Monte Carlo Workshop for Radiotherapy, Imaging and Radiation Protection

Name: Monte Carlo Workshop for Radiotherapy, Imaging and Radiation Protection
Start: 2019-12-06T08:00:00+11:00
End: 2019-12-08T14:00:00+11:00
Location: No location set

Dec 6, 2019, 8:00 AM → Dec 8, 2019, 2:00 PM Australia/Sydney

Susanna Guatelli

Fri, December 6
- 1
  
  Registration - Building 32.G01, UOW Main Campus, Wollongong
- 2
  
  Introduction
  
  Speaker: Susanna Guatelli
- 3
  
  Welcome speech by the Dean of UOW Engineering and Information Sciences
  
  Speech by Prof. Valerie Linton
  
  Speaker: Prof. Valerie Linton (University of Wollongong)
- 4
  
  The Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, Wollongong University
  
  Speaker: Anatoly Rozenfeld (University of Wollongong)
- Session I: Radiobiology
  
  Conveners: David Bolst, Jeremy Brown
  - 5
    
    Geant4-DNA: recent developments
    
    Speaker: Sebastien Incerti (CNRS/IN2P3)
  - 6
    
    Geant4-DNA: Development of low energy cross sections for water and gold
    
    Speaker: Ioanna Kyriakou (Ioannina University)
- 10:45 AM
  
  Coffee break
- Session I: Radiobiology
  - 7
    
    Evaluation of ionizing radiation induced early DNA damage on a cell nucleus by integrated track structure Monte Carlo simulations using Geant4-DNA
    
    Speaker: Dousatsu Sakata (NIRS, Japan)
  - 8
    
    Mechanistic modelling of biological responses to radiation-induced damage
    
    Speaker: Stephen McMahon (Queen's University Belfast)
  - 9
    
    Microdosimetry with Geant4 for Quality Factor Estimates
    
    Speaker: Ioanna Kyriakou (Ioannina University)
- 12:30 PM
  
  Lunch break
- Session II: GPU applications
  
  Conveners: Ioanna Kyriakou (Ioannina University), Sebastien Incerti (CNRS/IN2P3)
  - 10
    
    Quantitative estimation of biological effects after irradiation by MPEXS-DNA
    
    Speaker: Shogo Okada
  - 11
    
    GPU acceleration of Monte Carlo dose calculation for proton therapy
    
    Speaker: Ye Chen (KEK, Japan)
- Session III: Microdosimetry
  
  Conveners: Ioanna Kyriakou (Ioannina University), Sebastien Incerti (CNRS/IN2P3)
  - 12
    
    Validation of Geant4 for microdosimetry applications
    
    Speaker: David Bolst (Wollongong University)
  - 13
    
    Geant4 simulations for microdosimetry in BNCT
    
    Speaker: James Vohradsky (University of Wollongong)
- 3:40 PM
  
  Coffee break
- Session III: Microdosimetry
  - 14
    
    Geant4 simulations for microdosimetry in Fast Neutron Therapy
    
    Speaker: James Vorahdsky (Wollongong University)
  - 15
    
    Evaluation of novel organic materials for microdosimetry
    
    Speaker: Matthew Large (Wollongong University)
  - 16
    
    Geant4-based microdosimetry for astronauts' radiation protection
    
    Speaker: Stefania Peracchi (Wollongong University)
- 7:00 PM
  
  Social Dinner, Harbour Front, Wollongong
Sat, December 7
- Session IV: Physics developments
  
  Conveners: Dousatsu Sakata (NIRS), Susanna Guatelli
  - 17
    
    Low-energy Auger and conversion electron spectroscopy of medical isotopes
    
    Speaker: Bryan Tee (Australian National University)
  - 18
    
    X-ray fluorescence with ANSTO libraries
    
    Speaker: Samer Bakr (Wollongong University)
- 10:30 AM
  
  Coffee break
- Session IV: Physics developments
  - 19
    
    NS_Radlist – a new atomic radiation data base for basic science and applications
    
    Speaker: Tibor Kibedi (Australian National University)
  - 20
    
    Improved total reaction cross section models for Geant4
    
    Speaker: Edward Simpson (Australian National University)
- Session V: Benchmarking of Monte Carlo codes
  
