Rafecas, S. Ziegler, N. Navab
Respiratory Synchronized CT Image Generation from 4D PET Acquisitions ........................................4761H. Fayad, F. Lamare, V. Bettinardi, C. Roux, D. Visvikis
M14 QUANTITATIVE IMAGING Scatter/Trues Detection Efficiency Compensation in Scatter Correction of PET Emission Data ................................................................................................................................................................4766
C. C. Watson, L. Byars, C. Michel, H. Rothfuss
Fast and Accurate PET Preclinical Data Analysis: Segmentation and Partial Volume Effect Correction with No Anatomical Priors ............................................................................................4771
R. Maroy, C. Comtat, T. Viel, R. Boisgard, R. Trébossen, B. Tavitian
High Definition PET for Cardiac Imaging: Preliminary Results .............................................................4775L. Le Meunier, P. J. Slomka, J. Fermin, D. Dey, S. W. Hayes, J. D. Friedman, G. Germano, D. S. Berman
Ultra Low Dose CT for Attenuation Correction in PET/CT.....................................................................4779J. G. Colsher, J. Hsieh, J. -B. Thiubault, A. H. Lonn, T. Pan, S. J. Lokitz, T. G. Turkington
Automatic Registration of Cardiac PET/CT for Attenuation Correction................................................4785S. L. Bond, T. Kadir, J. Hamill, M. Casey, G. Platsch, D. Burckhardt, R. Eisner, N. Kausthubh, J. Declerck
Analysis of Attenuation-Correction Efficacy for Tumor Detection in SPECT........................................4791H. C. Gifford, R. G. Wells, M. A. King
Iterative Algorithms for Crystal Efficiencies Estimations from TOF Compressed Normalization Data .......................................................................................................................................4795
V. Y. Panin
M15 IMAGE PROCESSING Comparison Between Parallel Hole and Rotating Slat Collimation .........................................................4803
L. Zhou, M. Defrise, K. Vunckx, J. Nuyts
Collimator Optimization in SPECT Based on an LROC Ideal Observer ................................................4813L. Zhou, G. R. Gindi
Adaptive SPECT for Tumor Necrosis Detection ........................................................................................4821L. Caucci, M. A. Kupinski, M. Freed, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, H. H. Barrett
ROC Analysis of Storage Phosphor Radiography and Digital Selenium Radiography at Various Tube Voltages in Simulated Chest Lesions...................................................................................4825
H. -M. Cho, H. -J. Kim, C. -L. Lee, J. Jung, H. -S. Park
3D Discrete Ridgelet Transform for Emission Tomography Denoising ...................................................4830A. Le pogam, N. Boussion, M. Hatt, C. Prunier-aesch, D. Guilloteau, J. -L. Baulieu, D. Visvikis
Assessment of Spatial Resolution in CT ......................................................................................................4835R. Grimmer, J. Krause, M. Karolczak, R. Lapp, M. Kachelrieß
Accurate Functional Volume Definition in PET for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning .......................4840M. Hatt, A. Dekker, D. De Ruysscher, M. Oellers, P. Lambin, C. Roux, D. Visvikis
Modeling Approach to Estimate [18F]FDG Blood Sample Measurements in Mice by Use of Urinary Bladder Time-Activity Data ..........................................................................................................4845
K. -P. Wong, S. -C. Huang
M16 HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING: SPECT, CT Revolving Multipinhole SPECT for Small Animal Imaging .....................................................................4850
G. Bal, P. D. Acton, F. Jansen, B. H. Hasegawa
Instrumentation Design for Adaptive SPECT/CT .....................................................................................4858J. W. Moore, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett
Awake Animal SPECT: Overview and Initial Results...............................................................................4861A. G. Weisenberger, B. Kross, S. Majewski, J. McKisson, V. Popov, J. Proffitt, A. Stolin, J. S. Baba, J. S. Goddard, S. J. Lee, M. F. Smith, B. Tsui, M. Pomper
Electron Beam CT - A Potential Tool for Small Animal Imaging? ..........................................................4865U. Hampel, F. Fischer, R. Bergmann
R01 CdZnTe Thickness Scalability of Large Volume Cadmium Zinc Telluride High Resolution Radiation Detectors.......................................................................................................................................4870
H. Chen, J. MacKenzie, S. A. Awadalla, R. Redden, G. Bindley, Z. He, M. Groza, A. Burger, D. R. Mayo, C. L. Sullivan, A. E. Bolotnikov, G. S. Camarda, R. B. James
Mapping CZT Charge Transport Parameters with Collimated X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Beams .............................................................................................................................................................4875
R. T. Skelton, J. L. Matteson, A. C. Deal, E. A. Stephan, B. Cardoso
