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& Y NUCLEAR PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIET www.nss-mic.org 2005 October 23-29, 2005 October 23-29, Conference Program Conference Wyndham El Conquistador Hotel Wyndham San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan, Nuclear Science Symposium Nuclear Conference Medical Imaging Short Courses Industrial Programs Tom K. Lewellen, General Chair 2005 NSS/MIC PRESORTED Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology FIRST-CLASS University of Washington Medical Center U.S. POSTAGE PAID 1959 NE Pacific Street, NW040 Seattle, WA Box 356004 Permit No. 62 Seattle, WA 98195-6004 USA ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2006 IEEE NSS-MIC-RTSD Dear Colleagues, The 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and the 15th International Workshop on Room Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-ray Detectors (RTSD) will be held in San Diego from October 29th to November 4th. The venue is the attractive Town and Country Resort & Conven- tion Center, located in Mission Valley just a short distance from the downtown area. The Town and Country provides an ideal setting for our annual meet- ing. It has ample lecture space, accommodation and restaurants on a gorgeous site that is also compact enough to permit attendees to stroll unhurriedly from one session to another. In addition to the regular oral and poster presentations, there will be a number of topical short courses and special interest workshops. An industrial exhibition fea- turing the most up-to-date products and services from a wide range of vendors will take place during the main part of the meeting. The RTSD Workshop has a long history on its own. It is now becom- ing a tradition to hold it jointly with the NSS and MIC every other year (happening next in 2006), which is of mutual benefit to all attendees. A companion program will provide daily tours to some of the many attractions in and around the San Diego area. The city has a histori- cally diverse culture, and world-famous attractions such as its zoo, and its science and art museums; it is home to a key portion of the US Navy. Many exquisite dining options are available. Free parking will be available for hotel patrons, and there is light rail transportation from close by the hotel to much of the San Diego area, including the Mexican border. On behalf of the organizing committee, I encourage you to make plans now to attend this stimulating meeting, and look forward to welcoming you to delightful San Diego. Graham C. Smith, General Chair Brookhaven National Laboratory E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1 631 344 4253 http://www.nss-mic.org/2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome from the General Chair ............................................................2 Program Outline .......................................................................................3 Contact Information .................................................................................6 Registration Information ..........................................................................7 Registration Hours at the Conference ..........................................8 Symposium Registration Fees ......................................................8 Lunch & Dinner Fees ......................................................................8 Cancellation & Refund Policy ........................................................8 General Information .................................................................................9 IEEE Membership ...........................................................................9 Message Board ...............................................................................9 Speakers’ Preparation Room .........................................................9 Computer Access ...........................................................................9 Parking ..........................................................................................10 Smoking Policy .............................................................................10 Transportation ..............................................................................10 Industrial Program ..................................................................................10 Publications ............................................................................................ 11 Companion Program Tours ...................................................................14 Short Course Program ...........................................................................20 Nuclear Science Symposium ................................................................28 NSS Luncheon ..............................................................................29 NSS Plenary Invited Speakers .....................................................30 NSS Program ................................................................................32 Medical Imaging Conference .................................................................87 MIC Dinner .....................................................................................88 MIC Plenary Invited Speakers......................................................89 MIC Program .................................................................................91 NSS/MIC Joint Session ........................................................................125 Knowledge Transfer Round Table Discussion ..................................136 Workshop on the Open Gate Consortium ..........................................137 Acknowledgements ..............................................................................138 Program Committee Members Listing ......................................139 List of Industrial Exhibitors .......................................................143 List of Sponsoring Institutes and Companies .........................144 Conference Time Table ........................................................................145 Registration Form .................................................................................147 2006 NSS/MIC Announcement.....................................Inside back cover WELCOME FROM THE GENERAL CHAIR PROGRAM OUTLINE Dear Colleagues and Friends, Monday, October 24 utline O It’s Fall and it’s time for the NSS/MIC meeting again! 09:30-12:00 NP NSS Plenary, Pablo Casals Ballroom This year we again break new ground and hold the Nuclear Science 16:00-18:00 N1 Instrumentation for Homeland Security I, Pablo Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference in the Caribbean at the Casals Ballroom El Conquistador Hotel in Puerto Rico. Of course the principal focus 16:00-18:00 N2 Data Acquisition and Analysis Systems, Poinsettia Program of the conference remains the same—to provide a unique opportunity Ballroom, Salon C for scientists and engineers from all over the world to participate and 16:00-17:30 N3 Instrumentation for Medical and Biological present their original works in many areas related to nuclear science Research, Magnolia Ballroom and medical imaging. The Nuclear Science Symposium continues to 16:00-18:00 N4 Solid State Tracking Detectors, Grand Caribbean provide an outstanding forum for scientist and engineers interested or Ballroom, Salons 1 & 2 actively working in the field of nuclear science, radiation instru- mentation, software, and their applications. Similarly, the Medical Tuesday, October 25 Imaging Conference continues to be most productive international scientific meeting on the physics, engineering, and mathematical 08:00-09:30 N5 Scintillation Detectors I—Halides, Pablo Casals aspects of nuclear medicine based imaging. In addition to the normal Ballroom sessions, we will have a workshop on the OpenGATE collaboration, 08:00-10:00 N6 Neutron Imaging and Radiography, Poinsettia a roundtable discussion on technology transfer, and several special Ballroom, Salon C afternoon interest sessions. Some of those sessions were still being 08:00-10:00 N7 Nuclear Techniques for Homeland Security, Mag- organized as we sent this booklet to press, so do check the conference nolia Ballroom web site (http://www.nss-mic.org/2005) for updates. We will also 08:00-10:00 N8 Computing and Software for Experiments I: Data have an afternoon seminar on new developments from several of our Processing and Analysis, Grand Caribbean Ballroom, commercial vendors. This year, the Symposium on Nuclear Power Salons 1 & 2 Systems will not be held due to the retirement of Jay Foster and the 08:00-10:00 N9 Photodetectors and Radiation Imaging I, Grand lack of a new chair. Caribbean Ballroom, Salon 3 10:20-11:50 N10 Astrophysics and Space Instrumentation I, Poin- Our technical chairs have once again assembled a varied and settia Ballroom, Salon C outstanding program of presentations. Their task was particularly difficult this year. When the conference site was selected over four 10:20-11:50 N11 Data Acquisition and Analysis Systems II, Mag- years ago, the maximum number of papers predicted was 850. This nolia Ballroom year we received over 1100 submissions and were only able to accept 10:20-11:50 N13 Trigger and Front-End Systems, Grand Carib- 980 papers due to the space limitations. In addition, the committee bean Ballroom, Salon 3 felt that more joint sessions were important—further challenging the 11:00-12:30 N12 Scintillation Detectors II—Materials & Applica- layout of the program. While we were all disappointed that we could tions, Grand Caribbean Ballroom, Salons 1 & 2 not accommodate a larger meeting, we also felt it important not to 12:00-14:00 Industrial Exhibits, Grand Caribbean Ballroom, compress the