Geant4 Users Workshop

Contribution List

5. Welcome address

Susanna Guatelli (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

20/09/2017, 09:15

4. Solid State Micro-and Mini-Dosimetry in Particle Therapy

Anatoly Rosenfeld (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

20/09/2017, 09:30

6. Geant4 – past, current and future

Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))

20/09/2017, 10:00

7. The Geant4 Geometry modeler, recent developments

Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)

20/09/2017, 11:00

8. Geant4 for medical physics: recent developments

Susanna Guatelli (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

20/09/2017, 11:30

9. Recent developments of the Geant4-DNA extension of the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit

Dr Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

20/09/2017, 12:00

10. New theoretical atomic radiation library for basic science and applications

Tibor Kibedi (Australian National University (ANU))

20/09/2017, 13:30

11. Inclusion of novel proton and alpha shell ionisation cross sections in Geant4

Samer Bakr (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

20/09/2017, 14:00

12. Improving Geant4 Coherent Scattering by adding nuclear Thomson and Delbrück processes

Mohamed Omer (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

20/09/2017, 14:30

13. A Bethe-Heitler 5D polarized photon-to-e+e-pair conversion event generator

Denis Robert Leon Bernard (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

20/09/2017, 15:00

14. Strangeness in the liège intranuclear cascade model

Jason Hirtz (IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay)

20/09/2017, 15:30

15. Validation of Geant4 Fragmentation for Heavy Ion Therapy  by means of microdosimetry measurements

David Bolst (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

20/09/2017, 16:30

38. Feasibility study of a novel multi-strip silicon detector for use in protontherapy range verification Quality Assurance

Aaron Merchant (Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong)

20/09/2017, 17:00

16. Evaluation of Geant4 for in-vivo range verification in Heavy Ion Therapy

Andrew Chacon (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

20/09/2017, 17:30

17. A Geant4 simulation study for in-vivo range verification in protontherapy

Melek Zarifi (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

20/09/2017, 18:00

18. TOPAS

Joseph Perl

21/09/2017, 09:00

42. The use of TOPAS to determine low energy x-ray backscatter factors

Robin Hill (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Sydney)

21/09/2017, 09:30

19. Geant4 activities in the radiation therapy field at the University of Seville

Miguel Antonio Cortes Giraldo (Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla)

21/09/2017, 10:00

20. Monoenergetic experimental validation of a Geant4 Monte Carlo code for breast dosimetry applications

Christian Fedon (Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre)

21/09/2017, 11:00

21. A Geant4 study on air gap optimisation for a correction-free silicon diode array detector

Giordano Biasi (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

21/09/2017, 11:30

22. Feasibility of in-vivo source position verification during high dose rate prostate brachytherapy using a 2D diode array

Joel Poder (CMRP, University of Wollongong and St George Hospital Cancer Care Centre, Kogarah)

21/09/2017, 12:00

Joel Poder (CMRP, University of Wollongong and St George Hospital Cancer Care Centre, Kogarah)

23. Sensitivity analysis of parameters affecting optical photon transport in plastic scintillating fibres using Geant4

Samuel Blake (University of Sydney)

21/09/2017, 13:30

24. Optimisation of Geant4 simulations for synchrotron-based microbeam radiation therapy

Matthew Cameron (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

21/09/2017, 14:00

36. Understanding radio-enhancement with gadolinium nanoparticles for theranostic use on the Australian MRI-Linac

Hilary Byrne (University of Sydney)

21/09/2017, 14:30

43. Geant4 simulations for multidisciplinary and medical applications of laser-driven ion beams

Francesco Romano (Universita & INFN, Bari)

21/09/2017, 15:00

28. Introduction to developing nuclear medicine applications using GATE

Alessandra Malaroda (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

21/09/2017, 16:00

29. GATE Monte Carlo dosimetry simulation of Mars Spectral CT

Emmanuel Marfo (Department of Radiology, University of Otago)

21/09/2017, 16:30

30. Integration of GATE Monte Carlo-based radionuclide dosimetry as a practical on-line clinical tool

Price Jackson (Department of Molecular Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)

21/09/2017, 17:00

31. Social Dinner

21/09/2017, 19:00

32. Implementation of EM physics for nano scale gold electron simulations

Dousatsu Sakata (University of Bordeaux)

22/09/2017, 09:00

33. Potential implementation of nitrogen, propane and DNA cross sections for electrons and light ions into Geant4-DNA

Heidi Nettelbeck (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB))

22/09/2017, 09:30

34. Geant4 Simulation Study on nanoparticle enhanced Microbeam Radiation Therapy

Elette Engels (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

22/09/2017, 10:00

35. Investigation of Geant4-DNA chemical yields and comparison with RITRACKS and experimental observations

Dylan Peukert (University of South Autralia)

22/09/2017, 11:00

37. Simulation platform for Radionuclide therapy (RNT) and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in vitro studies

Yaser Gholami (University of Sydney)

22/09/2017, 11:30

26. Geant4 modelling of MRI-guided proton therapy hardware concepts

Bradley Oborn (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

22/09/2017, 12:00

27. Evaluation of silicon based microdosimetry for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Quality Assurance

James Vohradsky (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

22/09/2017, 12:30

39. Student Prize, sponsored by Amentum Pty Ltd

Iwan Cornelius

22/09/2017, 14:00

40. Geant4 Technical Forum & Wrap up

Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Susanna Guatelli (CMRP, University of Wollongong)

22/09/2017, 14:15

Tibor Kibedi, ANU (15 min)
Robin Hill (15 min)
Q&A, Open discuss

41. Tea Break