IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:

CFP08NSS-PRT 978-1-4244-2714-7

2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2008 NSS/MIC)

Dresden, Germany 19-25 October 2008

Pages 1-632

TABLE OF CONTENTS

N02 NSS POSTER SESSION I Measurement of High Energy Cosmic Rays in the Experiment CZELTA ....................................................1

K. Smolek, J. Cermak, P. Lichard, M. Nyklicek, S. Pospisil, P. Pridal, J. Smejkal, I. Stekl, V. Vicha, M. Vojik

Expected Performance of the PHENEX Polarimeter by Enlargement of Detection Area............................3Y. Kishimoto, S. Gunji, Y. Ishikawa, M. Takada, N. Toukairin, Y. Tanaka, F. Tokanai, H. Sakurai, T. Mihara, T. Sato, K. Hayashida, N. Anabuki, Y. Ota, H. Tsunemi, T. Narita, Y. Saito, M. Kohama, M. Suzuki, S. Kishimoto

Silicon Photo-Multiplier Readouts for Scintillators in High-Energy Astronomy..........................................8P. F. Bloser, J. S. Legere, C. M. Bancroft, M. L. McConnell, J. M. Ryan

Beam Test Results of the Polarized Gamma-Ray Observer, PoGOLite ......................................................13H. Takahashi, M. Arimoto, M. Axelsson, G. Bogaert, Y. Fukazawa, S. Gunji, L. Hjalmarsdotter, T. Kamae, Y. Kanai, J. Kataoka, N. Kawai, M. Kiss, W. Klamra, K. Kurita, S. Larsson, G. Madejski, C. Marini Bettolo, T. Mizuno, M. Pearce, F. Ryde, S. Rydstrom, H. Tajima, T. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, M. Ueno, Y. Umeki, G. Varner, H. Yoshida, T. Yuasa, M. Matsuoka

Prototype Readout Module for Hyper Suprime-Cam....................................................................................18H. Miyatake, T. Uchida, H. Fujimori, S. Mineo, H. Nakaya, H. Aihara, S. Miyazaki

Performance of Position Sensitive Scintillator Detectors When Readout with a Low Noise Photodevice ........................................................................................................................................................23

C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, B. Negri, F. Perotti, H. Soltau, A. Mauri

Array of X and Gamma Ray Scintillator Detector for Space Gamma Ray Telescope Application.........................................................................................................................................................30

C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, F. Fuschino, P. Bastia, B. Negri, F. PerottiH. Soltau

The Mini-Calorimeter on-board AGILE: 18 months in orbit.......................................................................38M. Marisaldi, C. Labanti, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, G. Di Cocco, F. Gianotti, M. Tavani, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois

The PoGOLite Star Tracker System ...............................................................................................................46C. Marini Bettolo

Calibration and Performance of the Silicon Tracker (ST) of the AGILE Satellite .....................................49P. W. Cattaneo

The AGILE Data Handling In-Flight Performance .......................................................................................55A. Argan, M. Tavani, A. Trois, M. Feroci, C. Labanti, F. Perotti, M. Prest

A Fuzzy-Based Pulse Shape Discrimination in Triple-layer Phoswich Detectors .......................................59S. Yousefi, L. Lucchese

The Status of the Simulation Project for the ATLAS Experiment in 2008 ..................................................67A. Rimoldi

The CMS Tracker Detector Control System ..................................................................................................75L. Masetti, F. Hartmann, S. Y. Shah, R. Stringer

A Software Solution for the Control, Acquisition, and Storage of CAPTAN Network Topologies ..........................................................................................................................................................80

R. A. Rivera, M. Turqueti, A. Prosser

Towards the Application of a Model Based Design Methodology for Reliable Control Systems on HEP Experiments ..........................................................................................................................84

B. Barroca, V. Amaral, M. Risoldi, M. Caprini, D. Buchs, J. Araújo, A. Moreira, P. Calado

CRAB: a CMS Application for Distributed Analysis.....................................................................................92G. Codispoti, D. Spiga, A. Fanfani, M. Cinquilli, F. Fanzago, S. Lacaprara, F. Farina, E. Vaandering, V. Miccio, C. Kavka

A Proposal to Dynamically Manage Virtual Environments in Heterogeneous Batch Systems ...............................................................................................................................................................98

L. Servoli, M. Mariotti, R. Cefalà

An Algorithm for Automatic Counting of Electrochemically Etched Tracks in Compact Disks Used for Retrospective Measurements of Rn-222 ..............................................................................102

K. K. Mitev, Y. Y. Madzhunkov, G. V. Gerganov, I. S. Dimitrova, S. B. Georgiev, D. S. Pressyanov

GEANT4 Physics Lists for HEP.....................................................................................................................108A. Ribon, J. Apostolakis, G. Folger, V. Grichine, A. Howard, V. Ivanchenko, M. Kossov, V. Uzhinskiy, D. Wright

Recent Developments of Electronic Stopping Models for Heavy Ions in Geant4 ......................................112A. Lechner, V. Ivanchenko

The Automatic Implementation of Software Implemented Hardware Fault Tolerance Algorithms as a Radiation-Induced Soft Errors Mitigation Technique .....................................................116

A. Piotrowski, D. Makowski, G. Jablonski, A. Napieralski

Improvements of Preequilibrium and Evaporation Models in Geant4 ......................................................122J. M. Quesada, M. A. Cortés, A. Howard, G. Folger, V. Ivanchenko

Performance Evaluation of the Adaptive Response Modeling Algorithm .................................................125W. R. Russ, I. D. Hau

A high speed Data Acquisition Collector for Merging and Sorting Data...................................................130C. C. W. Robson, C. Bohm

Monte Carlo Simulation of an Ir-192 Brachytherapy Source Spectra, Geometry and Anysotropy Factors Using Geant4 Code .......................................................................................................132

P. Arce, J. Apostolakis, G. Cosmo

Muon Track Reconstruction in the ATLAS Experiment ............................................................................136S. S. O. F. Rodrigues, P. P. Q. Filho, M. Begalli, D. S. Santos

A Recurrent Neural Network for Track Reconstruction in the LHCb Muon System ..............................139B. Resende

Implementing Linux-Enabled Condor in Windows Computer Labs .........................................................145G. Passaleva

Analysis of Geant4 Simulations of Proton Depth Dose Profiles for Radiotherapy Applications .....................................................................................................................................................147

H. Severini, C. Franklin, J. Alexander, H. Neeman, J. V. Sumanth

Parallel Geometries in Geant4: Foundation and Recent Enhancements ...................................................155M. G. Pia, A. Lechner

A Technique for Optimised Navigation in Regular Geometries .................................................................159J. Apostolakis, M. Asai, G. Cosmo, A. Howard, V. Ivantchenko, M. Verderi

Gamma Ray Detection with a 3 X 3 Virtual Frisch Grid Array .................................................................162R. A. Austin

Measurements of Streamer and Avalanche Size by Using RPC with Submilli-strips...............................169D. Miura, Y. Hoshi, Y. Kikuchi, S. Narita, K. Neichi, A. Yamaguchi

Performance of Argon-Xenon Mixtures in a Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter for the 0.1-10 keV X-ray Region.................................................................................................................................173

S. J. C. do Carmo, F. I. G. M. Borges, C. A. N. Conde

Quenched and Non-quenched Ar-Xe Penning Mixtures As Detection Media for a Gridded-microstrip Gas Chamber X-ray Detector......................................................................................................177

L. P. M. M. Carita, C. A. N. Conde, F. P. Santos

GEM-MIGAS Electron Multiplier Operation in Argon-Methane Mixtures .............................................183A. S. Conceição, J. M. Maia, J. A. Mir, L. M. P. Fernandes, J. M. F. Santos

Study on the Performance of High Rating MRPC .......................................................................................188Y. Wang, J. Wang, Q. Yan, Y. Li, J. Cheng

Studies on RPC Position Resolution with Different Surface Resistivity of High Voltage Provider............................................................................................................................................................192

J. Ye, J. Cheng, Q. Yue, Y. Li, J. Li, Y. Wu, H. Yang

Performance of MPGDs with Portable Readout Electronics ......................................................................194D. A. Watts, N. Malakhov, L. Ropelewski, F. Sauli, J. Samarati

Study on the Space Dispersion of Induced Charge of Resistive Plate Chamber .......................................200Q. Yue, J. Ye, Y. Li, J. Cheng

Development of High-Counting-Rate Measurement System for 3He Position Sensitive Detector ............................................................................................................................................................202

S. Makino, A. Sumita, T. Onodera, Y. Tanaka, N. Hikida, K. Ishizawa

Studies of Purification of the Resistive Plate Chamber Gas Mixture for the Large Hadron Collider Experiments ......................................................................................................................................209

R. Guida, M. Capeans, F. Hahn, S. Haider, I. Glushkov

TPC Prototype Readout with GEMs and TimePix ......................................................................................214U. Renz

X-ray Polarimetric Measurements in Xenon Gas Filled Detectors.............................................................218G. S. Botte, P. J. B. M. Rachinhas, T. H. V. T. Dias, R. M. Curado da Silva, J. A. F. C. Veloso, A. L. Gouvêa, L. M. M. Carita, F. P. Santos, L. M. N. Távora, C. A. N. Conde, A. D. Stauffer

Low Energy Elastic Collision Cross Sections and Monte Carlo Simulation of the Transport of Ne+ Ions in Gaseous Neon under Weak Electric Fields ..........................................................................222

J. A. S. Barata, C. A. N. Conde

Monte Carlo Photoelectron Transmission Efficiency in CO2 and Ar-CO2 Mixtures ..............................226J. M. D. Escada, P. J. B. M. Rachinhas, T. H. V. T. Dias, J. A. M. Lopes, F. P. Santos, C. A. Conde, A. D. Stauffer

Thick-GEM Based Trigger Detector Development for ALICE ..................................................................230G. Hamar, D. Varga

HpXe Gas VUV Photosensors Operating Face-to-Face ...............................................................................235C. D. Azevedo, C. A. Oliveira, H. Natal da Luz, A. L. Ferreira, J. M. dos Santos, J. F. Veloso

On-line Evaluation of Spatial Dose-distribution by Using a 15m-long Plastic Scintillation-fiber Detector...................................................................................................................................................240

A. Nohtomi, N. Sugiura, T. Itoh, T. Torii

Development of the Stacked CdTe Gamma-ray Detector Module with High Sensitivity and High Energy Resolution..................................................................................................................................244

N. Kishi, Y. Mito, W. Inui, R. Ohno

Sodium Fast Reactors Power Monitoring Using High Resolution and High Count Rate Gamma Spectrometry. Simulation Study. ....................................................................................................248

R. Coulon, A. -M. Frelin, V. Dumarcher, H. -P. Brau, T. Montagu, J. Levevre, E. Barat, T. Dautremer, G. Ban, S. Normand

Etching Techniques for CR-39 Used in Neutron Personnel Monitoring in India......................................253R. R. Pal, J. Vancheeswaran, S. Nair, D. Sathian, G. Chaurasiya, Y. S. Mayya

An Unattended Gamma Monitor for the Determination of Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Using the Natural Ground Gamma Radiation .............................................................................................258

J. -P. Martin, A. Houdayer, Y. Choquette, P. Lavigne, P. Ducharme, C. Lebel

Development of a Method of Passive Measurement of Radiation Doses at Ultra-High Dose Range................................................................................................................................................................264

B. Obryk, P. Bilski, M. Budzanowski, M. Fuerstner, M. Glaser, C. Ilgner, P. Olko, A. Pajor, Z. Stuglik

Search of New Low-Noise Patterns of Coded Apertures with Arbitrary Rank and Transparency...................................................................................................................................................269

O. P. Ivanov, V. E. Stepanov, A. N. Sudarkin, N. A. Sudarkin

CdTe Linear Arrays with Integrated Electronics for Passive Gamma Emission Tomography System .......................................................................................................................................274

A. Sokolov, V. Kondratjev, V. Kourlov, F. Levai, T. Honkamaa, V. Gostilo

Design of Electronic System with Simultaneous Registering of Pulse Amplitude and Event Time Applied to 4πB-y. Coincidence Method ...............................................................................................278

F. D. Toledo, F. Brancaccio, A. Lapolli, M. S. Dias

Measurement of the Gamma-ray Probability Per Decay of 186Re...............................................................281K. A. Fonseca, M. F. Koskinas, M. S. Dias