R02 DEFECTS 1 Dopant Content and Thermal Treatment of CdZnTe<In>: Effects on Point-defect Structures.......................................................................................................................................................4879
P. Fochuk, Y. Verzhak, O. Panchuk
R03 IMAGING SYSTEMS 1 Spectral and Spatial Resolution of Semiconductor Detectors in Medical X- and Gamma Ray Imaging...................................................................................................................................................4885
B. J. Heismann, D. Henseler, P. Hackenschmied, M. Strassburg, D. Niederlöhner, S. Janssen, S. Wirth
CZT Pixel Detectors for Improved SPECT Imaging .................................................................................4891G. Montémont, T. Bordy, V. Rebuffel, C. Robert, L. Verger
Polarimetry with a Laue Lens and CZT Pixel Detector ............................................................................4897E. Caroli, R. M. Curado da Silva, J. B. Stephen, A. Pisa, N. Auricchio, S. del Sordo, A. Donati, F. Schiavone, G. Landini, V. Honkimaki, F. Frontera
R04 IMAGING SYSTEMS 2 Application of CdTe and CZT Detectors in Ultra Fast Electron Beam X-Ray Tomography ................4903
U. Hampel, F. Fischer
Micro hard-X ray camera: from Caliste 64 to Caliste 256 ........................................................................4907A. Meuris, O. Limousin, F. Lugiez, O. Gevin, I. Le Mer, E. Delagnes, C. Blondel, M. Chavassieux, F. Daly, F. Pinsard, M. -C. Vassal, R. Bocage, F. Soufflet
Characterization of CZT Detectors for the ASIM Mission .......................................................................4913C. Budtz-Jørgensen, I. Kuvvetli, Y. Skogseide, K. Ullaland, N. Ostgaard
HX-POL - A Balloon-Borne Hard X-Ray Polarimeter ..............................................................................4918H. Krawczynski, A. Garson III, Q. Li, M. Beilicke, P. Dowkontt, E. Wulf, J. Kurfess, E. Novikova, G. De Geronimo, M. G. Baring, A. K. Harding, J. Grindlay, J. S. Hong
R05 CRYSTAL GROWTH 1 Boron Oxide Encapsulated Vertical Bridgman Grown CdZnTe Crystals as X-ray Detector Material..........................................................................................................................................................4925
A. Zappettini, M. Zha, L. Marchini, D. Calestani, R. Mosca, E. Gombia, M. Zanichelli, M. Pavesi, N. Auricchio, E. Caroli
Dewetting During the Crystal Growth of (Cd,Zn)Te:In Under Microgravity.........................................4929L. Sylla, A. Fauler, M. Fiederle, T. Duffar, E. Dieguez, L. Zanotti, A. Zapettini, G. Roosen
R07 CRYSTAL GROWTH 2 THM Growth and Characterization of 100 mm Diameter CdTe Single Crystals ...................................4933
H. Shiraki, M. Funaki, Y. Ando, A. Tachibana, S. Kominami, R. Ohno
Electrical Properties of Halogen-Doped CdTe Epitaxial Films on Si Substrates Grown by MOVPE..........................................................................................................................................................4940
M. Niraula, K. Yasuda, A. Watanabe, Y. Kai, H. Ichihashi, W. Yamada, H. Oka, K. Matsumoto, T. Yoneyama, T. Nakanishi, D. Katoh, H. Nakashima, Y. Agata
Investigation of Growth Conditions of CdTe Thick Films on Properties and Demands for X-ray Detector Applications.........................................................................................................................4945
R. Sorgenfrei, D. Greiffenberg, M. Fiederle
In-situ Monitoring During Vapour Phase Growth of Bulk Crystals of Cadmium Zinc Telluride .........................................................................................................................................................4950
J. T. Mullins, B. J. Cantwell, F. Dierre, A. Pym, A. Basu, A. W. Brinkman
Growth of High Crystalline Quality CdTe Layers on 100 mm Diameter Ge Substrates for Room Temperature Radiation Detection ....................................................................................................4953
B. J. Cantwell, F. Dierre, M. Ayoub, J. T. Mullins, A. T. G. Pym, P. D. Scott, I. Radley, A. Basu, Q. Jiang, A. W. Brinkman
R08 ELECTRICAL CONTACTS Novel CZT Detectors for Homeland Security Applications ......................................................................4957
A. B. Garson III, M. Groza, Q. Li, V. Buliga, A. Burger, H. Krawczynski, I. V. Jung
Study on Instability Phenomena in CdTe Diode-like Detectors ................................................................4961I. Farella, G. Montagna, A. M. Mancini, A. Cola
R09 DETECTOR, ASIC AND ELECTRONICS Development of 4-sides Buttable CdTe-ASIC Hybrid Module for X-ray Flat Panel Detector...............4969
M. Tamaki, Y. Mito, Y. Shuto, T. Kiyuna, M. Yamamoto, K. Sagae, T. Kina, T. Koizumi, R. Ohno
Use of CZT as 3D Detectors for Gamma-Ray Astronomy.........................................................................4973E. M. Quadrini, E. Caroli, M. Alderighi, M. Uslenghi, F. Schiavone, A. Donati, L. Natalucci, P. Ubertini, S. del Sordo, N. Auricchio, P. Bastia, F. Casini
Digital Signal Processing for CdTe Photon-counting X-ray Sensor .........................................................4980B. Shinomiya, A. Koike, H. Morii, Y. Neo, H. Mimura, T. Aoki
R10 ALTERNATIVE DETECTOR MATERIALS Development of Gamma Ray Imaging Systems using Mercuric Iodide (HgI2) .......................................4984
