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MPGD Applications Beyond Fundamental Science Workshop

15–16 Sept 2016
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  1. 4. First results of a combined fast-neutron & gamma-ray LXe imaging detector with gaseous photomultiplier readout
    Artur Cardoso Coimbra (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))
    15/09/2016, 09:20

    We are developing a new detector concept for simultaneous imaging and spectroscopy of fast neutrons and gammas; it combines a liquid-Xe (LXe) scintillator coupled to a UV-sensitive gaseous imaging photomultiplier (GPM).
    The research focuses on validating this new idea for simultaneously detecting concealed explosives, comprising low-Z materials, and high-Z fissile materials, utilizing...

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  2. 1. CERN developments of optical readout for MPGDs
    Filippo Resnati (CERN)
    15/09/2016, 09:40

    In recent years, MPGDs found applications beyond High Energy Physics mainly due to their imaging capabilities. Typically, MPGDs have the signals read out electronically, this means that each channel has its own amplification and digitisation chain. Despite being unavoidable in some occasions, an alternative to this approach exists: the so-called optical readout. Scintillation light produced...

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  3. 7. Optically Read Out Planispherical GEM Detector for Minimizing Parallax Error
    Fabio Sauli (TERA Foundation (IT))
    15/09/2016, 10:10
  4. 6. MPGD-based muon telescopes for archeology: the ScanPyramids project
    Sebastien Procureur (CEA/IRFU,Centre d'etude de Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette (FR))
    15/09/2016, 10:30

    Three muon telescopes based on multiplexed Micromegas have recently been built for the ScanPyramids mission whose aim is to image four Egyptian pyramids in Giza and Daschour sites. These telescopes were installed early June on the North and East faces of Khufu and took data during 2-3 months. We will report in this talk on their operation in extreme conditions (temperature, dust in particular)...

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  5. 8. MPGDs face2face with art and industry: EDXRF imaging systems
    Ana Luisa Silva (University of Aveiro)
    15/09/2016, 11:20
  6. 10. GEMPix-based system for the determination of Fe-55 in radioactive waste
    Fabrizio Murtas (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))
    15/09/2016, 11:40
  7. 5. A robust large area x-ray imaging system based on 100 µm thick Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM)
    Xavier Carvalho (LIBPhys-Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Portugal)
    15/09/2016, 12:00

    Imaging applications with Gas Electron Multipliers as amplification devices provide excellent spatial resolution (of the order of hundreds of μm) for areas as large as 10x10 cm2, making use of discrete channel readout. A drawback is the need for complex and expensive electronic systems. In applications where resolutions of the order of the mm are required, a simpler and cheaper solution is to...

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  8. 9. (WITHDRAW) Tomographic 2-D X-ray imaging of toroidal fusion plasma using a tangential pinhole camera with gas electron multiplier detector
    Danilo Pacella
    15/09/2016, 12:20
  9. 11. X-ray detection in medical imaging
    Keynote - Steffen Kapler (Siemens)
    15/09/2016, 14:30
  10. 12. Energy Resolving X-ray Imaging Systems using MPGDs
    Lara Filipa Das Neves Dias Carramate (University of Aveiro (PT))
    15/09/2016, 15:20
  11. 2. Towards the application of patterned RPCs to very high resolution RPC-PET for small animals
    Paulo Fonte
    15/09/2016, 15:40

    We present imaging results of needle-like and planar 22Na sources obtained with a prototype of a high-acceptance small-animal positron emission tomograph based on patterned resistive plate chambers (RPC-PET). The maximum-likelihood expectation-maximization (MLEM) reconstruction of the acquired data yielded an excellent and stable resolution of 0.4 mm FWHM.

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  12. 13. The Innovation Path: From Science to Market
    Keynote - Gonçalo Amorim (ISCTE)
    15/09/2016, 16:30
  13. 3. Applications of MPGD detectors for hadron therapy and investigation of their potential use for environmental gamma rays monitoring.
    Palma Rita Altieri (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))
    15/09/2016, 17:20

    Remarkable scientific and technological progress during the last years has led to the construction of accelerator based facilities dedicated to hadron therapy. This kind of technology requires precise and continuous control of position, intensity and shape of the ions or protons used to irradiate cancers. Patient safety, accelerator operation and dose delivery should be optimized by a real...

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  14. 14. The GEMPix detector for energy deposition measurements in Hadrontherapy
    Fabrizio Murtas (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (IT))
    15/09/2016, 17:40