Digital Signal Processing for Monolithic Silicon Detector Telescopes........................................................286F. Amorini, L. Auditore, C. Boiano, B. Carbone, G. Cardella, A. Castoldi, A. Di Pietro, U. Emanuele, G. Fallica, P. Figuera, P. Finocchiaro, L. Grassi, C. Guazzoni, P. Guazzoni, E. La Guidara, I. Lombardo, S. Moser, A. Pappalardo, A. Piazza, N. Randazzo, F. Riccio, F. Rizzo, V. Russo, P. Russotto, C. Scirè, S. Scirè, V. Sipala, A. Trifirò, M. Trimarchi, G. Valvo, L. Zetta

Prototype Development of Silicon Array Sensor for X-Ray Detector ........................................................291H. O. Kim, D. H. Kah, H. J. Hyun, Y. I. Kim, D. H. Son, H. Park, H. J. Kim, H. D. Kang, S. H. Lee

Precision High Voltage Monitoring for the KATRIN Experiment .............................................................293T. Thümmler

A New Detector System for the Measurement of Double Differential Cross Sections of Proton- Actinide Reactions in the 600-MeV Region.....................................................................................296

Y. Koba, G. Wakabayashi, Y. Uozumi, M. Imamura, H. Iwamoto, Y. Fukui, N. Tonohata, Y. Morimoto, K. Kiyohara, N. Matsufuji, P. Evtoukhovitch, V. Kalinnikov, N. Khomutov, N. Kuchinskii, A. Moiseenko, A. Mzavia, V. Samoilov, Z. Tsamalaidze

Contactless 2-dim Laser Sensor for 3-dim Wire Position and Tension Measurements ............................300M. Prall, R. Joehren, V. Hannen, H. -W. Ortjohann, M. Reinhardt, C. Weinheimer

X-ray Fluorescence Study with Pixellated CZT Radiation Sensors............................................................305D. Meier, S. Chen, D. J. Wagenaar, G. E. Maehlum, B. E. Patt, B. M. Sundal, Y. Wang, B. M. W. Tsui

Scintillating Optical Fiber Dosimetry with Photodiode Readout................................................................310F. Rego, L. Peralta

Temperature Dependence and Compensation in MOS Dosimeters Using Bias Controlled Cycled Measurement. .....................................................................................................................................313

J. Lipovetzky, E. G. Redin, M. García Inza, S. Carbonetto, A. Faigón

Development and Fabrication of Cylindrical Siliconon- Insulator Microdosimeter Arrays ....................319N. S. Lai, W. H. Lim, A. L. Ziebell, M. I. Reinhard, A. B. Rosenfeld, A. S. Dzurak

Measurements of Sr-90 Content in Teeth of Techa River Residents ..........................................................325N. Semioshkina, V. N. Potapov, V. V. Lukyanov, O. P. Ivanov

Performance Comparison of Position Sensitive Photomultipliers Readout Electronics ...........................328E. D'Abramo, P. Bennati, V. Orsolini Cencelli, M. N. Cinti, F. de Notaristefani, A. Fabbri, G. Moschini, F. Navarria, R. Pani, F. Petullà, D. Sacco, D. Riondino

High Precision Carbon-Interspaced Antiscatter Grids: Performance Testing and Moiré Pattern Analysis ..............................................................................................................................................332

S. J. Lee, H. S. Cho, S. Y. Lee, M. S. Lee, S. I. Choi, J. E. Oh, H. M. Cho, Y. O. Park, J. S. Kim, J. H. Lee, N. G. Chung, J. W. Kim

Integrated Readout Electronics For Multi Anode PSPMT .........................................................................337A. Fabbri, V. Orsolini Cencelli, F. de Notaristefani, E. D'Abramo, G. Moschini, F. Navarria, R. Pani, F. Petullà, D. Riondino

Development of a Real-Time Gamma Dosimeter of High Sensitivity.........................................................341S. L. Sharma, T. K. Maity, A. K. Gourishetty

The RAPSODI Project: SiPM Development for Applied Research in Radiation Protection ...................344C. Cappellini

Optimization of Beam Scattering System for IFJ PAN Proton Radiotherapy Facility by Monte Carlo Simulations................................................................................................................................348

J. Dąbrowska, P. Olko, U. Sowa, J. Swakoí

A Large Dynamic Range Charge Measurement ASIC Family for Beam Monitoring in Radiotherapy Applications.............................................................................................................................352

R. Cirio, M. Donetti, A. La Rosa, F. Marchetto, G. Mazza

Multi-printed Inkjet Phantoms for Radionuclide Molecular Imaging.......................................................356R. Scafè, P. Bennati, P. Auer, L. La Porta, F. Pisacane, M. N. Cinti, R. Pellegrini, G. De Vincentis, G. Conte, R. Pani

The Next Step in Cylindrical Silicon-on- Insulator Microdosimetry: Charge Collection Results ..............................................................................................................................................................363

A. L. Ziebell, N. S. Lai, M. I. Reinhard, D. A. Prokopovich, W. H. Lim, A. S. Dzurak, A. B. Rosenfeld

Radiation Exposure at the Proton Eye Therapy Facility at IFJ in Kraków ..............................................368T. Horwacik, J. Swakon, L. Stolarczyk, K. Zbroja, T. Nowak, U. Sowa, B. Michalec, T. Cywicka-Jakiel, P. Olko, B. Dulny

A Direct Profile Measurement of 11C Positron Activation of Carbon-Rich Materials by Therapeutic Proton Beam ..............................................................................................................................372

V. G. Zavarzin

First Evaluation Results of PESIC, an Integrated Front-End for PET Applications ...............................375V. Herrero, N. Ferrando, M. J. Agullo, J. D. Martinez, J. M. Monzo, C. W. Lerche, R. J. Colom, R. Gadea, A. Sebastia, J. M. Benlloch

Low Noise CMOS Active Pixel Sensor for Digital Radiography ................................................................380D. Sanders, P. Stepanov, I. N. Weinberg, P. Anshire

Temperature Effect on a Phototransistor Used As X-ray Beam Detector for Diagnostic Standard Radiation Qualities.........................................................................................................................383

L. A. Pereira dos Santos, J. P. Brito Filho

Effect of Energy Resolution in Compton Scattered Radiation Imaging.....................................................385M. K. Nguyen

Radiophotoluminescence in Ag+-Activated Phosphate Glass .....................................................................389Y. Miyamoto, H. Nanto, K. Kinoshita, S. Koyama, Y. Takei, S. -I. Taniguchi, T. Kurobori, T. Yamamoto

Results of an On Pixel Sparsification Architecture in a MAPS Test Chip in STM 130nm Technology .......................................................................................................................................................393

E. Spiriti, J. Mlynarczyk

Development of Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor in SOI Technology Fabricated on the Wafer with Thick Device Layer .....................................................................................................................398

W. Kucewicz, B. M. Armstrong, H. S. Gamble, P. Grabiec, K. Kucharski, J. Marczewski, W. Maziarz, H. Niemiec, F. H. Ruddell, M. Sapor, D. Tomaszewski

Development and Test of Micro-Cables for Thin Silicon Detector Modules in a Prostate Probe ................................................................................................................................................................401

V. Stankova, J. Bernabeu, C. Lacasta, V. Linhart, N. Clinthorne, M. Mikuž, A. Studen, P. Weilhammer, K. Honscheid, H. Kagan, D. Žontar

High Rate Pulse Processing Algorithms for Microcalorimeters .................................................................405D. Breus, W. Hennig, K. Sabourov, H. Tan, W. K. Warburton, W. B. Doriese, J. N. Ullom, M. K. Bacrania, A. S. Hoover, M. W. Rabin

Study of Surface Roughness of CsI:Tl Crystals Treated by Various Abrasives........................................409I. V. Kilimchuk, V. A. Tarasov, J. M. Alameda

A Comparative Study of Undoped NaI Scintillators with Different Purity ...............................................413M. Moszynski, W. Czarnacki, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, A. Nassalski, T. Szczesniak, L. Swiderski, F. Kniest, A. Iltis

Neutron Scintillator Using Ga-doped ZnO Phosphor with High Detection Efficiency .............................420S. Koyama, H. Nanto, A. Kinoshita, A. Fujiwara, Y. Takei, M. Katagiri

Storage Characteristics of SrBPO5:Eu2+ Phosphors by Fast Neutron Irradiation....................................424K. Sakasai, Y. Iwamoto, K. Soyama

Determination of the Absolute Light Yields of LuYAP and LYSO ............................................................428M. Kronberger, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq

Radiation Damage in CWO Scintillation Crystals with Different Defects .................................................433I. A. Tupitsyna, B. V. Grinyov, K. A. Katrunov, L. L. Nagornaya, G. M. Onishchenko

Measurement of Light Yield of Ce3+ Perturbed Emission of CaF2 Scintillator coupled with Avalanche Photodiode ....................................................................................................................................437

T. Yanagida, K. J. Kim, K. Kamada, K. Aoki, N. Kawaguchi, K. Fukuda, A. Yoshikawa

Basic Properties of Ceramic Pr:LuAG Scintillator......................................................................................441T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, A. Ikesue, K. Kamada

Crystal Growth and Scintillation Property of Nd3+-doped LaF3 Single Crystal........................................445K. Fukuda, N. Kawaguchi, T. Suyama, T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, M. Nikl

Neutron Responses of Eu2+ Activated LiCaAlF6 Scintillator.......................................................................449N. Kawaguchi, T. Yanagida, A. Novoselov, K. J. Kim, K. Fukuda, A. Yoshikawa, M. Miyake, M. Baba

Charged-particle-induced Luminescence of Sr4Al14O25:Eu2+,Dy3+ .............................................................452K. Toh, K. Sakasai, T. Nakamura, K. Soyama, S. Nagata, B. Tsuchiya, T. Shikama

Low-power Wide-dynamic-range Readout System for a 64-channel Multi-anode PMT of a Scintillation Gamma Camera.........................................................................................................................456

H. Kubo, K. Hattori, C. Ida, S. Iwaki, S. Kabuki, S. Kubo, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, H. Nishimura, Y. Okada, A. Takada, M. Takahashi, T. Tanimori, K. Tsuchiya, K. Ueno

The Development of Large-area Plastic Gamma-ray Spectrometers .........................................................461C. J. Burt, D. Ramsden

Construction and Performance of a Scintillating Fiber Detector ...............................................................466M. Ziembicki, A. Nawrot, K. Klimaszewski, P. Źabowski-Źychowicz, M. Dziewiecki, R. Kurjata

Characteristics of CsI(Tl) Scintillating Detector Based on Solid State Photo Multiplier .........................470S. M. Ignatov, V. N. Potapov, M. G. Mitel’man, O. P. Ivanov

Design Studies for an All-Scintillator Compton Telescope..........................................................................473A. MacLeod, D. Hanna, P. Saull, H. Seywerd, L. Sinclair

Novel Scintillators with Neutron/Gamma Discrimination, Cs(NH4)MYX6:Ce3+ (M = Li, Na; X = F, Cl)..........................................................................................................................................................477

E. V. Van Loef, C. M. Wilson, W. W. Moses, K. S. Shah

Upgrade of Position Sensitive Detector System for Small Angle Neutron Scattering ...............................481R. Engels, U. Clemens, W. Erven, H. Frielinghaus, M. Heiderich, G. Kemmerling, H. -W. Lövenich, H. Nöldgen, V. Ossovyi, V. Pipich, A. Radulescu, D. Schwahn, J. Schelten

Thin YAG:Ce and LuAG:Ce Single Crystal Imaging Plates Used for High Spatial Resolution in X-ray Imaging Systems ...........................................................................................................484

J. Touš, M. Horváth, K. Blažek, L. Pína, B. Sopko

Crystal Growth, Optical Properties and Neutron Responses of Ce3+ Doped LiCaAlF6 Single Crystal...................................................................................................................................................487

A. Yoshikawa, T. Yanagida, K. J. Kim, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ishizu, K. Fukuda, M. Nikl, M. Miyake, M. Baba

High Detection Efficiency ZnS Scintillator for a Fibercoded Linear Neutron Detector for Thermal Neutron Scattering Instruments.....................................................................................................490

T. Nakamura, E. M. Schooneveld, N. J. Rhodes, M. Katagiri, N. Tsusui, K. Toh, K. Sakasai, K. Soyama

Test of a 3. 3. LaCl3:Ce Crystal and Neutron Sensitivity of Lanthanum Halide Scintillators .................495C. Guerrero, T. Martínez, D. Cano-Ott