L. van den Berg, R. D. Vigil, L. F. Bastian, R. A. Austin
Polarization Phenomena in TlBr Detectors ................................................................................................4988K. Hitomi, Y. Kikuchi, T. Shoji, K. Ishii
Thallium Bromide Nuclear Radiation Detector Development ..................................................................4992A. Churilov, H. Kim, G. Ciampi, L. Cirignano, W. Higgins, F. Olschner, K. Shah
Performance of Monocrystalline Diamond Radiation Detectors Fabricated Using TiW, Cr/Au and a Novel Ohmic DLC/Pt/Au Electrical Contact. .......................................................................4997
A. Galbiati, S. Lynn, K. Oliver, F. Schirru, T. Nowak, B. Marczewska, J. A. Dueñas, R. Berjillos Morente, I. Martel Bravo
Some Studies on Electrical Behaviour of Red Mercuric Iodide Single Crystals......................................5004S. L. Sharma, S. P. Behera, A. K. Thakur
R12 POSTER SESSION Influence of Annealing on Tellurium Precipitates in (Cd,Mn)Te:V Crystals ..........................................5009
D. M. Kochanowska, A. Mycielski, M. Witkowska-Baran, A. Szadkowski, B. Witkowska, W. Kaliszek, Y. Cui, R. B. James
Dopant Content and Thermal Treatment of CdZnTe<In>: Effects on Point-defect Structures.......................................................................................................................................................5014
P. Fochuk, O. Panchuk, Y. Verzhak, A. Bolotnikov, R. James
Evaluation of Surface Recombination Velocity of CdTe Radiation Detectors by Time-of-Flight Measurements ....................................................................................................................................5020
K. Suzuki, H. Shiraki
Characterization of Bulk and Surface Transport Mechanisms by means of the Photocurrent Technique ...............................................................................................................................5024
M. Zanichelli, M. Pavesi, L. Marchini, A. Zappettini
Point Defect Characterization in CdZnTe ..................................................................................................5029R. Gul, Z. Li, R. Rodreguiz, K. Keeter, A. Bolotnikov, R. James
X-ray Spectroscopy Based on Polycrystalline Diamond ............................................................................5034M. Girolami, P. Allegrini, S. Salvatori, G. Conte, E. Spiriti, V. G. Ralchenko
Recent Results in TlBr Detector Crystals Performance ............................................................................5042M. Shorohov, M. Kouznetsov, I. Lisitsky, V. Gostilo, A. Owens
X-Ray Performance of Pixilated CdZnTe Detectors..................................................................................5046M. D. Wilson, P. Seller, J. Marchal, Z. -J. Xin, C. Hansson, R. Cernik, M. C. Veale, V. Perumal, P. Sellin
Effect of Sulfur Treatment on the γ-ray Detection Quality of Al/CdTe/Pt Schottky Diode ...................5053M. Yamazato, T. Yamauchi, R. Ohno, A. Higa
Spectroscopic Response of CZT Detectors Obtained by the Boron Encapsulated Vertical Bridgman Method .........................................................................................................................................5057
N. Auricchio, L. Marchini, E. Caroli, A. Donati, A. Zappettini, M. Zanichelli, M. Quadrini
Development of a 24x24 CZT-FEE Pixel Detector Block for the CSTD Project .....................................5061J. Castilla, J. Carrascal, A. Bulycheva, M. D. Wilson, V. Gostilo, P. Seller, J. M. Perez
Charge Collection Characterization with Semiconductor Pixel Detector Timepix .................................5066M. Kroupa, J. Jakubek, F. Krejci
The Research of Polarization in CdTe P-I-N Detectors of Nuclear Radiation ........................................5070Y. Petukhov, W. Krop
Simulation Studies of CdTe Pixel Detectors ...............................................................................................5076C. P. Lambropoulos, K. E. Karafasoulis, V. A. Gnatyuk, S. Levytskyi
On-Chip Tetrode JFET for RT X-Ray Spectroscopy: New Results .........................................................5079A. Fazzi, R. Boggini, L. Corli, S. Dalla Stella, P. Silocchi, V. Varoli, G. -F. Dalla Betta, G. U. Pignatel
Resolution Degradation of Multiple-Pixel Event in Pixellated CZT Detectors........................................5083J. C. Kim, W. Kaye, F. Zhang, Z. He
Performance Test of the Silicon PIN Diode with Radioactive Sources.....................................................5088D. H. Son, H. J. Hyun, D. H. Kah, H. D. Kang, H. O. Kim, Y. I. Kim, H. J. Kim, S. H. Lee, H. Park
Signals from Guard Rings on Side Wall of CZT Detectors .......................................................................5092L. Zhang
Characterization of Medipix2 Assemblies with CdTe Sensor Using Synchrotron Radiation ................5094D. Greiffenberg, A. Zwerger, A. Fauler, T. Baumbach, A. Cecilia, T. dos Santos Rolo, D. Pelliccia, A. Rack, P. Vagovic, M. Fiederle
Investigation of Pixellated TlBr Detectors Using Digital Signal Processing Techniques ........................5098B. Dönmez, Z. He, S. Anderson, L. Cirignano, H. Kim, K. Shah
Event Classification in 3D Position Sensitive Semiconductor Detectors ..................................................5101S. E. Anderson, J. Kim, Z. He
