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

Monte Carlo Workshop for Radiotherapy, Imaging and Radiation Protection

from Friday 6 December 2019 (08:00) to Sunday 8 December 2019 (14:00)

Monday 2 December 2019
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Thursday 5 December 2019
Friday 6 December 2019

08:00 Registration - Building 32.G01, UOW Main Campus, Wollongong
Registration - Building 32.G01, UOW Main Campus, Wollongong
08:00 - 08:50
08:50 Introduction - Susanna Guatelli
Introduction
- Susanna Guatelli
08:50 - 09:00
09:00 Welcome speech by the Dean of UOW Engineering and Information Sciences - Valerie Linton (University of Wollongong)
Welcome speech by the Dean of UOW Engineering and Information Sciences
- Valerie Linton (University of Wollongong)
09:00 - 09:15
Speech by Prof. Valerie Linton
09:15 The Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, Wollongong University - Anatoly Rozenfeld (University of Wollongong)
The Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, Wollongong University
- Anatoly Rozenfeld (University of Wollongong)
09:15 - 09:45
09:45 Radiobiology
Radiobiology
09:45 - 10:45
Contributions

09:45 Geant4-DNA: recent developments - Sebastien Incerti (CNRS/IN2P3)

10:15 Geant4-DNA: Development of low energy cross sections for water and gold - Ioanna Kyriakou (Ioannina University)
10:45 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 Radiobiology
Radiobiology
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Evaluation of ionizing radiation induced early DNA damage on a cell nucleus by integrated track structure Monte Carlo simulations using Geant4-DNA - Dousatsu Sakata (NIRS, Japan)

11:30 Mechanistic modelling of biological responses to radiation-induced damage - Stephen McMahon (Queen's University Belfast)

12:00 Microdosimetry with Geant4 for Quality Factor Estimates - Ioanna Kyriakou (Ioannina University)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 GPU applications
GPU applications
13:30 - 14:40
Contributions

13:30 Quantitative estimation of biological effects after irradiation by MPEXS-DNA - Shogo Okada

14:10 GPU acceleration of Monte Carlo dose calculation for proton therapy - Ye Chen (KEK, Japan)
14:40 Microdosimetry
Microdosimetry
14:40 - 15:40
Contributions

14:40 Validation of Geant4 for microdosimetry applications - David Bolst (Wollongong University)

15:10 Geant4 simulations for microdosimetry in BNCT - James Vohradsky (University of Wollongong)
15:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 16:00
16:00 Microdosimetry
Microdosimetry
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 Geant4 simulations for microdosimetry in Fast Neutron Therapy - James Vorahdsky (Wollongong University)

16:30 Evaluation of novel organic materials for microdosimetry - Matthew Large (Wollongong University)

17:00 Geant4-based microdosimetry for astronauts' radiation protection - Stefania Peracchi (Wollongong University)
19:00 Social Dinner, Harbour Front, Wollongong
Social Dinner, Harbour Front, Wollongong
19:00 - 22:00
Saturday 7 December 2019
09:30 Physics developments
Physics developments
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Low-energy Auger and conversion electron spectroscopy of medical isotopes - Bryan Tee (Australian National University)

10:00 X-ray fluorescence with ANSTO libraries - Samer Bakr (Wollongong University)
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 Physics developments
Physics developments
10:50 - 11:50
Contributions

10:50 NS_Radlist – a new atomic radiation data base for basic science and applications - Tibor Kibedi (Australian National University)

11:20 Improved total reaction cross section models for Geant4 - Edward Simpson (Australian National University)
11:50 Benchmarking of Monte Carlo codes
Benchmarking of Monte Carlo codes
11:50 - 12:35
Contributions

11:50 G4-Med: a benchmarking system for Geant4 in medical physics - Susanna Guatelli

12:05 Validation of the Geant4 radioactive decay and emission of Auger electrons - Samer Bakr (Wollongong University)
12:35 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:35 - 13:25
13:25 Monte Carlo for dosimetry
Monte Carlo for dosimetry
13:25 - 15:15
Contributions

13:25 Geant4 studies for brachytherapy Quality Assurance - Dean Cutajar (Wollongong University)

13:55 Geant4 studies for protontherapy Quality Assurance - Brad Oborn (Wollongong University)

14:25 Monte-Carlo calculations of kQ at the Australian Primary Standards Dosimetry Laboratory - Max Hanlon (ARPANSA)

14:55 Adaptation of ICRP 110 Geant4 Human Phantom for Molecular Radiation Therapy Dosimetry - Muhammad Salman
15:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:15 - 15:35
15:35 Nuclear applications, space science, astronomy
Nuclear applications, space science, astronomy
15:35 - 17:35
Contributions

15:35 Geant4 Development and Applications in Nuclear Well Logging - Qiong Zhang (University of Electronic Science and Technology)

16:05 A Geant4 simulation of cosmogenic radionuclide production in sodium iodide for the SABRE dark matter experiment - Yi Yi Zhong (Australian National University)

16:35 Evaluating the lineal energy and secondary particle yields in a FinFET structure - Rick Chiang

17:05 Simulating Betavoltaic Cells for Cubesat Space Applications - Raymond Zhou (University of New South Wales)
19:00 Pub: The Illawarra Brewery, Eastern Terrace, Win Entertainment Centre, Crown St & Harbour St
Pub: The Illawarra Brewery, Eastern Terrace, Win Entertainment Centre, Crown St & Harbour St
19:00 - 22:00
Sunday 8 December 2019
09:00 Imaging
Imaging
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 In-Silico Optimisation of Tileable SiPM Based Monolithic Scintillator Detectors for SPECT Applications - Jeremy Brown

09:30 Risk of radiation-induced breast cancer in phase-contrast mammography - Vincent Beaudox (Bordeaux University)

10:00 Towards Actively Collimated Multi-tracer Imaging (ACMI): A MR compatible active collimation element for high performance simultaneous PET/SPECT imaging at the human scale - Jeremy Brown
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Imaging
Imaging
11:00 - 12:40
Contributions

11:00 NEMA-NU 2-2012 Validation of a Geant4 Model of a Whole-Body Prototype PET Scanner with Four-Layer Depth-of-Interaction Detectors - Abdella Ahmed (ANSTO)

11:30 Monte Carlo simulations for in-vivo PET in Heavy Ion Therapy - Andrew Chacon (University of Wollongong)

12:00 Geant4 study for dose reconstruction in hadron therapy using in-vivo PET - Harley Rutherford (Wollongong University)

12:30 Final remarks - Susanna Guatelli
12:40 Light lunch provided
Light lunch provided
12:40 - 13:40

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