Proton-Recoil Detectors for Time-of-Flight Measurements of Neutrons with kinetic Energies from some Tens of keV to a few MeV ............................................................................................498

R. Beyer, E. Grosse, K. Heidel, J. Hutsch, A. R. Junghans, M. Sobiella, A. Wagner, R. Nolte, S. Röttger

Optical Ceramic Scintillator for Gamma-Ray Detection.............................................................................502Y. Wang, J. Glodo, E. V. Loef, W. H. Rhodes, C. Brecher, L. Nguyen, G. Baldoni, M. McClish, K. S. Shah

Fabrication and Comparison Gd2O2S(Tb) and CsI(Tl) films for X-ray Imaging Detector Application.......................................................................................................................................................507

B. K. Cha, J. -H. Shin, J. Y. Kim, H. Jeon, J. H. Bae, C. -H. Lee, S. Chang, G. Cho, H. Kim, B. -J. Kim

Growth, Optical Properties and Neutron Responses of Ce3+ Doped LiYF4 Single Crystals.....................511Y. Yokota, T. Yanagida, K. J. Kim, A. Yoshikawa, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ishizu, K. Fukuda, M. Nikl, M. Miyake, M. Baba

Characterization of a Nuclear Medicine Gamma Camera as a Gamma Spectrometer for Low Activity Sources ......................................................................................................................................515

J. C. Engdahl, S. Portscheller, K. Bharwani

A Compton-Scattering Coincidence System for Light Yield Measurements on Aliovalently-Doped CeBr3 ....................................................................................................................................................521

P. B. Ugorowski, M. J. Harrison, C. S. Linnick, S. O. Brinton, D. S. McGregor

First Principles Computation Study of Ce Scintillation in YI3....................................................................526R. Boutchko, A. Canning, A. Chaudhry, M. Weber, S. Derenzo

Reflection of the Xenon Scintillation Light from Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)...................................528C. F. P. Silva, J. P. Cunha, I. Lopes, V. Chepel, A. Pereira

Skyshine Interference with Radiation Detection Systems ...........................................................................534R. T. Kouzes, J. H. Ely, W. K. Hensley, K. R. McCormick, E. R. Siciliano

Picture Comparison Binarization Method for Cosmic Ray Muon Radiography ......................................536Y. Liu, Z. Zhao, Y. Xing, Z. Chen, L. Zhang, Z. Wang

A Framework for the Solution of Inverse Radiation Transport Problems ................................................540J. K. Mattingly, D. J. Mitchell

A Simulation Study on Basis Material Composition for Dual Energy CT Imaging at High-energy Level.....................................................................................................................................................546

X. Duan, L. Zhang, J. Cheng, Z. Chen, Y. Xing

Feasibility Study of Applying X-ray Tomographic Imaging with a Straight-Line Trajectory Scan to Security Inspection .........................................................................................................549

L. Zhang, H. Gao, J. Cheng, Z. Chen, Y. Xing

Performance Expectations for a Tomography System Using Cosmic Ray Muons and Micro Pattern Gas Detectors for the Detection of Nuclear Contraband ...............................................................553

K. Gnanvo, P. Ford, J. Helsby, R. Hoch, D. Mitra, M. Hohlmann

Library of Radioisotope Identifier Spectra...................................................................................................560C. E. Moss, P. D. Felsher, B. D. Rooney

A Volumetric Object Detection Framework with Dual-Energy CT ...........................................................564W. Bi, Z. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Xing

Shielding and Build-up Considerations for Radiation Detection................................................................567J. H. Ely, R. T. Kouzes, E. R. Siciliano

Compact Inexpensive Gamma Spectrometer Based on Silicon Photomultipliers .....................................569E. S. Heckathorne, L. A. Tiefer, F. Daghighian, M. Dahlbom

Performance of Five-or-More-Pixel Event Sequence Reconstruction for 3-D Semiconductor Gamma-Ray-Imaging Spectrometers .................................................................................574

C. L. Thrall, C. G. Wahl, Z. He

Time Series Evaluation of Portal Monitor Data ...........................................................................................577S. M. Robinson, S. E. Bender, M. L. Woodring

Terrestrial Background Reduction in RPM Systems by Direct Internal Shielding ..................................581S. M. Robinson, E. D. Ashbaker, J. E. Schweppe

N03 GASEOUS DETECTORS I – NEW DETECTORS FOR NEW APPLICATIONS New results from GridPix detectors ..............................................................................................................586

H. van der Graaf

Collection of Photoelectrons from a CsI Photocathode in Triple GEM Detectors ....................................591C. Woody, B. Azmoun, A. Caccavano, Z. Citron, M. Durham, T. Hemmick, J. Kamin, M. Rumore

GEMs with Double Layered Micropattern Electrodes and their Applications .........................................595A. Di Mauro, P. Martinengo, E. Nappi, R. Oliveira, V. Peskov, F. Pietropaolo, P. Picchi

Construction and operation of a Double Phase LAr Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber........................................................................................................................................603

A. Badertscher, L. Knecht, M. Laffranchi, A. Marchionni, G. Natterer, P. Otiougova, F. Resnati, A. Rubbia

Micropattern Gaseous Photon Detectors for Cherenkov Imaging Counters.............................................610S. Dalla Torre

Construction and Test of a Long-strip MRPC (LMRPC) ...........................................................................616Y. Sun, C. Li, M. Shao, H. Chen, B. Gui

Performance of the Cylindrical-GEM prototype for the Inner Tracker of KLOE-2................................620G. Bencivenni, S. Cerioni, D. Domenici, G. Felici, M. Gatta, M. Pistilli

New Micromegas Detectors for Rare Event Searches: Axions and ßß Decay............................................622T. Dafni

N04 NEW SOLID STATE DETECTORS I Intermediate Digital Chip Sensor for the EUDET-JRA1 High Resolution Beam Telescope....................626

M. Gelin, J. Baudot, G. Bertolone, A. Besson, A. Brogna, G. Claus, C. Colledani, R. De Masi, Y. Degerli, A. Dorokhov, W. Dulinski, M. Goffe, F. Guilloux, A. Himmi, C. Hu-Guo, K. Jaaskelainen, F. Morel, F. Orsini, M. Specht, I. Valin, M. Winter

Study of the Charge Sharing in Silicon Pixel Detector with Heavy Ionizing Particles Interacting with a Medipix2 and a Timepix Devices....................................................................................633

J. Bouchami, A. Gutiérrez, A. Houdayer, J. Idárragaa, J. Jakůbek, C. Lebel, C. Leroy, J. -P. Martin, M. Platkevič, S. Pospíšil

Performance of a DNW CMOS Active Pixel Sensor Designed for the ILC Vertex Detector ...................636G. Traversi, A. Bulgheroni, M. Caccia, M. Manghisoni, M. Jastrzab, E. Pozzati, L. Ratti, V. Re

Radiation Resistance of SOI Pixel Devices Fabricated with OKI 0.15μm FD-SOI Technology .......................................................................................................................................................644

K. Hara, M. Kochiyama, A. Mochizuki, T. Sega, Y. Arai, K. Fukuda, H. Hayashi, T. Miyoshi, J. Ida, H. Ikeda, Y. Ikegami, H. Ishino, Y. Kawai, T. Kohriki, H. Komatsubara, H. Miyake, M. Ohno, M. Okihara, S. Terada, T. Tsuboyama, Y. Unno, Y. Ikemoto, M. Hirose

GeMini: The Next-Generation Mechanically-Cooled Germanium Spectrometer.....................................650M. T. Burks

Investigation of Single Pixel DePMOSFETs under Cryogenic Conditions ................................................653V. P. Fedl, L. Barl, G. Lutz, L. Strüder

N06 NUCLEAR POWER The ATLAS Trigger........................................................................................................................................657

S. M. Demers

The New DAQ System in RIKEN RIBF........................................................................................................659H. Baba, T. Ichihara, T. Ohnishi, S. Takeuchi, K. Yoshida, Y. Watanabe, S. Ota, S. Shimoura

Commissioning of the New Online System for the Super-Kamiokande Experiment ................................662S. Yamada, Y. Obayashi, M. Shiozawa, Y. Hayato

Readout and Control Electronics for the T2 Detector of the TOTEM Experiment..................................666V. Greco, S. Lami, C. Magazzù, G. Magazzù, A. Scribano, E. Oliveri, E. Pedreschi, M. Sanchez, W. Snoeys, F. Spinella, N. Turini, P. Vulliez

The New Data Acquisition System for the HADES Experiment.................................................................673M. Palka, M. Traxler, I. Froehlich, P. Salabura, P. Skott, R. Trebacz, M. Kajetanowicz, J. Michel, J. Stroth, H. Stroebele, A. Tarantola, S. Yurevich, E. Usenko, M. Boehmer

N07 INSTRUMENTATION FOR RADIATION APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE I Metamaterials for Novel X- or Gamma-ray Detector Designs ....................................................................680

P. R. Lecoq

2D Dosimeter Based on Monolithic Silicon Sensors for Beam Verification in Conformal Radiotherapy ...................................................................................................................................................685

C. Talamonti, D. Menichelli, M. Bruzzi, M. Bucciolini, L. Marrazzo, M. Tesi, M. Brianzi, A. La Rosa, G. G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, P. LoJacono

Improvement of Energy Resolution in Geiger- Mode APD Arrays Using Curve-Fitting of Signal Decay.....................................................................................................................................................691

I. N. Weinberg, P. Stepanov, A. S. Weinberg, P. Abshire, M. P. Dandin, K. H. Wong, P. Cheng, S. K. Mun

Response of a PIN diode and SOI Microdosimeter to the TSL Quasimonoenergetic Neutron Field ...................................................................................................................................................694

D. A. Prokopovich, I. M. Cornelius, M. I. Reinhard, A. B. Rosenfeld

N08 GASEOUS DETECTORS II – LARGE AREA DETECTORS The Forward GEM Tracker of STAR at RHIC ...........................................................................................698

F. Simon, J. Balewski, R. Fatemi, D. Hasell, J. Kelsey, R. Majka, B. Page, M. Plesko, D. Underwood, N. Smirnov, J. Sowinski, H. Spinka, B. Surrow, G. Visser

A Large Area Gem Detector ..........................................................................................................................701S. Duarte Pinto, E. David, R. D. Oliveira, L. Ropelewski, I. Brock, M. Alfonsi, G. Croci, F. Sauli, M. V. Stenis, B. -E. Pinchasik

Large Surface MicroMegas with Embedded Front-End Electronics for a Digital Hadronic Calorimeter......................................................................................................................................................708

C. Adloff

Study of Aging in BaBar RPCs ......................................................................................................................711G. Cibinetto

N09 INSTRUMENTATIONS FOR RADIATION APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE II Characterization of an In-beam PET Prototype for Proton Therapy with Different Target Composition .....................................................................................................................................................717

A. Del Guerra, F. Attanasi, N. Belcari, S. Moehrs, V. Rosso, S. Vecchio, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, P. Lojacono, S. Romano, N. Lanconelli

A Novel X-ray Imaging Technique Based on Coded Apertures Making Phase Contrast Imaging Feasible with Conventional Sources ...............................................................................................722

A. Olivo, R. Speller

DEI-based Phase-contrast Tomosynthetic Experiment on Biological Samples with High Resolution X-ray CCD Camera .....................................................................................................................726

K. Kang, Z. Huang, P. Zhu, L. Zhang

Hybrid Dose Calculation with a Pencil Beam Algorithm and a GEANT4 Simulation for Hadron Therapy Application .........................................................................................................................730

T. Aso, S. Kameoka, T. Nishio, A. Kimura, K. Murakami, T. Sasaki, T. Yamashita

Dose Distributions in Phantoms with Different Dimensions Exposed to BNCT Epithermal Neutron Beam: Measurements and Calculations .........................................................................................734

G. Bartesaghi, J. Burian, M. Carrara, G. Gambarini, M. Marek, A. Negri, L. Viererbl

Measurement of the Fragmentation of Carbon Nuclei Used in Hadron Therapy.....................................737G. De Lellis

N10 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE INSTRUMENTATION I-GAMMA AND HIGH-ENERGY DETECTORS POLAR: a Novel Gamma-ray Burst Polarimeter ........................................................................................741