Performance of the RENA-3 IC with Position- Sensitive CZT and CdTe Detectors ..............................5107V. B. Cajipe, R. T. Skelton, M. Clajus, S. Hayakawa, J. L. Matteson, R. E. Rothschild, T. O. Tumer, A. Volkovskii
Preliminary Evaluation of A Novel Energy- Resolved Photon-Counting Gamma Ray Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................5115
L. -J. Meng, S. Konstantinos, T. Schulman
Optimization of Medipix-2 Threshold Masks for Spectroscopic X-Ray Imaging ...................................5122S. Procz, J. Lübke, M. Mix, M. Fiederle
Measurements with a Hybrid Detector Prototype Composed of a MOS CCD and a CZT Spectrometer..................................................................................................................................................5126
N. Auricchio, L. Abbene, E. Caroli, S. del Sordo, R. Ambrosi, A. F. Abbey, C. Brown, H. Su
Characterization of Pixellated Thallium Bromide Radiation Detectors for Gamma-ray Spectroscopy ..................................................................................................................................................5130
S. F. Nowicki, B. Donmez, S. E. Anderson, Z. He, K. Shah, L. Cirignano, H. Kim
Technique of Making Good Electrical Contacts to High Resistivity (Cd,Mn) Te Crystals ....................5134M. Witkowska-Baran, A. Mycielski, D. M. Kochanowska, A. J. Szadkowski, B. Witkowska, W. Kaliszek, E. Łusakowska, R. Jakieła, V. Domukhowski, K. Dybko, J. Domagała, Y. Cui, R. James
Higher Voltage X- and γ-Ray Schottky Diode Detectors with Low Leakage Current ............................5140L. A. Kosyachenko, V. M. Sklyarchuk, O. F. Sklyarchuk, O. L. Maslyanchuk, V. A. Gnatyuk, T. Aoki
Study of Surface Treatment Effects on the Metal- CdZnTe Interface .....................................................5147L. Marchini, A. Zappettini, E. Gombia, R. Mosca, M. Pavesi
Determination of Compositional Profiles and Thicknesses of the Etched Surface of CdTe and Cd0.9Zn0.1Te by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry ........................................................................................5150
I. E. Karmakov, A. A. Konova
Temperature Dependence in the Long-term Stability of the TlBr Detector ............................................5155F. E. da Costa, M. M. Hamada
Signal-to-Noise Ratio Measurement and Radiation Damage Study of Silicon PIN Diode with a Proton Beam.......................................................................................................................................5160
Y. I. Kim, H. D. Kang, H. J. Kim, H. Park, D. H. Kah, H. J. Hyun, D. H. Son, K. R. Kim
Investigation of Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation Effect on Au/CdZnTe/In Detector....................................5164P. Veeramani, M. Haris, D. Kanjilal, K. Asokan, S. Moorthy Babu
A Silicon Pixel Detector System As an Imaging Tool for Proton Beam Characterization......................5169M. G. Bisogni, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, A. Del Guerra, P. Lojacono, M. A. Piliero, N. Randazzo, F. Romano, V. Rosso, V. Sipala, A. Stefanini, S. Vecchio
Experimental Measurements for the SiliPET project: A Small Animal PET Scanner based on Stacks of Silicon Detectors ......................................................................................................................5173
N. Auricchio, G. Di Domenico, L. Milano, R. Malaguti, G. Ambrosi, M. Ionica, E. Fiandrini, N. Zorzi, M. Boscardin, G. Zavattini
Imaging Performance of Polycrystalline Mercuric Iodide Films on CMOS Readout Arrays................5177N. E. Hartsough, J. S. Iwanczyk, E. Nygard, N. Malakhov, W. C. Barber, T. Gandhi
Improved Readout IC for Multi-Energy X-Ray Imaging with Linear CZT Pixel Arrays .....................5182M. Clajus, V. B. Cajipe, S. Hayakawa, T. O. Tumer
Suitability of the Medipix2 Readout-chip for Radiological Imaging ........................................................5188J. Lübke, M. Mix, S. Procz, A. Zwerger, M. Fiederle
Development of a GMCA (Gamma Analysis Digital Filter and Multi Channel Analyzer) ....................5192M. Dambacher, A. Zwerger, U. Stöhlker, A. Fauler, M. Fiederle
Portable 8 Channel DAQ System for Cd(Zn)Te Sensors...........................................................................5197D. S. Hatzistratis, C. P. Lambropoulos, V. A. Gnatyuk, C. Potiriadis
Comparison of Different Gamma-ray Detectors with Respect to Energy Resolution and Performance ..................................................................................................................................................5200
E. Hamann, M. Dambacher, A. Zwerger, M. Fiederle, U. Stöhlker
Miniature CdZnTe Detectors for Application in High Intensity Radiation Fields .................................5205V. Ivanov, L. Aleksejeva, P. Dorogov, A. Loutchanski
Readout Electronics Setup for the CSTD Project ......................................................................................5210J. Carrascal, J. Castilla, J. C. Oller, J. M. Perez
Synchronous Reset in Pulsed Charge Restoration Detector Arrays .........................................................5216M. A. Mikhailov, L. Panteleev
Readout ICs for High Spatial Resolution Slot-Scan Imaging with CZT or CdTe Pixel Arrays.............................................................................................................................................................5219