  Conveners: Dousatsu Sakata, Sebastien Incerti (CNRS/IN2P3)
  - 21
    
    G4-Med: a benchmarking system for Geant4 in medical physics
    
    Speaker: Susanna Guatelli
  - 22
    
    Validation of the Geant4 radioactive decay and emission of Auger electrons
    
    Speaker: Samer Bakr (Wollongong University)
- 12:35 PM
  
  Lunch break
- Session VI: Monte Carlo for dosimetry
  
  Monte Carlo for dosimetry
  
  Conveners: Brad Oborn, Dean Cutajar
  - 23
    
    Geant4 studies for brachytherapy Quality Assurance
    
    Speaker: Dean Cutajar (Wollongong University)
  - 24
    
    Geant4 studies for protontherapy Quality Assurance
    
    Speaker: Brad Oborn (Wollongong University)
  - 25
    
    Monte-Carlo calculations of kQ at the Australian Primary Standards Dosimetry Laboratory
    
    Speaker: Max Hanlon (ARPANSA)
  - 26
    
    Adaptation of ICRP 110 Geant4 Human Phantom for Molecular Radiation Therapy Dosimetry
    
    Speaker: Muhammad Salman
- 3:15 PM
  
  Coffee break
- Session VII: Nuclear applications, space science, astronomy
  
  Conveners: Edward Simpson (ANU), Jeremy Brown
  - 27
    
    Geant4 Development and Applications in Nuclear Well Logging
    
    Speaker: Qiong Zhang (University of Electronic Science and Technology)
  - 28
    
    A Geant4 simulation of cosmogenic radionuclide production in sodium iodide for the SABRE dark matter experiment
    
    Speaker: Yi Yi Zhong (Australian National University)
  - 29
    
    Evaluating the lineal energy and secondary particle yields in a FinFET structure
    
    Speaker: Rick Chiang
  - 30
    
    Simulating Betavoltaic Cells for Cubesat Space Applications
    
    Speaker: Raymond Zhou (University of New South Wales)
- 7:00 PM
  
  Pub: The Illawarra Brewery, Eastern Terrace, Win Entertainment Centre, Crown St & Harbour St
Sun, December 8
- Session VIII: Imaging
  
  Conveners: Alessandra Malaroda, Stephen McMahon
  - 31
    
    In-Silico Optimisation of Tileable SiPM Based Monolithic Scintillator Detectors for SPECT Applications
    
    Speaker: Jeremy Brown
  - 32
    
    Risk of radiation-induced breast cancer in phase-contrast mammography
    
    Speaker: Vincent Beaudox (Bordeaux University)
  - 33
    
    Towards Actively Collimated Multi-tracer Imaging (ACMI): A MR compatible active collimation element for high performance simultaneous PET/SPECT imaging at the human scale
    
    Speaker: Jeremy Brown
- 10:30 AM
  
  Coffee break
- Session VIII: Imaging
  - 34
    
    NEMA-NU 2-2012 Validation of a Geant4 Model of a Whole-Body Prototype PET Scanner with Four-Layer Depth-of-Interaction Detectors
    
    Speaker: Abdella Ahmed (ANSTO)
  - 35
    
    Monte Carlo simulations for in-vivo PET in Heavy Ion Therapy
    
    Speaker: Andrew Chacon (University of Wollongong)
  - 36
    
    Geant4 study for dose reconstruction in hadron therapy using in-vivo PET
    
    Speaker: Harley Rutherford (Wollongong University)
  - 37
    
    Final remarks
    
    Speaker: Susanna Guatelli
- 12:40 PM
  
  Light lunch provided