E. Suarez-Garcia, D. Haas

A New Trigger Provides a Lower Energy Threshold for the MAGIC Cherenkov Telescope ..................747M. Rissi, A. N. Otte, M. Shayduk, T. Schweizer

N11 ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS I A Novel Output Baseline Holder Circuit for CMOS Front-End Analog Channels ..................................751

F. Corsi, M. Foresta, C. Marzocca, G. Matarrese, A. Tauro

MSGCROC - an ASIC for High Count Rate Readout of Position Sensitive Microstrip Gas Chambers for Thermal Neutrons ..................................................................................................................757

P. Wiacek, A. Brogna, S. Buzzetti, W. Dabrowski, T. Fiutowski, B. Gebauer, B. Mindur, C. Schmidt, C. Schulz, H. K. Soltveit, R. Szczygiel, U. Trunk

VFAT2 : a Front-end "system on Chip" Providing Fast Trigger Information and Digitized Data Storage for the Charge Sensitive Readout of Multi-channel Silicon and Gas Particle Detectors. .........................................................................................................................................................764

P. Aspell, G. Anelli, P. Chalmet, J. Kaplon, K. Kloukinas, H. Mugnier, W. Snoeys

A Fast Binary Front-End ASIC for the RICH Detector of the COMPASS Experiment at CERN ...............................................................................................................................................................770

A. Rivetti, M. Chiosso, O. Cobanoglu, G. Mazza, D. Panzieri

A Custom 12-bit Cyclic ADC for the Electromagnetic Calorimeter of the International Linear Collider ................................................................................................................................................776

P. Gay, S. Manen, L. Royer

A Low Power 12-bit and 25-MS/s Pipelined ADC for the ILC / Ecal Integrated Readout.......................781F. Rarbi

Design and Performance of the 6 GHz Waveform Digitizing Chip DRS4 .................................................787S. Ritt

N12 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS I New Developments for CMOS SSPMs ..........................................................................................................791

E. B. Johnson, C. Stapels, E. Chapman, D. Wehe, F. Augustine, P. Barton, J. Christian

Radiation Damage Studies on SiPMs for Calorimetry at the Super LHC .................................................798A. H. Heering, J. Rohlf, E. Hazen, S. Los, J. Freeman, C. Piemonte, Y. Musienko

NMR NSS/MIC/RTSD JOINT SESSION Towards Direct Conversion Detectors for Medical Imaging with X-Rays.................................................802

M. Overdick, C. Bäumer, C. Herrmann, M. Simon, R. Steadman, G. Zeitler, K. -J. Engel

PICASSO: A Silicon Microstrip Detector for Mammography with Synchrotron Radiation...................811L. Rigon, F. Arfelli, A. Bergamaschi, D. Dreossi, R. Longo, R. H. Menk, G. Orzan, B. Schmitt, E. Vallazza, E. Castelli

Basic Characteristics of a Newly Developed Si/CdTe Compton Camera for Medical Imaging ............................................................................................................................................................815

N. Kawachi, S. Watanabe, T. Satoh, K. Arakawa, S. Takeda, S. Ishikawa, H. Aono, M. Yamaguchi, T. Takahashi, H. Shimada, Y. Yoshida, Y. Suzuki, H. Sakurai, T. Nakano

N13 NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION I Development of GEM Based Digital Hadron Calorimeter ..........................................................................819

J. Yu

Commissioning and Calibration of the Zero Degree Calorimeters for the ALICE Experiment ......................................................................................................................................................824

N. De Marco

The Performance of the LHCb RICH Detectors ..........................................................................................829S. Easo

Prototype of a DIRC-barrel for the PANDA Experiment ...........................................................................831R. Hohler, D. Lehmann, K. Peters, G. Schepers, C. Schwarz, C. Sfienti, W. Koenig, M. Palka, M. Traxler

Front-End Electronics of the Hades RPC Wall: Full Sector Test...............................................................836A. Gil, D. Belver, P. Cabanelas, E. Castro, J. Díaz, J. A. Garzón, D. González-Díaz, W. Koenig, M. Traxler

N14 SYNCHROTRON RADIATION AND FEL INSTRUMENTATION A Low Energy X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer for Elemental Mapping X-Ray Microscopy.......................................................................................................................................................839

A. Longoni, R. Alberti, T. Klakta, A. Gianoncelli, D. Bacescu, B. Kaulich, C. Guazzoni

Femtosecond Radiation Experiment Detector for X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) Coherent X-ray Imaging.................................................................................................................................842

H. T. Philipp, L. J. Koerner, M. S. Hromalik, M. W. Tate, S. M. Gruner

XAMPS Prototypes for the X-ray Pump Probe Instruments at the LCLS ................................................847G. A. Carini, W. Chen, A. Dragone, J. Fried, J. Jakoncic, A. Kuczweski, Z. Li, J. Mead, R. Michta, J. -F. Pratte, P. Rehak, D. P. Siddons

Large Format X-ray Imager with Mega-Frame Readout Capability for XFEL, based on the DEPFET Active Pixel Sensor ...................................................................................................................853

M. Porro, L. Andricek, A. Castoldi, C. Fiorini, P. Fischer, H. Graafsma, K. Hansen, A. Kugel, G. Lutz, U. Pietsch, V. Re, L. Strueder

N15 RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS ON DETECTION MATERIALS I Radiation Induced Point- and Cluster - Related Defects with Strong Impact to Damage Properties of Silicon Detectors .......................................................................................................................862

I. Pintilie, E. Fretwurst, A. Junkes, G. Lindstroem

Observation of Gamma Irradiation-Induced Suppression of Reverse Annealing in Neutron Irradiated MCZ Si Detectors .........................................................................................................................872

Z. Li, R. Gul, J. Harkonen, J. Kierstead, J. Metcalfe, S. Seidel

N16 MONTE CARLO CODES AND TECHNOLOGY The Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC): A Resource for Nuclear Science Applications .........................................................................................................................875

B. L. Kirk

The Impact of Technological Research Through an Analysis of Literature ..............................................878M. G. Pia, T. Basaglia, Z. W. Bell, P. V. Dressendorfer, J. Vigen

The FLUKA Code, Galactic Cosmic Ray and Solar Energetic Particle Events: from Fundamental Physics to Space Radiation and Commercial Aircraft Doses ..............................................884

G. Battistoni

M1 NSS/MIC JOINT SESSION I A High Bandwidth Preamplifier for SiPM-Based TOF PET Scintillation Detectors................................891

S. Seifert, D. R. Schaart, H. T. van Dam, J. Huizenga, R. Vinke, P. Dendooven, H. Löhner, F. J. Beekman

Silicon Photomultiplier as an Alternative for APD in PET/MRI Applications .........................................895A. Nassalski, M. Moszyński, A. Syntfeld-Każuch, T. Szczęśniak, L. Świderski, D. Wolski, T. Batsch, J. Baszak

Evaluation of Arrays of Silicon Photomultipliers for Beta Imaging...........................................................901E. S. Heckathorne, L. A. Tiefer, F. Daghighian, M. Dahlbom

Potentials for Large Axial Field of View Positron Camera Systems ..........................................................907L. A. Eriksson, D. W. Townsend, M. Conti, C. L. Melcher, M. Eriksson, B. W. Jakoby, H. Rothfuss, M. E. Casey, B. Bendriem

Design and Performance of Liquid Xenon Detectors for PET ....................................................................912A. Muennich, P. Amaudruz, D. Bryman, L. Kurchaninov, P. Lu, C. Marshall, J. P. Martin, F. Retiere, A. Sher, V. Sossi

N17 NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION II GEANT4 Simulation of a New 4π Sum-Spin Spectrometer at TIFR..........................................................915

A. K. Gourishetty, I. Mazumdar, D. A. Gothe

The Front End Readout of the Focal Plane Detector (FPD) of KATRIN...................................................918L. Petzold, J. Amsbaugh, T. Buritt, J. Formaggio, H. Gemmeke, M. Leber, H. Robertson, M. Steidl, T. V. Wechel, J. F. Wilkerson, S. Wüstling

Characterization of Large Frustum CsI(Tl) Crystals for the R3B Calorimeter .......................................924M. Gascón, H. Alvarez-Pol, J. Benlliure, E. Casarejos, D. Cortina, I. Durán

Detector Developments for the Hypernuclear Programme at PANDA......................................................930P. Achenbach, A. Sanchez Lorente, J. Pochodzalla, S. Sanchez

Position-, Spectral- and Time-sensitive Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments with TimePix Pixel Detectors .................................................................................................................................................934

C. Granja, J. Jakubek, Y. Kopatch, S. Pospisil, S. A. Telezhnikov, Z. Vykydal

N18 DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS: ANALYSIS METHODS An Efficient Algorithm for Spatial Localization of Multiple Events from Detector Arrays in FPGA Devices..............................................................................................................................................936

A. Abba, A. Manenti, A. Suardi, C. Fiorini, A. Geraci

Digital Delay Line Shaping-Zero Crossing Algorithm for Timestamp Extraction in PET ......................940J. D. Martinez, J. M. Monzo, J. Toledo, V. Herrero, A. Sebastia, J. M. Benlloch, N. Ferrando, R. Esteve, C. W. Lerche

Maximum Likelihood Estimation Techniques for High Rate, High Throughput Digital Pulse Processing. .............................................................................................................................................943

P. A. B. Scoullar, R. J. Evans

Time Profile Analysis of Signals from the DREAM Dual Read-out Calorimeter with the Domino Ring Sampler (DRS) .........................................................................................................................948

M. Incagli

The ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter: Online Energy and Time Calculation.......................................953B. Laforge

Unifying the Approach to Histogram Visualisation in ATLAS the Online Histogram Presenter ..........................................................................................................................................................957

P. Adragna, D. Carpana, D. Cimino, A. Dotti, R. A. Vitillo

N19 RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS ON DETECTION MATERIALS II Characteristics of the Irradiated Hamamatsu p-Bulk Silicon Microstrip Sensors ...................................961

K. Hara, H. Hatano, T. Meguro, S. Mitsui, T. Okuyama, M. Yamada, Y. Ikegami, T. Kohriki, S. Terada, Y. Unno, K. Yamamura, S. Kamada

Investigation of 3D Silicon Microstrip Detectors for the sLHC ..................................................................966S. Kühn, G. -F. Dalla Betta, S. Eckert, K. Jakobs, U. Parzefall, S. Ronchin, A. Zoboli, N. Zorzi

Measurement of the Current Related Damage Rate at –50° C and Consequences on Macropixel Detector Operation in Space Experiments ...............................................................................972

G. Segneri, C. Brown, J. Carpenter, B. Kuhnle, T. Lauf, P. Lechner, G. Lutz, S. Rummel, L. Strueder, J. F. Treis, C. Whitford

N20 SOFTWARE FOR DETECTORS MarlinTPC: A Common Software Framework for TPC Development .....................................................979

M. Killenberg, J. Abernathy, K. Dehmelt, R. Diener, J. Hunt, M. E. Janssen, T. Krautscheid, A. Muennich, M. Ummenhofer, A. Vogel, P. Wienemann, S. Zimmermann, J. Engels

Alignment of the ATLAS Inner Detector ......................................................................................................984B. D. Cooper

Tracking Stations Alignment with Kalman Tracks at LHCB.....................................................................989A. Hicheur, L. Nicolas, W. Hulsbergen, M. D. Needham, J. M. Amoraal, G. H. Raven

Vertex Reconstruction in the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC ..................................................................995A. Wildauer, E. Bouhova-Thacker, T. Koffas, W. Liebig, M. Limper, G. Piacquadio, K. Prokofiev, C. Weiser, V. Kostyukhin

Alignment and Monitoring of ATLAS Muon Spectrometer .....................................................................1003B. Resende

A New Technique for Simultaneous Beta and Gamma Spectroscopy Based on Wavelet Analysis of Pulse Shapes ...............................................................................................................................1008

S. Yousefi, L. Lucchese

NM2 NSS/MIC JOINT SESSION II New Structures for High Resolution THz-Imaging in Medical Applications ..........................................1016

G. Staats, U. Schade

Edge-on Semiconductor X-ray Detectors - Towards High-rate Counting Computed Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................1023

E. Roessl, J. -P. Schlomka, R. Proksa

Radiation Detectors Based on Silicon Monolithic Telescope in Medical Applications............................1027A. Fazzi, S. Agosteo, M. V. Introini, A. Pola, V. Varoli