V. B. Cajipe, M. A. Capote, G. Cardoso, M. Clajus, S. Hayakawa, M. Lee, T. O. Tumer, A. Volkovskii
R13 CZT DETECTORS Fast Neutron Damage of a Pixelated CdZnTe Gamma Ray Spectrometer..............................................5226
Y. Eisen, A. Shor
Solder Mask Encapsulation on CdZnTe Surface for Radiation Detector Applications..........................5231P. H. Lu, H. Chen, G. Bindley
Multi-energy Detection Using CdZnTe Semiconductor Detectors............................................................5235L. Zhang
R14 PIXEL DETECTORS CdTe 3D Semiconductor Radiation Detectors for Medical Imaging: Simulation and Design..........................5241
M. Ruat, E. Gros D'Aillon, L. Verger
Performance of Double-sided CdTe Strip Detectors for Gamma-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy ..................................................................................................................................................5247
S. -N. Ishikawa, S. Watanabe, H. Aono, M. Kokubun, H. Odaka, S. Sugimoto, S. Takeda, T. Takahashi, S. Okuyama, K. Nakazawa, T. Tanaka
The Characterization of CdTe TimePix Device and the Study of its Capabilities for the Double Beta Decay Measurements ..............................................................................................................5251
P. Cermak, I. Stekl, V. Bocarov, J. Jakubek, S. Pospisil, M. Fiederle, K. Zuber
R15 SILICON AND NEUTRON DETECTORS Micro-Structured High-Efficiency Semiconductor Neutron Detectors ....................................................5253
D. S. McGregor
Development of Radiation Detectors Based on Semi-Insulating Silicon Carbide....................................5256F. H. Ruddy, J. G. Seidel, R. W. Flammang, R. Singh, J. Schroeder
Silicon Strip Detector with a Polyethylene Converter as a Position Sensitive Detector for Fast Neutrons.................................................................................................................................................5263
I. E. Anokhin, O. S. Zinets
R16 SPECTROMETERS High Resolution, Portable Gamma Spectrometer Not Requiring Liquid Nitrogen Cooling for Field Use for Nuclear Security and Safeguards Applications .............................................................5268
A. K. Khusainov, T. T. Antonova, V. V. Lysenko, V. G. Muratov, A. M. Pirogov, V. A. Fedorov, R. D. Arlt, G. D. Camarda, R. B. James
Detecting Shielded Sources Using 3-D CdZnTe Detectors ........................................................................5272W. Wang, Z. He, C. G. Wahl, F. Zhang
Sensitivity-Optimized Wide-Field Imaging with a CZT-Based Coded Mask Imager.............................5275R. T. Skelton, J. L. Matteson, B. Cardoso
R17 PIXEL DETECTORS CZT Recent Developments on High Spatial Resolution CdZnTe Pixel Detectors............................................5279
J. M. Perez
Investigation on Pixellated CZT Detectors Coupled with a Low Power Readout ASIC ........................5285L. Abbene, S. Del Sordo, G. Agnetta, B. Biondo, A. Mangano, F. Russo, E. Caroli, J. B. Stephen, G. Ventura, A. Carlino, G. Gerardi, G. Bertuccio
Fabrication and Test of Pixelated CZT Detectors with Different Pixel Pitches and Thicknesses ....................................................................................................................................................5291
Q. Li, J. Martin, A. Garson, M. Beilicke, I. Jung, M. Groza, A. Burger, G. De Geronimo, H. Krawczynski, P. Dowkontt
Two-Dimensional Detector Arrays for Gamma Spectroscopy ..................................................................5297M. Clajus, V. B. Cajipe, T. O. Tumer, A. Volkovskii
Energy Resolution Limiting Factors of Multi-Pixel Events in 3D Position Sensitive CZT Gamma-Ray Spectrometer...........................................................................................................................5303
W. Li, Y. Du, B. D. Yanoff, J. S. Gordon
Charge Collection Studies of a High Resolution CZT-Based Detector for PET......................................5310J. L. Matteson, Y. Gu, R. T. Skelton, A. C. Deal, E. A. Stephan, F. Duttweiler, G. L. Huszar, T. M. Gasaway, C. S. Levin
WORKSHOP 1: MICRO PATTERN GAS AND SILICON DETECTORS FOR TRACKING MP1 MICRO PATTERN GAS- AND SILICON DETECTORS FOR TRACKING – I Gaseous Vertex Detectors: Science or Fiction? ..........................................................................................5318
H. van der Graaf
MP2 MICRO PATTERN GAS- AND SILICON DETECTORS FOR TRACKING – II Tracking Challenges at Future Hadron Colliders......................................................................................5320
J. E. Garcia
WORKSHOP 3: DETECTOR DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE SLHC DL1 DETECTOR DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE SLHC Experiences with the ATLAS Pixel Detector Optolink and Researches for Future Links .....................5324
T. Flick
Powering via Cooling Pipes: an Optimized Design for an SLHC Silicon Tracker ..................................5330W. de Boer, J. Ebert
New Detector Concepts and Developments for the sLHC .........................................................................5336R. L. Bates
