Conveners
Knowledge Transfer and Commercial Opportunities for PSDs
- Carlos Huggins (NPL)
Knowledge Transfer and Commercial Opportunities for PSDs
- Carlos Huggins
Carlos Huggins
(Systems Technology Innovation Centre)
12/09/2011, 13:50
KTN
Invited Oral
After a degree in Natural Sciences (especially Physics and Maths), and an MSc in Semiconductor Science, Carlos Huggins went into industrial R&D and technology management,. Over 22 years he has had contributed as a Gallium Arsenide epitaxial grower and device designer for defence imaging and space power applications; worked on fibre optic devices and pump laser structures for...
Dr
John McGrath
(Kromek)
12/09/2011, 14:10
KTN
Invited Oral
The application of current x-ray inspections systems to the identification of foreign objects in complex environments is limited by a number of factors. At best the systems are a compromise between conflicting performance requirements. The challenge facing x-ray system manufacturers is that many materials will show the same output characteristics using traditional X-ray absorption techniques....
Dr
Simon Rushworth
(NMRC)
12/09/2011, 14:50
KTN
Invited Oral
The FORME strategic research cluster is a Science Foundation of Ireland supported project with 15 funded academic investigators and 5 industry partners. The focus of the work plan is to develop functional oxides and materials for the semiconductor industry however in the later stages of the project applying the results obtained to different industry applications is a key exploitation target. ...
Dr
Igor Kreslo
(LHEP, Uni-Bern)
12/09/2011, 15:30
KTN
Oral Presentation
Detection of explosives in large cargo containers is an important preventive measure to counteract terrorism. The element-sensitive radiography with gamma-rays is one promising method, allowing to selectively detect Nitrogen content in various materials, which is a reliable signature of most of commercial explosives.
A novel high-resolution tracking detector sensitive to 9.17 MeV Nitrogen...
Dr
John Osmond
(The Institute of Cancer Research & The Royal Marsden NHS Trust)
12/09/2011, 16:30
KTN
Oral Presentation
In order to minimise the dose delivered to healthy tissue during radiotherapy treatment of a moving tumour, it is first necessary to accurately measure tumour position as a function of time. For example, a portal imager can be used to detect surrogate markers implanted around the tumour in order to track the tumour with a moving collimator. Lung tumours can move at up to ~20 mm/s, requiring...
Dr
Laura Harkness
(Department of Physics, University of Liverpool)
12/09/2011, 16:50
KTN
Oral Presentation
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) systems employ a gamma camera to locate a radioactive tracer which has been administered to a patient to study specifically targeted physiological processes. A typical system is composed of scintillation detectors coupled to a mechanical collimator which allows the distribution of the radiation to be inferred. However, use of the collimator...
John Lees
(University of Leicester)
12/09/2011, 17:10
