IEEE October 29 - November 4 San Diego 2006 Conference Program Nuclear Science Symposium Medical Imaging Conference 15th International Workshop on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors Special Focus Workshops Town and Country Resort & Convention Center San Diego CA, USA www.nss-mic.org/2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Hadron) (Sun.) Welcome from the General Chair ............................................................2 California Wed.) Program Outline .......................................................................................3 - PET/MRI, Windsor (Mon.-Tues.) Contact Information .................................................................................8 West, 2 5 (Mon.-Tues.) (Tues. Registration Information .......................................................................10 & (Micro-Pattern) & 1 1 1,2,3 4 Windsor Hotel Information ..........................................................................11 Golden Room & Hampton, (Compton, Country Ballroom Ballroom Salon Salon General Information ...............................................................................12 Pavilion (Gate) Foyer Salons Salons & Diego, IEEE Membership .........................................................................12 Message Board .............................................................................12 Garden Pacific California Sheffield Sunset Computer Access .........................................................................12 Exhibits Program ....................................................................................13 Room: Pacific Courses: Sheffield, Breakfast: Terrace Publications ............................................................................................14 The Conference Record (CR) .......................................................14 Registration: Grand Short NSS: Golden MIC: Golden RTSD: Hampton Posters: Workshops: San Garden Tour Exhibits: Town Computer Transactions on Nuclear Science (TNS) ....................................14 Comparison of Requirements (CR and TNS) .............................15 Companion Program ..............................................................................16 Continuing Education Program ............................................................23 Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) ......................................................32 NSS Plenary Speakers .................................................................33 NSS Luncheon Speaker ...............................................................36 NSS Program .................................................................................37 Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) .......................................................92 MIC Plenary Speakers ..................................................................93 MIC Program .................................................................................96 Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (RTSD) .....148 Special Focus Workshops ...................................................................160 Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors .....................................................160 Innovative Techniques for Hadron Therapy ..............................162 Compton Scatter Imaging ..........................................................163 Bi-modality PET and MRI. ..........................................................164 GATE ...........................................................................................164 Nuclear Radiology of Breast Cancer (NRBC) ...........................165 Acknowledgements ..............................................................................166 Conference Committee ..............................................................167 NSS Topic Conveners .................................................................167 NSS/MIC Program Reviewers ....................................................168 RTSD Assistant Program Chairs ...............................................174 Town & Country Center & Convention Resort Town Conference Information and Promotion (CIP) Committee ......175 Sponsoring Institutes and Companies .....................................176 Conference Time Table .........................................................................177 Registration Form .................................................................................179 Announcement of the 2007 IEEE NSS-MIC ................inside back cover WELCOME FROM THE GENERAL CHAIR PROGRAM OUTLINE Sunday, October 29 Dear Colleagues, 07:30-09:30 Registration Open, Grand Foyer. 