Special Focus Workshops/ Short Courses

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Special Focus Workshops/ Short Courses
Short courses are intended to attract students
and give them introductory courses for the high
level topics of the IEEE conferences.
Special Focus Workshops are intended to have a
focused discussion among experts on
interdisciplinary topics. Twelve special focus
workshops will address topics of current
instrumentation research. One of these
workshops will take place at DESY Hamburg before
the Conference (NSS topic), and another one
following the Conference at the Forschungszentrum
Jülich (near Cologne, MIC topic).
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Short Course Program http//www.nss-mic.org/2008/P
ublic/SC.html
(NSSNuclear Science Symposium)
(MICMedical Imaging Conference)
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Special Focus Workshops http//www.nss-mic.org/200
8/Public/Workshops.html
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Micro-Pattern Gas and Silicon Detectors for
Tracking Saturday, October 18, 2008  0900-1700

• The following topics will be covered
• Silicon detectors
• Developing low-mass silicon tracking
  systems(thinning, long-ladders, low mass
  structures, stability, power distribution,
  cooling,...) a. in hadron colliders b. in
  ee- colliders c. fixed target experiments
• Achieving sub-micron position precision possible
  and useful?
• Alignment of large silicon systems and limits to
  alignment accuracy.
• Improving performance of forward tracking systems
  
• Layered 3D-vector-detectors
• Gaseous Detectors
• Gaseous vertex detectors
• Novel and exotic TPCs (photo readout, negative
  ion drift, high pressure)
• TPC development for Linear Colliders
• (system aspects, limits of spatial precision,
  readout technology)
• CMOS readout for gas detectors
• Large area Micropattern Gas Detectors

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Micro and Nano Dosimetry Sunday, October 19,
2008  0830-1230
Hadron therapy allows small volume dose
deposition by using the large ionisation increase
from the Bragg peak, espcially for heavy ions.
However, to make sure the tumor is really hit
requires precise simulations

• The preliminary topics include
• Simulation of radiation effects
• Code validation by using microdosimetric
  quantities
• Comparison of measurements and simulations in
• heavy ion irradiation (silicon tissue)
• microdosimetric measurements (2µm sensitive
  volume)
• Monte Carlo simulation (FLUKA, GEANT4) CC

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Detector Developments for the sLHC Sunday,
October 19, 2008 1330-1730
Organizing committee Mara Bruzzi, Pisa, Italy
Michael Moll, CERN Switzerland

• One of the biggest challenges with respect to the
  design and construction of Experiments for the
  luminosity upgrade of the LHC (Super-LHC or sLHC)
  is the development of high granularity
  semiconductor detectors for the inner tracking
  layers. These devices will face radiation levels
  of up to 1016 particles/cm2, a fluence well
  beyond the radiation tolerance of present silicon
  detector technology.
• This half day workshop aims to present the
  challenges arising from the luminosity upgrade
  (occupancy, radiation levels, etc.) and the
  latest developments for radiation hard tracking
  detectors.
• The workshop will cover the following topics
• Radiation tolerant detector concepts
• Radiation tolerant sensor materials
• Detector interconnect technologies
• Readout and Front-end electronics
• Material, Cooling and Integration
• Triggering
• Simulations

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ATCA/µTCA for Physics Saturday, Sunday, October
1819, 2008  0830-1730 Organizing committee
Patrick Le Dû, Saclay, France Ray Larsen,
Stanford, USA, Margaret Votava, FNAL, USA
ATCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing
Architecture or Advanced TCA) is a modular crate
(or shelf as it is called in the Telco world)
architecture the size of a VXI crate but with the
unique feature that all inter-board backplane and
inter-crate communications is via serial links
with speeds as high as 2.5 Gbps for a single link
and 10 Gbps combining four links.
The level of availability, equivalent to
allowable average downtime of five minutes per
year, is achieved by a combination of hardware
redundancy Intelligent Platform Management (IPM)
diagnostic hardware and software, and hot-swap
capability at both Carrier and AMC card levels.
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International Workshop on the Molecular Radiology
of Breast Cancer ArtOtel, Dresden, Monday,
Tuesday, October 20-21 , 2008 0830-1730
Organizers Martin Tornai, Duke Univ., USA
Craig Levin, Stanford, USA Ramsey Badawi, UC
Davis USA, Michael Hofmann, Univ. of Hannover,
Germany
The overall goals of the proposed events are to
convene imaging physicists and engineers as well
as chemists, biologists, physicians and students
from around the world to discuss important issues
related to breast cancer evaluation using
functional Molecular Imaging techniques involving
nuclear radiotracers. Key issues to address are
the recent successes and limitations of nuclear
imaging approaches positron emission tomography
(PET) and single photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT) and what steps are required
to continue to increase their role in breast
cancer detection and management
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X-Ray Micro Imaging of Devices, Materials and
Organisms ArtOtel, Dresden, Germany October
22-24, 2008 Chair Prof. Tilo Baumbach, ANKA,
Karlsruhe , Germany Co-Chair Dr. Randolf Hanke,
Fraunhofer X-ray Development Center,
Fürth/Erlangen, Germany

• The workshop wishes to enhance communication
  between developers of modern x-ray imaging
  techniques, instrumentation, algorithms and
  software, and their users coming from different
  application areas of research and industry.
• Due to the excellent properties of X-rays in
  terms of penetration depth, wavelength, and
  non-destructiveness of the measurement, methods
  such as X-ray radiography, tomography,
  microscopy, and holography may be applied in
  nearly any field of engineering, natural and life
  sciences.
• Research and technology fields
• Materials science and technology
• Automotive
• Microelectronics, micro system technology
• Biology / life sciences
• Heritage, paleontology, archeology