WORKSHOP 4: ATCA/μTCA FOR PHYSICS TC3 INDUSTRY TUTORIAL DEMOS AND PRESENTATIONS 1 Real-time X-ray Tomosynthesis Imaging Using an ATCA General-purpose Data Acquisition and Analysis Platform ..............................................................................................................5344
A. P. Lowell
TC4 CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 1 Interfaces and Communication Protocols in ATCA-based LLRF Control Systems ...............................5349
D. Makowski, W. Koprek, T. Jezynski, A. Piotrowski, G. Jablonski, W. Jalmuzna, S. Simrock
ATCA-based Control System for Compensation of Superconducting Cavities Detuning Using Piezoelectric Actuators.......................................................................................................................5355
K. Przygoda, A. Piotrowski, G. Jablonski, D. Makowski, T. Pozniak, A. Napieralski
TC6 CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 2 Application of SysML to Design of ATCA Based LLRF Control System ................................................5361
M. K. Grecki, Z. Geng, S. Simrock, G. Ayvazyan, B. Aminov
Prototype AdvancedTCA Carrier Board with Three AMC Bays.............................................................5370A. Zawada, D. Makowski, T. Jezynski, S. Simrock, A. Napieralski
WORKSHOP 5: 4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE MOLECULAR RADIOLOGY OF BREAST CANCER (MRBC) MR3 DEDICATED MULTI-MODALITY PET An Overview of the Clear-PEM Breast Imaging Scanner .........................................................................5375
E. Albuquerque, F. G. Almeida, P. Almeida, E. Auffray, J. Barbosa, A. L. Bastos, V. Bexiga, R. Bugalho, S. Carmona, B. Carriço, C. S. Ferreira, N. C. Ferreira, M. Ferreira, J. Godinho, F. Gonçalves, C. Guerreiro, P. Lecoq, C. Leong, P. Lousã, P. Machado, M. V. Martins, N. Matela, R. Moura, P. Neves, N. Oliveira, C. Ortigão, F. Piedade, J. F. Pinheiro, P. Relvas, A. Rivetti, P. Rodrigues, J. Sampaio, A. I. Santos, J. Santos, M. M. Silva, S. Tavernier, I. C. Teixeira, J. P. Teixeira, J. C. Silva, A. Trindade, J. Varela, R. Silva, M. Frade, I. Rolo
MR4 POSTER SESSION 1 1 mm3 Resolution Breast-Dedicated PET System ......................................................................................5378
F. W. Y. Lau, C. Fang, P. D. Reynolds, P. D. Olcott, A. Vandenbroucke, V. C. Spanoudaki, F. Olutade, M. A. Horowitz, C. S. Levin
Dose Distribution in Cone-beam Breast Computed Tomography: an Experimental Phantom Study ..............................................................................................................................................5382
P. Russo, A. Lauria, G. Mettiiver, M. C. Montesi
MR5 DEDICATED MULTI-MODALITY SPECT Novel Patient Optimized Acquisition Trajectories for Dedicated Breast SPECT Imaging ....................5388
K. L. Perez, S. J. Cutler, P. Madhav, M. P. Tornai
Phantom Tests with a Stereotactic Gamma- Localization System............................................................5394B. L. Welch, K. Harding, T. St. Savior
MR8 DEDICATED SINGLE PHOTON IMAGING Comparison of 2D Scintimammography and 3D Dedicated Breast SPECT Using A Compressible Breast Phantom and Lesions of Varying Size and Tracer Uptake ...................................5399
S. J. Cutler, K. L. Perez, P. Madhav, M. P. Tornai
A Novel High Resolution and High Efficiency Dual Head Detector for Molecular Breast Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................5406
F. Garibaldi, F. Cusanno, M. Magliozzi, E. Cisbani, O. Schillaci
MR9 POSTER SESSION 2 Improved Chest Wall Imaging through Combined Complex Trajectories in Dedicated Dual Modality SPECT-CT Breast Molecular Imaging..............................................................................5409
D. J. Crotty, S. J. Cutler, R. L. McKinley, P. Madhav, K. L. Perez, M. P. Tornai
Effects of Thermal Regulation Structures on the Photon Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution of a 1 mm3 Resolution Breast-Dedicated PET System ...............................................................................5416
V. C. Spanoudaki, A. Vandenbroucke, F. W. Y. Lau, C. Fang, C. S. Levin
MR10 DEDICATED PET DEVELOPMENT Development of a C-Shaped Breast PET Scanner Equipped with Four-Layer DOI Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................5421
T. Tsuda, K. Kitamura, J. Ohi, H. Tonami, Y. Yamada, T. Furumiya, M. Furuta, M. Satoh, M. Nakazawa, N. Hashizume, Y. Yamakawa, A. Kawashima, Y. Kumazawa
WORKSHOP 6: X-RAY MICRO IMAGING OF DEVICES, MATERIALS AND ORGANISMS Task-driven Design of X-ray Systems for Industrial Inspection...............................................................5425
T. Fuchs, R. Hanke
Correction of Scattered Radiation for Cone-beam Computed Tomography at High X-ray Energies..........................................................................................................................................................5430
A. Flisch, A. Miceli, R. Thierry, J. Hofmann
Refraction Enhanced Micro-CT for Non-destructive Materials Characterization .................................5438B. R. Muller, A. Lange, M. Harwardt, M. P. Hentschel
Experimental Characterization by Means of a Scanning Proton Micro-beam of the Spectral Response of a Polycapillary Optics to Be Used in PIXE .............................................................5444