3D Dosimetry of High Intensity Therapeutic Electron Beams ..................................................................1033E. Lamanna, A. S. Fiorillo, A. Trapasso, R. Vena, A. Berdondini, M. Bettuzzi, R. Brancaccio, F. Casali, M. P. Morigi, H. Bilokon, G. Barca, F. Castrovillari, Y. F. T. Siaka

High Spatial and Energy Resolution Gamma Imaging Based on LaBr3(Ce) Continuous Crystals ..........................................................................................................................................................1038

R. Pani, F. Vittorini, R. Pellegrini, P. Bennati, M. N. Cinti, R. Scafè, S. Lo Meo, F. Navarria, G. Moschini, V. Orsolini Cencelli, F. de Notaristefani, M. Mattioli, P. Boccaccio

N21 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE INSTRUMENTATION II – X-RAY DETECTORS Fast DEPFET Read-out for the SIMBOL-X Low Energy Detector .........................................................1047

L. Bombelli, C. Fiorini, A. Ricca, M. Porro, S. Herrmann, A. Wassatsch, J. Treis

DEPFET Macropixel Arrays as Focal Plane Instrumentation for SIMBOL-X and MIXS on BepiColombo .................................................................................................................................................1053

J. Treis, P. Lechner, L. Andricek, F. Aschauer, K. Heinzinger, S. Herrmann, T. Lauf, G. Lutz, R. H. Richter, M. Porro, G. Schaller, M. Schnecke, G. Segneri, F. Schopper, H. Soltau, L. Strüder

Planar Array Technology for the Fabrication of Germanium X-Ray Microcalorimeters .....................1064U. Lo Cicero, C. Arnone, M. Barbera, A. Collura, G. Lullo, S. Varisco

N22 NUCLEAR MEASUREMENTS AND MONITORING TECHNIQUES I: LOW BACKGROUND The MAJORANA Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment .............................................................1068

V. E. Guiseppe

Low-background Multi-HPGe Spectrometer TGV II Used for the Study of Double Electron Capture of 106Cd.............................................................................................................................1074

I. Stekl

Experimental Set-up for Gamma-Activity Measurements of Astromaterials .........................................1077P. Colombetti, C. Taricco, N. Bhandari, A. Romero, N. Verma, G. Vivaldo

Calorimetric Measurement of the First Excited State Lifetime in 7Li......................................................1081I. D. Hau, T. Niedermayr, S. Friedrich

N23 ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS II A Multi-channel ASIC for the Readout of the HICAM Gamma Camera ...............................................1085

A. Gola, L. Bombelli, C. Fiorini, T. Frizzi, G. Membretti, R. Nava, R. Peloso

DIRAC: A DIgital Readout Asic for hAdronic Calorimeter .....................................................................1090R. Gaglione

Low-Power Amplifier-Discriminators for High Time Resolution Detection ...........................................1095M. Despeisse, F. Osmic, P. Jarron, S. Tiuraniemi, P. Riedler, A. Kluge, A. Ceccucci, F. Anghinolfi

Development of Waveform Multiplexing CMOS ASIC with Decay Time Modulation for Pixellated Detectors.......................................................................................................................................1102

B. Shi, K. Shimazoe, T. Fujiwara, H. Takahashi, J. Ooi, Y. Kumazawa

Performance of ASTEROID: a 64 Channel ASIC for Source Follower Readout of DEPFET Matrices for X-ray Astronomy ....................................................................................................1105

M. Porro, G. De Vita, S. Herrmann, T. Lauf, A. Wassatsch, J. Treis, L. Bombelli, C. Fiorini

RG64 - High Count Rate Multichannel ASIC with Energy Window Selection for X-ray Imaging Applications ....................................................................................................................................1111

R. Szczygiel, P. Grybos, P. Maj, A. Tsukiyama, K. Matsushita, T. Taguchi

N24 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS II Development of Large Area APDs for the PANDA EMC readout ...........................................................1118

A. Wilms

N25 TRIGGER AND FRONT-END SYSTEMS I The ALICE Dimuon Spectrometer High Level Trigger ............................................................................1121

A. K. Szostak

First Data with the ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger .........................................................................1126R. Achenbach, P. Adragna, M. Aharrouche, V. Andrei, B. Asman, B. M. Barnett, B. Bauss, M. Bendel, C. Bohm, J. R. A. Booth, J. Bracinik, I. P. Brawn, D. G. Charlton, J. T. Childers, N. J. Collins, C. J. Curtis, A. O. Davis, S. Eckweiler, E. Eisenhandler, P. J. W. Faulkner, J. E. Fleckner, F. Fohlisch, M. P. Gallacher, C. N. P. Gee, A. R. Gillman, M. Groll, D. R. Hadley, P. Hanke, S. Hellman, A. Hidvegi, S. J. Hillier, M. Johansen, E. E. Kluge, T. Kuhl, M. Landon, V. Lendermann, J. N. Lilley, K. Mahboubi, G. Mahout, K. Meier, C. Goringer, R. P. Middleton, T. Moa, J. D. Morris, F. Muller, A. Neusiedl, C. Ohm, B. Oltmann, V. J. O. Perera, D. P. F. Prieur, W. Qian, S. Rieke, F. Ruhr, D. P. C. Sankey, U. Schafer, K. Schmitt, H. C. Schultz-Coulon, S. Silverstein, J. Sjolin, R. J. Staley, R. Stamen, M. C. Stockton, C. L. A. Tan, S. Tapprogge, J. P. Thomas, P. D. Thompson, P. M. Watkins, A. Watson, P. Weber, M. Wessels, M. Wildt

Study of the Performances of the Level-1 Trigger System for Muons in the Barrel of ATLAS with Cosmic Rays ............................................................................................................................1134

F. Pastore

The CMS High Level Trigger: Commissioning and First Operation with LHC Beams.........................1139M. Felcini, M. Zanetti

Commissioning and Performance of the CMS Global Calorimeter Trigger ...........................................1146A. Tapper

PMF: the Front End Electronic of the ALFA Detector .............................................................................1149P. Barrillon, S. Blin, C. Cheikali, C. Dominique, F. Daniel, G. Michel, H. Matthieu, W. Iwanski, C. de la Taille, B. Lavigne, P. Puzo, J. -L. Socha

N26 NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION I: NEUTRON DETECTORS Thermal Neutron Detectors with Discrete Anode Pad Readout ...............................................................1153

B. Yu, N. A. Schaknowski, G. C. Smith, G. De Geronimo, E. O. Vernon, L. G. Clonts, C. L. Britton, S. S. Frank

A Compact Neutron Detector Based on the Use of a SiPM Detector........................................................1157M. A. Foster, D. Ramsden

Development of Very High Rate and Resolution Neutron Detectors with Novel Readout and DAQ Hard- and Software in DETNI....................................................................................................1162

S. S. Alimov, A. Borga, A. Brogna, S. Buzzetti, F. Casinini, W. Dabrowski, T. Fiutowski, B. Gebauer, G. Kemmerling, M. Klein, B. Mindur, G. Modzel, C. Petrillo, F. Sacchetti, C. J. Schmidt, H. K. Soltveit, K. S. Solvag, R. Szczygiel, C. Schulz, C. Thielmann, U. Trunk, P. Wiacek, T. Wilpert

Characterization of the High-Efficiency Neutron Detector Array (HENDA) .........................................1176P. B. Ugorowski, C. M. Henderson, S. Bellinger, W. L. Dunn, L. M. Crow, W. J. McNeil, R. D. Taylor, D. S. McGregor

N27 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: TRACKERS I Aging Effects and Operational Experience with the CDF Run II Silicon Detector.................................1179

U. Husemann

A Novel Technique for the Reconstruction and Simulation of Hits in the CMS Pixel Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................1184

V. Chiochia, M. Swartz, D. Fehling, G. Giurgiu, P. Maksimovic

Commissioning the ATLAS Silicon Microstrip Tracker ...........................................................................1188P. Johansson

Results from the Commissioning of the ATLAS Pixel Detector................................................................1193I. Ibragimov

Digital Architecture and Interface of the New ATLAS Pixel Front-End IC for Upgraded LHC Luminosity............................................................................................................................................1198

D. Arutinov

Edge Characterization of 3D Silicon Sensors after Bump-Bonding with the ATLAS Pixel Readout Chip.................................................................................................................................................1204

O. M. Røhne

N28 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE INSTRUMENTATION III – SOLID STATE AND GAS DETECTORS One Year of In-orbit Operation of the AGILE Payload ............................................................................1210

C. Labanti, M. Prest, M. Feroci, F. Perotti, A. Argan, M. Tavani, E. Al.

Performance of Thin-Window Silicon Drift Detectors ..............................................................................1219C. A. Carini, W. Chen, G. De Geronimo, J. Fried, J. A. Gaskin, J. Keister, Z. Li, B. D. Ramsey, P. Rehak, D. P. Siddons

In Orbit Performance and Observations of the Silicon Strip Experiment SuperAGILE .......................1226M. Feroci, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta

Basic properties of Gas Electron Multipliers for Cosmic X-Ray Polarimeters .......................................1234T. Iwahashi, T. Tamagawa, A. Hayato, A. Harayama, N. Yasuda, H. Kitamura, F. Tokanai, H. Sakurai, K. Makishima, K. Abe, S. Iwamoto, S. Nakamura

N29 GRID COMPUTING The Commissioning of CMS Computing Centres in the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid.................1238

A. Sciabà, J. Flix, S. Belforte, A. Fanfani, I. Fisk, N. Magini, V. Miccio, J. Hernandez, F. Würthwein, J. Letts, J. Klem, S. Padhi, P. Saiz

StoRM: a Flexible Solution for Storage Resource Manager in Grid ........................................................1246R. Zappi, L. Magnoni, A. Ghiselli

Distributed Computing and Data Analysis in the CMS Experiment........................................................1254P. K. Kreuzer, D. Spiga

A Comparison of Data-Access Platforms for the Computing of BaBar Experiment at the Italian Tier1 ...................................................................................................................................................1259

A. Fella, L. Li Gioi, D. Andreotti, E. Luppi, V. Sapunenko

N30 NSS POSTER SESSION II PSD Read-out Electronics Development for the New Exed Experiment at the Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin (HZB)...................................................................................................................................1266

S. P. Boenisch, B. Namaschk, F. Wulf

An ASIC for Multi-Energy X-ray Counting ...............................................................................................1271S. Mikkelsen, D. Meier, G. E. Maehlum, P. Oya, B. M. Sundal, J. Talebi

Digital Part of PARISROC: a Photomultiplier Array Readout Chip ......................................................1277F. Dulucq, C. de la Taille, G. Martin-chassard, S. Conforti, W. Wei

Time to Digital Converter Implementation on a Configurable Digital Processor for BaF2 Scintillation Detector Events ........................................................................................................................1281

S. Scarpaci, S. Brambilla, F. Camera, B. Million, S. Riboldi, A. Geraci, M. Cuccarese, S. Caramanno

Experimental Results from an Analog Front-End Channel for Silicon Photomultiplier Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................1285

F. Corsi, M. Foresta, C. Marzocca, G. Matarrese, A. Del Guerra

Nuclear Pulse Height Measurement Using FPGA Techniques .................................................................1290P. C. Tsao, H. P. Chou

PADI, a fast Preamplifier - Discriminator for Time-of-Flight Measurements ........................................1293M. Ciobanu, N. Herrmann, K. D. Hildenbrand, M. Kis, A. Schüttauf

A Charge Sensitive Amplifier for Time and Energy Measurements ........................................................1300M. Ciobanu, N. Herrmann, K. D. Hildenbrad, M. Kis, T. I. Kang, A. Schüttauf

CASA: a Readout ASIC for Gas Detectors with Self-Amplification ........................................................1304Z. Deng, Y. Liu, Y. Li

A Low-Power-Consumption, Supply-Noise- Insensitive Charge Pump PLL with a Voltage Regulator for On-chip Clock Generating in MAPS at STAR Experiment ..............................................1307

Q. Sun, A. S. Brogna, C. Hu-Guo, Y. Hu

A New Clamp Amplifier Suitable for PET Scanner's Front-end Electronics Based on Integrated Circuit..........................................................................................................................................1315

T. Furumiya, J. Ohi, Y. Kumazawa

Low Overdrive Voltage and Low Current Compact Comparator for a Diamond Dosimeter ASIC ...............................................................................................................................................................1318