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GATE Software for Emission Tomography Friday,
October 24, 2008 1330-1730 Organizers Irene
Buvat, Imaging in Neurobiology and Cancerology
Lab, France Sébastien Jan, CEA, Orsay, France
GATE is an open access Monte Carlo simulation
tool based on Geant4 and dedicated to emission
tomography (SPECT and PET), but which can also be
used for CT simulations or imaging-based
dosimetry. The GATE user workshop is intended to
gather all those interested in using GATE for
various applications. The workshop will give
the users an overview of what GATE can achieve.
The future functionalities of GATE will also be
presented. Finally, the users will be given the
opportunity to express their needs in terms of
the features they would like to be included or
improved in GATE.
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Compton Cameras for Medical and Industrial
Applications Friday, October 24, 2008 
1330-1730 Organizers Neal Clinthorne, U.
Michigan, USA , Peter Weilhammer, CERN,
Switzerland
Compton cameras have demonstrated their potential
in some applications while in others, a
significant gap between predictions and actual
performance remains. The goal of this half-day
workshoprelevant to participants in NSS, MIC,
and RTSDis to examine and discuss reasons for
the gap and to define the steps necessary to
advance Compton cameras for astrophysical,
industrial, security, and medical applications.
The workshop format will consist of invited
talks presenting the state of Compton camera
technology for space, industrial, and medical
uses followed by presentations by participants
aimed at shining a light on the most significant
impediments to more widespread use of Compton
technology. Potential solutions to these
challenges will be discussed in breakout groups,
and finally, the steps necessary to advance the
field will be proposed by workshop participants.
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Innovative Techniques for Hadron Therapy Friday,
October 24, 2008  1030-1830 Organizers Patrick
Le Dû, Saclay, France Anatoly
Rozenfeld, University of Wollongong, Australia
Steve Peggs, Brookhaven National
Lab., USA
The treatment of non-operable and radio-resistant
cancer tumors using particle beam like proton and
light ion is becoming a medical reality. The
number of clinical facilities is growing very
rapidly around the world. After the first
successful workshop organized during the 2003
IEEE NSS-MIC conference in Portland, we propose
this year to review the evolution of
technological ideas and instrumentation around
this emerging topic. This is a perfect
illustration of a merging Nuclear and detectors
experts with the Medical Imaging community.
The topics include Hadrontherapy, Survey of new
facilities, New machine concepts, Instrumentation
for beam control and real time dose monitoring,
In-beam PET systems, Advanced dosimetry (micro
and nano dosimetry), Modeling of space radiation
environment using ions, Simulation using GEANT,
New ideas using antiprotons and neutrons.
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Stand-off Detection Techniques for Radiological
and Nuclear Sources Friday, Saturday, October
24-25, 2008 1330-1730 Organizers Ralph
James, Brookhaven National Lab, USA, James Jones,
Idaho National Lab,USA

• The major thrust of this 1-day workshop is to
  identify current and future technologies that
  enable stand-off ability to detect, identify, and
  track radiological and nuclear materials. For the
  purpose of this workshop, stand-off detection is
  defined as cases where either the
  material-detector separations or probe-material
  separations exceed about 5 m.
• The following topics will be discussed at the
  workshop
• new neutron and gamma detectors with the
  potential for higher efficiency,
• imaging detectors capable of distinguishing point
  sources of radiation from distributed
  background counts,
• spectroscopic detectors for identifying
  radioactive materials,
• fast detectors capable of measuring
  time-correlated events,
• the effects of imaging and spectroscopic
  detectors in harsh or high background
  environments,
• novel approaches to enhance detectable signatures
  from fissile or radiological materials,
• software to improve identification using spectrum
  processing, and
• other modeling and analytical tools to facilitate
  stand-off detection.

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Joint Workshop on Detector Development for Future
Photon Science and High Energy Physics
Experiments DESY, Hamburg, Germany October
16-17, 2008
Organizers Heinz GRAAFSMA, DESY, Ingrid-Maria
GREGOR, DESY, Rolf-Dieter HEUER, DESY, Roland
HORISBERGER, PSI, Switzerland John MORSE, ESRF,
France, Felix SEFKOW, DESY, Germany
The main objective for this joint workshop is to
bring together detector experts from both fields,
to foster their mutual understanding, and trigger
ideas for cooperation. There is a huge potential
for cross-fertilization with benefits for both
the photon science and particle physics
communities. To achieve this, it is important to
first understand the different needs of the two
communities and identify those areas of
development that are of mutual benefit. The
workshop will consists of invited talks only,
with plenty of opportunities for discussion. At
the end of the workshop a round table discussion
involving all speakers will take place to address
the challenge of "how to build the bridge"
between the two communities. This discussion will
help point the way forward to bring the often
quoted "synergies" to reality.
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Hybrid Imaging with MR-PET (Forschungszentrum
Jülich, Jülich) Monday, Tuesday, October 27-28,
2008   0900-1800 Organizers Karl Ziemons, Hans
Herzog, Uwe Pietrzyk, FZ Jülich, Germany Paul
Vaska, BNL, USA
In the last few years there has been increasing
interest in hybrid MR-PET scanners. Several
groups have been developing such scanners for the
study of rodents. Some of these prototypes
utilize innovative solid-state electronics such
as APDs as a replacement of magneto-sensitive
photomultipliers. First studies demonstrating
the advantages of simultaneous MR-PET
measurements have already been published. An
industrial prototype for combined MR-PET in
humans is being constructed and the first
acquired images of simultaneous MR-PET
measurements demonstrate the feasibility of the
new approach.