R. Alberti, A. Bjueoumikhov, N. Grassi, C. Guazzoni, T. Klatka, P. A. Mando
Synchrotron-based Radioscopy with Spatio-temporal Micro-resolution Using Hard X-rays................5449A. Rack, F. Garcia-Moreno, O. Betz, S. Zabler, C. Schmitt, T. dos Santos Rolo, A. Ershov, T. Rack, L. Helfen, J. Banhart, T. Baumbach
Real Inline X-ray 3D CT with Short Cycle Times for Light Metal Casting Inspection in Production......................................................................................................................................................5453
S. Oeckl, T. Wenzel, S. Gondrom, F. Rauch
Extraction of Shape-fitted Layers from CT-data .......................................................................................5456S. Mohr, S. Gayetskyy, U. HaBler, R. Hanke
X- and Gamma Ray Imaging Systems based on CdTe-CMOS Detector Technology .............................5459K. Spartiotis, R. Durrant, A. Leppanen, H. Lohman, O. Mannisto, T. Pantsar, J. Pyyhtia, T. Schulman
Ultra Fast Electron Beam X-Ray Tomography and its Application to Multiphase Flow Measurement .................................................................................................................................................5464
U. Hampel, F. Fischer
Towards Real-Time Tomography: Fast Reconstruction Algorithms and GPU Implementation .............................................................................................................................................5469
F. Marone, C. Hintermuller, R. Geus, M. Stampanoni
Simulation on In-Line Fresnel Diffractive Phasecontrast Imaging with Partially Coherent Hard X-ray.....................................................................................................................................................5476
H. Yu, S. Han, W. Peng
Where X-Ray Imaging Fails - Delamination, Crack, and Micro-Pore Detection Using Ultrasonic Reflection Tomography in a Scanning Acoustic Microscope..................................................5479
M. Barth, F. Schubert, B. Koehler
High Resolution Applications in Nondestructive Testing ..........................................................................5484N. Uhlmann, F. Nachtrab, M. Salamon, S. Burtzlaff, T. Fuchs, R. Hanke
Development of SAXS Microtomography and Related Methods..............................................................5488M. Kuhlmann, J. M. Feldkamp, S. V. Roth, C. G. Schroer
Progress in Sub-micrometer Resolution Computed Tomography............................................................5492F. Nachtrab, M. Salamon, S. Burtzlaff, F. Porsch, W. Johansson, N. Uhlmann, R. Hanke
Large-acceptance Micro-focusing Optics for SPring-8 Undulator Beamlines.........................................5496Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, Y. Terada
Partial Scan with Shifted Detector: A Novel Weighting Function for High Temporal Resolution in CT............................................................................................................................................5500
C. MaaB, M. Knaup, R. Lapp, M. Karolczak, W. A. Kalender, M. KachelrieB
X-ray Phase Contrast Computed Tomographic Elementary Experiments under Incoherent Conditions ......................................................................................................................................................5505
Z. Huang, K. Kang, L. Zhang, Z. Chen, F. Ding, Z. Wang, Q. Fang
X-ray Computed Tomography for Characterization of Powder Injection Molded Ceramic Green Parts ....................................................................................................................................................5509
A. Mannschatz, T. Moritz, H. Loibl, R. Hubmann
Characterization of Superconducting Wires By Cone-Beam Micro-Tomography .................................5513I. Tiseanu, T. Craciunescu, P. Badica, G. V. Aldica, M. Rindfleisch
Carbon Fibre Preform Inspection by Circular X-ray Tomosynthesis......................................................5517U. Hassler, M. Rehak, R. Hanke
WORKSHOP 7: GATE SOFTWARE FOR EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY GA1 GATE USER MEETING: STATE OF THE ART Application of GATE to Detector Optimization in Transmission Gamma Ray Tomography ...............5520
U. Hampel, N. Kießling, A. Bieberle
Using GATE As a Forward Projector in Iterative SPECT Reconstruction.............................................5525S. Staelens, T. Ghekiere
WORKSHOP 8: COMPTON CAMERAS FOR MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS CC2 COMPTON CAMERA WORKSHOP II Development of Electron Tacking Compton Camera based on Micro Pixel Gas Detector and its Application for Medical Imaging.....................................................................................................5530
T. Tanimori, H. Amano, K. Hattori, C. Ida, S. Iwaki, S. Kabuki, H. Kawashima, H. Kimura, R. Kohara, A. Kubo, H. Kubo, E. Kunieda, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, O. Miyazaki, T. Nakawawa, T. Nakahara, Y. Nakamoto, H. Nishimura, K. Ogawa, T. Okada, Y. Okada, T. Shirahata, H. Saji, A. Takada, K. Togashi, K. Tsuchiya, M. Ueda, K. Ueno, E. Yamamoto
A Compton Scattering Based System for the Examination of Nuclear Fuel Cladding Interface .........................................................................................................................................................5535