F. Petullà, F. de Notaristefani, V. Orsolini Cencelli, A. Fabbri, E. D'Abramo, D. Riondino, M. Marinelli, G. Verona

Portable Gamma and Neutron Radiation Dosimeter Reader ...................................................................1323P. Krasinski, D. Makowski, B. Mukherjee, S. Simrock, A. Napieralski

Low Noise Power Supply System for the Front-End Electronics of the HADES RPC Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................1327

A. Gil, D. Belver, P. Cabanelas, E. Castro, J. Díaz, J. A. Garzón, D. González-Díaz, W. Koenig, V. Stankova, M. Traxler

A Cryogenic Low-noise JFET-CMOS Preamplifier for the HPGe Detectors of GERDA ......................1331A. Pullia, F. Zocca, S. Riboldi, D. Budjas, A. D'Andragora, C. Cattadori

Signal Deconvolution Concept Combined with Cubic Spline Interpolation to Improve Timing with Phoswich PET Detectors.........................................................................................................1336

H. Semmaoui, M. -A. Tétrault, R. Lecomte, R. Fontaine

A 16 Channel NIM Module for a Complete Processing of Fast Scintillator Signals ...............................1343C. Boiano, R. Bassini, F. Camera, B. Million, O. Wieland, A. Giaz

Test of a Fully Integrated CMOS Preamplifier for HPGe Detectors .......................................................1346S. Riboldi, A. Pullia, F. Zocca, A. D'Andragora, D. Budjas, C. Cattadori

A High Voltage CCD Sensor Control Chip for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) ............................................................................................................................................................1349

Z. Ning, B. J. Blalock, M. N. Ericson, J. Oliver, R. Van Berg, P. O'Connor, C. L. Britton

Optimization of a Time-over-Threshold Preamplifier for High Purity Germanium Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................1354

A. Pullia, F. Zocca

An Auto-zero Charge Preamplifier with "cold" Discharge Mechanism for Ionising Radiation Sensors..........................................................................................................................................1359

A. Pullia, F. Zocca

In-the-Flash Pulse Shape Discrimination with Liquid Scintillators .........................................................1362K. D. Ianakiev, B. W. Blackburn, P. Hausladen, A. W. Hunt, J. T. Johnson, J. L. Jones, R. W. Williams, J. T. Mihalzo, C. E. Moss

A Very Low Power and Low Signal 5 Bit 50 M Samples/s Double Sampling Pipelined ADC for Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors in High Energy Physics and Biomedical Imaging Applications ...................................................................................................................................................1366

M. Dahoumane, J. Bouvier, D. Dzahini, L. Gallin-Martel, J. -Y. Hostachy, E. Lagorio, Y. Hu

An Investigation of Shaper Circuit Optimization for Digitally Pulse Processing in PET.......................1373B. Zhang, Q. Xie, N. Guo, X. Wang, J. Zhu, W. Cao, Y. Zhang

An 8K Pulse Height Analyzer and Multi-Channel Scaler with the USB, Ethernet and Wireless Interfaces Featuring Internal Backup File System .....................................................................1378

Z. Guzik, S. Borsuk, R. Marcinkowski, M. Płominski, J. Szewiński, K. Traczyk

Performance of a High Speed and High Density Data Acquisition System for Multiple Gamma-ray Detection...................................................................................................................................1382

A. Kimura, Y. Toh, K. Furutaka, M. Koizumi, T. Kin, M. Oshima

Design and Implementation of BESIII Online Farm .................................................................................1387F. Li, K. Zhu, L. Wang, Y. Liu

High-precision Time-to-Digital Converters in a FPGA device..................................................................1389A. Aloisio, P. Branchini, R. Cicalese, R. Giordano, V. Izzo, S. Loffredo

Research and Design of DAQ System for Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment...............................1394X. Ji, F. Li, M. Ye, Y. An, K. Zhu, Y. Wang

Data Acquisition System for a Large TPC..................................................................................................1397G. W. P. De Lentdecker

Performance of the Read-Out Driver for the RPCs Muon Spectrometer of the ATLAS Experiment. ...................................................................................................................................................1399

M. Della Pietra, A. Aloisio, L. Capasso, F. Cevenini, D. della Volpe, V. Izzo

Startup and Shutdown Thermal Modeling of a Pressurized Water Reactor Simulator.........................1405D. R. Osborne, L. F. Miller

A Novel Modular and Flexible Readout Electronics for Photon Imaging Applications .........................1407A. G. Argentieri, E. Cisbani, S. Colilli, F. Cusanno, R. De Leo, R. Fratoni, F. Garibaldi, F. Giuliani, M. Gricia, M. Lucentini, M. L. Magliozzi, P. Musico, F. Santavenere, S. Torrioli, M. Marra, G. Vacca

High-Speed, Fixed-Latency Serial Links with FPGAs...............................................................................1412A. Aloisio, F. Cevenini, R. Giordano, V. Izzo

A Modular DAQ System for Ultra-fast Sampling for Application in High Energy and Astroparticle Physics ....................................................................................................................................1418

M. Bitossi, R. Paoletti, R. G. Pegna, R. Cecchi

The Upgrade of the Multiwire Drift Chamber Readout of the HADES Experiment at GSI .................1421A. Tarantola, I. Froehlich, B. Kolb, J. Michel, C. Muentz, M. Palka, H. Stroebele, J. Stroth, M. Traxler, J. Wuestenfeld

Online Data Quality Monitoring Tools of LHCb .......................................................................................1425O. Callot, M. Frank, C. Gaspar, G. Graziani, E. V. Herwijnen, B. Jost, N. Neufeld, M. Pepe-Altarelli, S. Péter

AGILE WebMon: Monitoring the AGILE Payload Through the WEB ..................................................1428A. Bulgarelli, M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti, F. Fuschino, C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, G. Di Cocco

Flexible DAQ System for Pixel Detectors....................................................................................................1434M. Battaglia, D. Bisello, D. Contarato, P. Giubilato, D. Pantano, M. Tessaro, T. Tanabe

Bringing a Control System to the Web - a Middle layer Control System Bridge Service.......................1439C. C. W. Robson, C. Bohm, K. Rehlich, R. Kammering

Data Analysis for Characterizing pnCCDs .................................................................................................1441R. Andritschke, G. Hartner, P. Holl, N. Meidinger, L. Strüder, R. Hartmann

Performance of the Final Data-Logging System of the Trigger and Data Acquisition for the ATLAS Experiment at CERN......................................................................................................................1448

A. Battaglia, H. P. Beck, K. Kordas, W. Vandelli, M. Dobson, S. Gadomski

Readout and Timing System Prototypes for DETNI .................................................................................1455G. Kemmerling, A. Borga, W. Erven, B. Gebauer, C. Schulz, C. Thielmann

RUIN - Rapid Universal Interface for Medipix detector ...........................................................................1460M. Platkevic, J. Jakubek, Z. Vykydal

Status of the ATLAS Trigger System for LHC Startup ............................................................................1463J. I. Mamuzic

The Influence of GEM Readout Detector Gain on the Spatial Resolution of a GEM-TPC Prototype........................................................................................................................................................1468

Y. Li, H. Qi, Y. Gao, J. Li

Overview of the CMS Pixel Detector ...........................................................................................................1471G. B. Cerati

Curved Radiation Detector ..........................................................................................................................1475B. F. Phlips, M. Christophersen

Performance of the SiGe HBT 8HP and 8WL Technologies after High Dose/Fluence Radiation Exposure.......................................................................................................................................1481

J. S. Rice, M. Ullan, G. Brooijmans, J. D. Cressler, D. Damiani, S. Diez, T. Gadfort, A. A. Grillo, R. Hackenburg, G. Hare, A. Jones, J. Kierstead, W. Kononenko, I. Mandić, F. Martinez-McKinney, J. Metcalfe, F. M. Newcomer, J. A. Parsons, S. Phillips, S. Rescia, H. F. -W. Sadrozinski, A. Seiden, N. Spencer, H. Spieler, A. K. Sutton, Y. Tazawa, E. Wulf, M. Wilder

Thermal Runaway Characteristics of Silicon Microstrip Module Designed for ATLAS Upgrade Inner Tracker at Super LHC .......................................................................................................1486

S. Terada, T. Kohriki, Y. Unno, Y. Ikegami, K. Hara

Utilization of Double-Sided Silicon Strip Detectors within the PANDA Micro-Vertex-Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................1490

T. Würschig

A Tracking Fiber Detector based on Silicon Photomultipliers for the KAOS Spectrometer .................1495S. Sanchez, P. Achenbach, J. Pochodzalla

TPAC: A0.18 Micron MAPS for Digital Electromagnetic Calorimetry at the ILC ................................1499M. Stanitzki, J. A. Ballin, R. E. Coath, J. P. Crooks, P. D. Dauncey, A. -M. Magnan, Y. Mikami, O. Miller, M. Noy, V. Rajovic, K. D. Stefanov, R. Turchetta, M. Tyndel, E. G. Villani, N. K. Watson, J. A. Wilson

P-Terphenyl Deposited Quartz Plate Calorimeter Prototype ...................................................................1503Y. Onel

Muon Identi cation with the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Read-Out Driver for Level-2 Trigger Purposes ...........................................................................................................................................1509

A. Ruiz-Martinez

Calibration of a Highly Granular Hadronic Calorimeter with SiPM Readout .......................................1514F. Simon

Signal Transmission Studies for CALICE ECAL Prototype Slabs ..........................................................1518C. P. Barham, M. J. Goodrick, L. B. A. Hommels, R. J. Shaw, D. R. Ward, S. Sigurdsson

Integration Prototype of the CALICE Tile Hadron Calorimeter for the International Linear Collider ..............................................................................................................................................1523

M. Reinecke

The NA62 Liquid Krypton Calorimeter Data Acquisition Upgrade ........................................................1528B. Hallgren, A. Ceccucci, M. Piccini, H. Wendler

The Commissioning of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Light Monitoring System ....................1533T. J. Orimoto

The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter: Commissioning, Calibration and Preparation for Collisions................1536J. G. M. Saraiva

Drift-Time Calibration of the ATLAS Monitored Drift Tubes with a Precision Mini-Chamber ........................................................................................................................................................1541

D. S. Levin, N. Amram, M. ben Moshe, E. Etzion, T. Dai, E. B. Diehl, C. Feretti, J. Gregory, M. Kiesel, R. Thun, C. Weaverdyck, A. Wilson, B. Zhou

Measuring the Magnetic Field Inside the CMS Steel Yoke Elements ......................................................1545V. I. Klyukhin, A. Ball, D. Campi, B. Curé, D. Dattola, A. Gaddi, H. Gerwig, A. Hervé, R. Loveless, H. Reithler, R. P. Smith

Temperature Studies for ATLAS MDT BOS Chambers...........................................................................1549A. Engl, R. Hertenberger, O. Biebel, R. Mameghani, D. Merkl, F. Rauscher, D. Schaile, R. Ströhmer

Systematic Study of the Auto-Calibration of the Drift Tubes for Muon Tracking in the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC ..................................................................................................................1553

S. Di Luise

ATLAS Monitored Drift Tube Chambers in E = 11 MeV Neutron Background ....................................1559R. Hertenberger, T. A. Müller, A. Mlynek, O. Biebel, F. Rauscher, D. Merkl, T. Nunnemann, D. Schaile, R. Ströhmer

First Study of the Performance of the LHCb Muon System with Cosmic Rays......................................1563R. Nobrega

Aerogel at Colliders.......................................................................................................................................1567T. Bellunato, M. Calvi, C. Matteuzzi, M. Musy, D. L. Perego

Development of Fast Micron-Resolution Beam Position Monitors for Linear Collider Beam-Based Feedback Systems. ..................................................................................................................1573

P. N. Burrows, C. Swinson, B. Constance, R. Apsimon, C. Clarke, A. Hartin, C. Perry, H. Dabiri-Khah, J. Resta-Lopez, A. Kalinin, G. Christian

Beam Stop for Electron Accelerator Beam Characterisation ...................................................................1577G. Roach, V. Sharp, J. Tickner, J. Uher

The Brick Assembly Machine (BAM) for the OPERA Experiment in LNGS .........................................1581S. Buontempo, M. Dell'Era, B. D'Aquino, L. De Fascio, D. Orlandi, P. Paruta, T. Napolitano, C. Sirignano, E. Vanzanella

Photodetector Studies and Prototype Simulation of a Cherenkov Detector for an ILC Polarimeter ....................................................................................................................................................1588