08:30-17:00 Short Course #1. The Interaction of Radiation with t is a pleasure to welcome you to the annual IEEE gathering, Matter: Theory and Practice. Sheffield. which this year is being held in San Diego, California, at 08:30-17:00 Short Course #2. Nuclear Science for Homeland the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center. The Security. Hampton. Iconference includes presentations of the latest research and appli- 08:30-17:00 Short Course #3. Integrated Circuit Front Ends for cations under the banners of the Nuclear Science Symposium, the Nuclear Pulse Processing. Windsor. Medical Imaging Conference, the 15th International Workshop 09:45-13:45 Tour #1: Sightseeing in Old Town San Diego. on Room-Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray De- 09:00-10:30 MP1: Plenary Session. Garden Salon 1 tectors, and a number of Special Focus Workshops. In addition, a 10:50-12:10 MP2: MICROMEGAS detectors. Garden Salon 1 comprehensive set of short courses has been arranged in the con- 13:30-14:50 MP3: GEM detectors. Garden Salon 1 tinuing education program. The Town and Country provides an 15:15-16:15 MP4: GEM/Capillary Plate detectors. Garden Salon 1 ideal setting for the conference, with ample lecture space, accom- 16:30-18:35 MP5: Pixel Readout for Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors. Garden Salon 1 modation and restaurants on a gorgeous site that allows attendees 15:30-18:30 Registration Open, Grand Foyer. to stroll comfortably from one session to another. Accommodation ranges from modern multi-story towers to quaint bungalow-style Monday, October 30 rooms. Adjacent to the resort is a large shopping mall, and a light rail system that provides easy access to downtown San Diego. 07:30-17:00 Registration Open, Grand Foyer. 08:30-17:00 Short Course #4. Molecular Biology for Imaging The program chairs have arranged an exciting and varied scientific Scientists. Garden Salon 1. program from the more than 1300 submissions that we have re- 08:30-17:00 Short Course #5. Detectors for PET and SPECT. Garden Salon 2. ceived. Integrated into the scientific program is an industrial exhi- 09:00-11:50 N01. NSS Plenary bition featuring the most up-to-date products and services from a 09:30-16:00 Tour #2: South of the Border Adventure. wide range of vendors. To supplement the conference program, a 12:00-14:00 NSS Luncheon, Awards and Speaker. California. companion program will provide daily trips to some of the many 13:30-15:05 R01. CZT 1. Hampton & Windsor. attractions in and around the San Diego area. 14:00-15:30 N02. Computing in HEP Experiments. Golden On behalf of the Conference Committee, I look forward to see- Ballroom ing you in San Diego at the end of October. The Committee has 14:00-15:30 N03. Detector and Electronics for the SNS. Pacific Salon 1. worked extremely hard toward making this a stimulating occasion 14:00-15:15 N04. Gas Detectors 1. Pacific Salon 2. both technically and socially. 14:00-15:30 N05. Photodetectors and Radiation Imaging 1. Pacific Salon 3. 15:30-17:20 R02. CZT II Graham Smith 16:00-18:00 N06. Instrumentation for Homeland Security. Golden General Chair Ballroom. 16:00-17:30 N07. Core Software Tools. Pacific Salon 1. 16:00-17:45 N08. Data Aquisition and Analysis Systems 1. Pacific Salon 2. 16:00-18:00 N09. Radiation Damage Effects. Pacific Salon 3. Welcome Tuesday, October 31 08:30-10:00 N24. Gas Detectors III. Pacific Salon 3. 08:30-10:00 N25. Analog and Digital Circuits III. California. 07:30-20:00 Registration Open, Grand Foyer. 09:00-18:00 Exhibits Open utline 08:30-17:00 Short Course #6. Small Animal Imaging: Detectors and O 10:30-15:30 Tour #5: Jewels by the Sea Technical Aspects. Garden Salon 1. 10:25-11:05 R08. Neutron Detectors. Hampton & Windsor. 08:30-17:00 Short Course #7. Image Quality. Garden Salon 2. 10:30-12:15 N26. Data Analysis and Grid. Pacific Salon 1. Program 08:30-10:00 N10. HEP & NP Instrumentation 1: Calorimetry. Golden Ballroom. 10:30-12:00 N27. HEP & NP Instrumentation V: Detector Commissioning and Engineering Aspects. Pacific Salon 2. 08:30-10:00 N11. Neutron Imaging & Radiography. Pacific Salon 1. 10:30-12:00 N28. Nuclear Measurements and Monitoring 08:30-10:00 N12. Nuclear Measurements and Monitoring Techniques II. Pacific Salon 3. Techniques 1. Pacific Salon 3. 10:30-11.45 N29. Scintillators 1 - Plastics & Other Scintillators. 08:30-10:00 N13. Analog and Digital Circuits 1. California. 10:30-12:20 M02. MIC Plenary. Golden Ballroom. 08:30-10:00 R03. Pixel Detectors. Hampton & Windsor. 11:20-14:30 R09. RTSD Lunch/Cruise. 09:30-16:00 Tour #3: San Diego City Tour 13:30-15:00 N30. NSS Poster II. Atlas Ballroom. 10:30-12:00 N14. NSS Poster 1. San Diego and Golden West. 13:30-15:00 M03. Observer Analysis and Modelling. Golden 10:30-12:00 R04. Wide Band-gap Materials. Hampton & Windsor. Ballroom. 12:00-21:00 Exhibits Open 15:30-17:15 N31. Software for Radiation Protection and Nuclear 13:00-16:30 Tour #4: Sailing Aboard the Aolani Catamaran Medicine.