I. Yaar, A. Givon, B. Magoz, I. Orion
Compton Imaging Using The SmartPET Detectors ...................................................................................5538J. E. Gillam, T. Beveridge, I. Svalbe, A. Grint, R. Cooper, A. Boston, H. Boston, P. Nolan, C. Hall, R. Lewis
CC3 COMPTON CAMERA WORKSHOP III Statistical Performance Evaluation and System Modeling for a Compton Medical Imaging System for Higher Energy Photon Imaging ................................................................................................5543
L. Han, N. Clinthorne
WORKSHOP 9: INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR HADRON THERAPY HT2 NEW HADRON THERAPY CENTRES-PROGRESS AND REPORTS II MedAustron - Austrian Hadron Therapy Centre ......................................................................................5548
M. Benedikt, A. Fabich
HT4 PROTON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY Development of a Proton Computed Radiography Apparatus .................................................................5551
D. Menichelli, M. Bruzzi, M. Bucciolini, G. Candiano, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, L. Capineri, C. Civinini, D. Lo Presti, L. Marrazzo, N. Randazzo, V. Sipala, C. Talamonti, S. Valentini, M. Brianzi, M. Tesi, S. Pieri, V. Reggioli
HT6 DOSIMETRY, MICRODOSIMETRY AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR BEAM DELIVERY II The CNAO System to Monitor and Control Hadron Beams for Therapy ...............................................5560
S. S. Giordanengo
HT7 MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS IN HADRON THERAPY Clinical Calculations of Physical and Biological Effective Dose Distributions in Proton and Carbon Ion Therapy Using the FLUKA Monte Carlo Code .....................................................................5563
A. Mairani, S. Brons, F. Cerutti, A. Ferrari, E. Gadioli, K. Parodi, M. Scholz, F. Sommerer
WORKSHOP 10: STAND-OFF DETECTION TECHNIQUES FOR RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR SOURCES SD1 GAMMA DETECTION Two-Sided Coded-Aperture Imaging Without a Detector Plane ..............................................................5567
K. P. Ziock, M. F. Cunningham, L. Fabris
Mobile Imaging and Spectroscopic Threat Identification (MISTI) ..........................................................5575L. J. Mitchell, B. F. Phlips, W. N. Johnson, E. A. Wulf, R. G. Roberts, D. Taibi, K. D. Bynum, B. Leas, G. Guadagno, T. Pickard, C. J. Lister
A Technique for Estimating Detection Limits of Radio-Nuclide Identifying Detectors by Means of Computer Simulations..................................................................................................................5581
C. -M. Herbach, Y. Kong, R. Lentering, M. Neuer, G. Pausch, C. Plettner, K. Ruhnau, J. Stein
SD2 NEUTRON/GAMMA Decreasing the Minimum Detectable Level of an Advanced Spectroscopic Portal by Using Multiple Detector Approach ........................................................................................................................5589
I. Yaar, I. Peysakhov, A. Rahav, D. Ginzburg, J. Paran, A. Osovizky, Y. Mazor, M. Ellenbogen
Detection of Chemical Agents with a Portable Neutron Inspection System.............................................5593C. Carasco, B. Perot, J. -L. Ma, A. Mariani, A. -C. Raoux, M. Gmar, G. Sannie, S. Normand
A Sensitive Radiation Imaging System Having a 360 Degree Field-of-view ............................................5600A. J. Bird, D. J. Clark, D. Ramsden
SD3 SYSTEMS On the Search for Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Signatures of 235U and 238U above 3 MeV ................................................................................................................................................................5608
G. A. Warren, J. A. Caggiano, W. Bertozzi, S. E. Korbly, R. J. Ledoux, W. H. Park
SD4 NEUTRON DETECTION AND SYSTEMS Stand-off Detection of Special Nuclear Materials Using Neutron Imaging Methods..............................5614
P. E. Vanier, L. Forman, I. Dioszegi, C. Salwen, V. J. Ghosh
Fabrication and Materials for a Long Range Neutron- Gamma Monitor Using Straw Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................5619
J. L. Lacy, A. Athanasiades, C. S. Martin, L. Sun, T. D. Lyons
SD5 SYSTEMS 2 Mechanical Doppler Compensation for Electron Excitation of NRF Photons ........................................5625
E. C. Morse, V. Mozin, E. B. Norman, B. D. Wirth
Current Status of AWE Programmes for Remote Detection of SNM ......................................................5628J. O' Malley, P. Adsley, G. Weston, M. Owen, L. Cox, I. D. Smith, S. Quillin, A. Thandi, S. Cullen
Detector Requirements for a Cosmic Ray Muon Scattering Tomography System .................................5639L. Cox, P. Adsley, J. O'Malley, S. Quillin, C. Steer, C. Clemett
4π Coded Aperture Imaging using 3D Position- Sensitive CdZnTe Detectors ........................................5644S. J. Kaye, W. R. Kaye, Z. He
SD6 NEUTRON/GAMMA 2 The Higher Efficiency Fast Neutrons Detectors Based on the Oxide Scintillators ..................................5647
L. L. Nagornaya, V. D. Ryzhikov, B. V. Grinyov, L. A. Piven’, G. M. Onyshchenko, O. K. Lysetska
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