C. Helebrant, D. Kaefer, J. List, C. Bartels

Development of the Muon Beam Monitor for the T2K Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment ....................................................................................................................................................1590

H. Kubo, K. Matsuoka, T. Nakaya, M. Yokoyama

Real-Time Beam Loss Monitoring System for the Injector of SSRF........................................................1594M. Zeng, B. Shao, L. Hou, Y. Li, J. Cai

Beam & Radiation Monitoring for CMS.....................................................................................................1597A. J. Bell

Radiation Damage Monitoring using Gamma-Camera at Cyclotron facility ..........................................1601H. Kim, G. Cho, J. Ahn, H. Jeon

Gamma Detector for the Shintake Monitor (IP Beam Size Monitor at ATF2)........................................1605M. Oroku, T. Yamanaka, Y. Kamiya, H. Yoda, T. Suehara, S. Komamiya, Y. Honda, T. Tauchi, N. Terunuma, T. Kume

Measurement of 14 MeV Neutron Flux from D-T Neutron Generator Using Activation Analysis ..........................................................................................................................................................1610

S. Jakhar, C. V. S. Rao, A. Shyam, B. Das

The Research on Neutron Dose Equivalent Meter for Pulse Neutron Radiation Field ..........................1614W. Wang, K. Kang, J. Li

First Measurements of the Inclined Boron Layer Thermal-Neutron Detector for Reflectometry ................................................................................................................................................1621

T. L. Van Vuure, L. G. Clonts, R. G. Cooper, J. D. Richards, R. A. Riedel, J. L. Robertson

Measurement of Variations in the Neutron Background at Sea using a Neutron Scatter Camera ...........................................................................................................................................................1625

P. A. Marleau, N. Mascarenhas, K. Krenz, S. Mrowka, J. Brennan

Evaluation of the ATLAS-MPX Devices for Neutron Field Spectral Composition Measurement in the ATLAS Experiment ...................................................................................................1628

Z. Vykydal, J. Bouchami, M. Campbell, Z. Dolezal, M. Fiederle, D. Greiffenberg, A. Gutierrez, E. Heijne, T. Holy, J. Idarraga, J. Jakubek, V. Kral, M. Kralik, C. Lebel, C. Leroy, X. Llopart, D. Maneuski, M. Nessi, V. O'Shea, M. Platkevic, S. Pospisil, V. Sochor, J. Solc, M. Suk, L. Tlustos, P. Vichoudis, J. Visschers, I. Wilhelm, J. Zemlicka

Observation of Neutron-induced Signals Using Two-dimensional Micro-pixel Gas Chamber ........................................................................................................................................................1633

K. Toh, H. Yamagishi, K. Sakasai, T. Nakamura, K. Soyama

Requirements and Ideas for the Neutron Instrumentation of the IFMIF Test Facilities .......................1637D. Rapisarda, Á. García, Á. Ibarra, F. Mota

Measurement of Detection Efficiency Using Pb-scintillating Fiber Sampling KLOE Calorimeter for Neutrons Between 22 and 174 MeV .................................................................................1643

B. Sciascia

The Planar Silicon p-i-n Diodes As Sensors of Fast Neutrons...................................................................1648I. E. Anokhin, A. Rosenfeld, O. Zinets

Further Study of Boron-10 Loaded Liquid Scintillators for Detection of Fast and Thermal Neutrons .........................................................................................................................................................1653

L. Swiderski, M. Moszynski, D. Wolski, T. Szczesniak, T. Batsch, F. Kniest, M. R. Kusner, G. Pausch, J. Stein, W. Klamra, P. Schotanus, C. Hurlbut

Evaluation of Silicon Monolithic APS as a Neutron Detector ...................................................................1658D. Maneuski, L. Eklund, M. Kralik, A. Laing, V. O'Shea, S. Pospisil, Z. Vykydal

A Novel Wavelet-Based Method for Neutron/Gamma Discrimination in Liquid Scintillators ....................................................................................................................................................1662

S. Yousefi, L. Lucchese, M. D. Aspinall

Testing a Silicon Photomultiplier Time-of-Flight (TOF) System in Fermilab Test Beam Facility............................................................................................................................................................1667

A. Ronzhin, E. Ramberg, M. Albrow, J. Vavra, H. Frisch, T. Natoli, C. Ertley, H. Kim, A. Kobach, F. Tang, S. Wilbur, J. -F. Genat, E. May, K. Byrum, J. Anderson, G. Drake

Study of Timing Properties of Silicon Photomultipiers .............................................................................1670A. Ronzhin, M. Demarteau, S. Los, E. Ramberg

Fast X-ray Spectroscopy using Si-drift Detectors ......................................................................................1675K. Hansen, C. Reckleben, I. Diehl, H. Klär, E. Welter

Signal Evolution in Semiconductor Radiation Detectors...........................................................................1678V. Polushkin

Simulation of the Focusing DIRC Optics with Mathematica ....................................................................1683J. Va'vra

MISTI Imaging and Source Localization....................................................................................................1688E. A. Wulf, B. F. Phlips, W. N. Johnson, B. Leas, L. J. Mitchell

Assessment of Novel Transition Metal Oxide Radiation Detectors ..........................................................1693A. M. Subahi, G. J. Royle, J. A. Griffiths, R. D. Speller, J. Boardman

Characterization of a γ-Ray Detection System Based on a CsI(Tl) Scintillator Coupled to a Silicon PiN Diode...........................................................................................................................................1699

A. Fazzi, V. Varoli, G. U. Pignatel, F. Corsi, S. Carrato, G. -F. Dalla Betta, F. Garibaldi, A. Rossi

Monte Carlo Simulations of a Multi-Layer Semiconductor Gamma Photon Tracker ...........................1704J. Solc, J. Jakubek

The Degree of Enhancement in a Gamma-Ray Image Gleaned from Recoil-Electron Tracking .........................................................................................................................................................1708

M. D. Hammig

Development of an Automated Gamma-Imaging System for Nondestructive Testing of Welded Pipes and Its Performance Evaluation ..........................................................................................1715

H. S. Cho, S. Y. Lee, S. I. Choi, J. E. Oh, H. M. Cho, S. J. Lee, Y. O. Park, B. S. Lee, S. Kim, H. K. Kim

Development of Silica aerogel with refractive index gradient for RICH radiator ..................................1720Y. Ishii, I. Adachi, H. Kawai, Y. Saito, T. Sumiyoshi, M. Tabata, H. Yokogawa

Study of the Light Collection Efficiency in the CMS ECAL PbWO4 crystals .........................................1723A. Thea

Material Analysis Using Characteristic Transmission Spectra.................................................................1727D. Vavrik, J. Jakubek

Performance Evaluation of an Electron Veto Counter with Silica Aerogel of n < 1.003 ........................1731Y. Saito, Y. Ishii, H. Kawai, Y. Kon, K. Mase, T. Nakano, H. Nakayama, M. Tabata, Y. Tajima, H. Yoshida, M. Yosoi

Reconstruction of Incident X-ray Spectra Using the Medipix2 Detector .................................................1734P. Takoukam Talla, T. Michel, M. Firsching, J. Durst, G. Anton

Gamma-ray Spectroscopy with LaBr3:Ce Scintillation Crystal coupled to an Ultra High Quantum Efficiency PMT ............................................................................................................................1737

R. Pani, M. N. Cinti, R. Scafè, P. Bennati, R. Pellegnini, F. Vittorini, S. Ridolfi, S. Lo Meo, M. Mattioli, G. Baldazzi, G. Trotta, F. Navarria, G. Moschini, V. Orsolini Cencelli

Characterization of SiPM: Temperature Dependencies. ...........................................................................1742M. Ramilli

Timing and Cross-Talk Properties of BURLE/Photonis Multi-Channel MCP PMTs ............................1746S. Korpar, R. Pestotnik, P. Krizan, A. Stanovnik

Characterization of LN2 Cooled LAAPDs for Single Photon Counting Applications ............................1750R. Jöhren, D. Anielski, W. Buglak, D. Hampf, V. Hannen, C. Weinheimer

New Developments in Fast-Sampling Readout of Micro-Channel Plate Based Large Area Pico-second Time-of-Flight Detectors .........................................................................................................1753

J. A. Anderson, K. Byrum, G. Drake, C. Ertley, H. Frisch, J. -F. Genat, E. May, D. Salek, F. Tang

Scintillation Light Readout Using Silicon Photomultiplier - Review and Experimental Results ............................................................................................................................................................1757

A. Osovizky, U. Wengrowicz, M. Ghelman, I. Cohenzada, V. Pushkarsky, D. Ginzburg, Y. Gabay, A. Algom, R. Seif, A. Manor, A. Beck, E. Vulaski, M. Ellenbogen, D. Tirosh

Use of Standard CMOS Pixel Imagers as Ionizing Radiation Detectors..................................................1759L. Servoli, D. Passeri, D. Biagetti, E. Spanti Gattuso

Application of a Simple PSA Algorithm for HPGe Segmented Detectors to in-Beam Data...................1764F. C. L. Crespi, A. Bracco, F. Camera, B. Million, V. Vandone, O. Wieland

Delay-Line Electrode Partitioning as a Means of Simplified Position-Sensing........................................1768M. D. Hammig, M. Jeong, D. K. Wehe, S. Ramadoss

Optimized Design Topologies for Position-sensitive Silicon Drift Detectors Operating at High Drift Fields............................................................................................................................................1776

A. Castoldi, C. Guazzoni, R. Hartmann, L. Strueder

P-Stop Designs for Reducing Electric Field Strength at Implant Edges ..................................................1782Y. Unno, Y. Ikegami, T. Kohriki, S. Terada, K. Hara, K. Yamamura, S. Kamada

Pulse Shape Analysis with a Broad-Energy Germanium Detector for the GERDA experiment .....................................................................................................................................................1788

D. Budjas, M. Barnabe Heider, O. Chkvorets, S. Schoenert, N. Khanbekov

Noise Characterization of Double-Sided Silicon MicroStrip Detectors with Punch-Through Biasing ............................................................................................................................................................1791

G. Giacomini, L. Bosisio, I. Rashevskaya, O. Starodubtsev

Device Simulation of Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors: Radiation Damage Effects ................................1798N. T. Fourches

The Computer Modeling of Distribution of In, As and Nanostructures on Depth in Si and SiO2 .................................................................................................................................................................1805

A. K. Togambayeva, F. F. Komarov

Study of the Radiation Hardness of Silicon Sensors for the XFEL ..........................................................1810R. Klanner, E. Fretwurst, F. Januschek, H. Perrey, I. Pintilie, F. Renn

Radiation Damage Effects on Epitaxial Silicon Devices for the PANDA Hybrid Pixel Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................1814

A. Braghieri, L. Busso, D. Calvo, P. De Remigis, R. Jaekel, O. Morra, P. Montagna, R. Wheadon

Theoretical Foundations of Atom Displacements Induced by Fast Electron Elastic Scattering in Solids........................................................................................................................................1817

C. M. Cruz Inclán, I. Piñera Hernández, Y. Abreu, A. Leyva Fabelo

SPICE Model for Radiation Hard Silicon Detectors..................................................................................1820L. Long, R. Roeder

Radiation Tolerance of Epitaxial Silicon after Fast Hadron Irradiation .................................................1825V. Khomenkov, D. Bisello, A. Candelori, G. Kramberger, M. Moll

Simulation of Irradiated Edgeless Detectors ..............................................................................................1828J. P. Balbuena, M. Lozano, G. Pellegrini, G. Ruggiero, M. Ullan, E. Verbitskaya

Monte Carlo Assisted Classical Method for the Calculation of dpa Distributions in Solids Materials ........................................................................................................................................................1832

I. Piñera Hernández, C. M. Cruz Inclán, Y. Abreu Alfonso, A. Leyva Fabelo, A. E. Cabal, P. Van Espen

Some New Photoluminescence Features of W Line for Neutron-irradiated MCz-Si and FZ-Si .....................................................................................................................................................................1836

B. Surma, P. Kaminski, A. Wnuk, R. Kozlowski

Performance of DOFZ Diode as On-Line Gamma Dosimeter in Radiation Processing .........................1840F. Camargo, J. A. C. Gonçalves, E. Tuominen, J. Härkönen, C. C. Bueno

Observations of Single-Event Upsets and Multiple- Bit Upsets in Random Access Memories On-Board the Algerian Satellite.................................................................................................1843

Y. Bentoutou, M. Djaifri

The DiagOn : an Undulator Diagnostic for SOLEIL Low Energy Beamlines.........................................1846K. Desjardins, S. Hustache-ottini, F. Polack, T. Moreno, J. -M. Dubuisson, O. Chubar, F. Delmotte

Performance of Different Readout Topologies of Silicon Drift Detectors in PIXE Spectroscopy ..................................................................................................................................................1850

R. Alberti, N. Grassi, C. Guazzoni, T. Klatka, P. A. Mandò, A. Quattrone

A System for Distributing High-Speed Synchronous High-Precision Clock and Trigger Data over Large Distances............................................................................................................................1856

A. Hidvegi, K. Rehlich, P. Geßler, S. Rydström, C. Bohm

Experiments with Fast Spectroscopic pnCCDs at BESSY and FLASF VUV-FEL.................................1860C. Reich, R. Hartmann, H. Soltau, L. Strüder, N. Meidinger, U. Pietsch, W. Leitenberger, C. Bostedt, T. Möller

Large Format pnCCDs as Imaging Detectors for Xray Free-Electron-Lasers........................................1865R. Hartmann, S. Epp, S. Herrmann, P. Holl, N. Meidinger, D. Rolles, H. Soltau, L. Strüder, J. Ullrich, G. Weidenspointner, C. Reich

An Optimization of 16-point Discrete Cosine Transform Implemented Into a FPGA As a Design for a Spectral 1st Level Surface Detector Trigger in the Pierre Auger Observatory .................1871

Z. Szadkowski

Implementation of a Hit Reconstruction Algorithm for the ALICE Dimuon High-Level-Trigger............................................................................................................................................................1877

S. Siddhanta

A Control and Monitor System for Serial Powering of Silicon Strip Detectors at SLHC ......................1881Y. Ikegami, K. Hara, T. Kohriki, S. Terada, Y. Unno

Design of Prototyping PMT Electronic System for Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment ...............1886Z. Wang

The Configuration System of the ATLAS Trigger .....................................................................................1889J. Stelzer, P. Bell, M. Nozicka, J. Haller, S. Head, D. Berge, S. Brunet, T. Kono, G. Fischer, M. Goebel, A. Hoecker, A. Martyniuk, M. Owen, R. Spiwoks, T. Wengler, W. Wiedenmann

Implementation and Commissioning of the ATLAS Tau Trigger ............................................................1892E. Perez, C. Belanger-Champagne, K. Benslama, M. Bosman, R. Brenner, M. P. Casado, Z. Czyczula, M. Dam, S. Demers, S. Farrington, O. Igonkina, A. Kalinowski, N. Kanaya, C. Osuna, E. Ptacek, A. Reinsch, A. Saavedra, A. Sfyrla, A. Sopczak, D. Strom, E. Torrence, S. Tsuno, V. Vorwerk, A. Watson, S. Xella

Performance and Strategies of the B-jet Selection for the ATLAS High-level Trigger ..........................1896A. Coccaro

An FPGA-based Trigger for the Search of μ+ → e+γ Decay in the MEG Experiment ...........................1900L. Galli

Characterization System for Germanium Detectors and Other Developments for Gamma Spectroscopy Applied to Nuclear Waste Characterization .......................................................................1905

J. Roccaz, N. Saurel, M. Juillard

Flux Dependence of Cluster Formation in Neutron Irradiated Weld Material - Small-angle Neutron Scattering Experiments and Rate Theory Simulation ................................................................1909

F. Bergner, U. Birkenheuer, A. Ulbricht, F. -P. Weiss

Modeling of Charge Transfer Inefficiency in a CCD with High-Speed Column Parallel Readout ..........................................................................................................................................................1914

A. Sopczak

Measurements of Charge Transfer Inefficiency in a CCD with High-Speed Column Parallel Readout ............................................................................................................................................1919

A. Sopczak

N31 GASEOUS DETECTORS III – GASEOUS DETECTORS BASICS: IONIZATION AND SCINTILLATION GEM Operation in CF4: Studies of Charge and Scintillation Properties.................................................1925

H. Natal da Luz, A. S. Conceição, J. F. C. A. Veloso, J. M. F. dos Santos, A. C. S. S. M. Bento, J. A. Mir, L. F. Requicha Ferreira

Self Quenching Streamer Mode in Quenching Gases Initiated by Alpha Particles ................................1928Y. I. Davydov, R. Openshaw

Time Resolution of Radiation Hard Resistive Plate Chambers for the CBM Experiment at FAIR...............................................................................................................................................................1933

D. Bartos, G. Caragheorgheopol, F. Dohrmann, B. Kämpfer, R. Kotte, L. Naumann, M. Petris, M. Petrovici, V. Simion, D. Stach, C. Williams, J. Wüstenfeld, K. Hildenbrand

N32 HEP COMPUTING Commissioning of the ATLAS Reconstruction Software with First Data................................................1936

A. Gibson

The CMS Software Performance at the Start of Data Taking ..................................................................1942G. Benelli

The TriggerTool Graphical User Interface to the ATLAS Trigger Configuration Database ................1947P. J. Bell

Commissioning of the ALICE-LHC Online Data Quality Monitoring Framework ...............................1955F. Roukoutakis

N33 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: CALORIMETERS I The ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeters. Commissioning and Performances from Selected Test Beams .....................................................................................................................................................1959

L. Iconomidou-Fayard

The Electromagnetic Calorimeter of the CMS Experiment ......................................................................1964N. Pastrone

Inter-calibration of the CMS Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter Using π0 → γγ Decays ...................1971Y. Yang

PWO-II Scintillation Crystals for the PANDA Electromagnetic Calorimeter ........................................1973A. E. Borisevich, A. A. Derevschikov, W. Döring, V. I. Dormenev, A. A. Fedorov, Y. M. Goncharenko, V. A. Kachanov, M. V. Korzhik, Y. M. Melnik, A. P. Meschanin, O. V. Missevitch, V. V. Mochalov, R. W. Novotny, A. V. Ryazantsev, P. A. Semenov, A. V. Uzunian, A. N. Vasiliev, A. E. Yakutin

Design of a Si-W Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the International Linear Collider and Study of Crosstalk in Silicon Sensors ..........................................................................................................1976

R. Cornat

The Liquid Argon Jet Trigger of the H1 Experiment at HERA ...............................................................1984A. Dubak, M. Fras, W. Haberer, C. Kiesling, B. Olivier, A. Wassatsch

N34 NEW SOLID STATE DETECTORS II Advanced Model of Silicon Edgeless Detector Operation..........................................................................1986

E. M. Verbitskaya, I. V. Eremin, G. Ruggiero, A. Cavallini, A. Castaldini, G. Pellegrini, M. Lozano, S. Golubkov, N. Egorov

Analytical Approach for 3D Detectors Engineering ..................................................................................1992V. Eremin, E. Verbitskaya

Functional Characterization of 3D-DDTC Detectors Fabricated at FBK-irst.........................................1996A. Zoboli, M. Boscardin, L. Bosisio, G. -F. D. Betta, S. Eckert, S. Kuhn, C. Piemonte, U. Parzefall, S. Ronchin, N. Zorzi

Thick Silicon Drift Detectors........................................................................................................................2002M. Christophersen, B. F. Phlips

ASIPET Chip: Low Noise Optoelectronic Integrated Readout with n-i-p A-Si:H Photodiode Array for Positron Emission Tomography .............................................................................2006

A. Nardulli

N35 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS I Crystal Growth and Scintillation Properties of YAP:Pr Co-doped with Tetravalent and Trivalent Ions ................................................................................................................................................2016

M. Zhuravleva, M. Nikl, J. Pejchal, J. A. Mares, A. Yoshikawa

Energy Resolution of Calcium Co-doped LSO:Ce Scintillators................................................................2019A. Syntfeld-Każuch, M. Moszyński, L. Świderski, T. Szczęśniak, A. Nassalski, C. L. Melcher, M. A. Spurrier

Intrinsic Energy Resolution of GSO:(Ce, Zr) and GSO:Ce measured for different Dopant Concentrations ..............................................................................................................................................2026

M. Sato, T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, N. Shimura, T. Usui, Y. Kurata, H. Ishibashi

N36 TRIGGER AND FRONT-END SYSTEMS II Triggering on B-Jets at CDF II ....................................................................................................................2030

S. Amerio, M. Casarsa, G. Cortiana, J. Donini, D. Lucchesi, S. Pagan Griso, L. Ristori

Level-3 Calorimeter Resolution Available for the Level-1 and Level-2 CDF Triggers...........................2037A. Canepa

The Associative Memory for the Self-Triggered SLIM5 Silicon Telescope .............................................2040M. Piendibene, G. Batignani, S. Bettarini, G. Calderini, R. Cenci, A. Cervelli, F. Crescioli, M. Dell'Orso, F. Forti, P. Giannetti, M. Giorgi, A. Lusiani, S. Gregucci, G. Marchiori, F. Morsani, N. Neri, E. Paoloni, G. Rizzo, L. Sartori, J. Walsh, E. Yurstev, C. Andreoli, L. Gaioni, E. Pozzati, L. Ratti, V. Speziali, M. Manghisoni, V. Re, G. Traversi, M. Bomben, L. Bosisio, G. Giamcomini, L. Lanceri, I. Rachevskaia, L. Vitale, D. Gamba, M. Bruschi, R. Di Sipio, B.Giacobbe, A. Babrielli, F. Giorgi, G. Pellegrini, C. Sbarra, N. Semprini, R. Spighi, S. Valentinetti, M. Villa, A. Zoccoli

The Trigger System for the Drift Chamber of BESIII...............................................................................2045H. Xu

A New High-Speed Pattern Recognition Trigger for Ground-Based Telescope Arrays Used in Gamma Ray Astronomy...........................................................................................................................2048

G. Drake, F. Krennrich, K. Byrum, T. Cundiff, J. Dawson, W. Haberichter, D. Horan, A. Madhavan, M. Schroedter, A. Smith

The Global Trigger System of the Magic Telescope Array .......................................................................2056R. Paoletti, C. Bigongiari, M. Bitossi, R. Cecchi, R. Pegna

A Low Energy Muon Trigger for Icecube...................................................................................................2059C. Bohm, H. Kavianipour, D. Nygren, C. Robson, C. Wernhoff, G. Wikström

N37 HEP SIMULATION Improved Description of Bremsstrahlung for High-Energy Electrons in Geant4...................................2063

A. Schaelicke

Validation of the Simulation of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Using Data ..............................2067C. Rovelli

Fast Simulation of the CMS Detector at the LHC......................................................................................2070A. Schmidt

Validation of Geant4 Hadronic Physics Models at Intermediate Energies ..............................................2073S. Banerjee

Calorimeter Simulation with Hadrons in CMS ..........................................................................................2076S. Piperov

N38 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: MUON SYSTEMS I Commissioning and Early Measurements of the DT Muon Detector of CMS at the LHC ....................2081

A. Perrotta

Pre-Installation Tests of MWPCs for the LHCb Muon System ................................................................2087B. Schmidt

The OPERA Spectrometers..........................................................................................................................2091A. Bertolin

Cathode Strip Chambers in ATLAS : Installation, Commissioning and in Situ Performance ..................................................................................................................................................2094

T. Argyropoulos, K. A. Assamagan, B. H. Benedict, V. Chernyatin, E. Cheu, J. Deng, A. Gordeev, I. Gough Eschrich, V. Grachev, K. Johns, S. Junnarkar, A. Kandasamy, V. Kaushik, A. Khodinov, A. J. Lankford, X. Lei, R. Murillo Garcia, K. Nikolopoulos, P. O'Connor, W. Park, C. L. Parnell-Lampen, V. Polychronakos, R. Porter, M. V. Purohit, M. Schernau, B. K. Toggerson, D. Tompkins

Data Quality Monitor of the Muon Spectrometer Tracking Detectors of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider: First Experience with Cosmic Rays. ...................................2100

M. Iodice

Alignment of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with Muon Tracks ..........................................................2105B. Bittner, S. Kaiser, O. Kortner, H. Kroha, S. Kotov, R. Harrington, J. Love, N. Nation

The LHCb Muon System: Electronics Commissioning and Results from First Data Taking ................2109S. Cadeddu

N40 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS II Scintillation Properties of Praseodymium Doped LuAG Scintillator Compared to Cerium Doped LuAG, LSO and LaBr3 .....................................................................................................................2115

L. Swiderski, M. Moszynski, A. Nassalski, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, T. Szczesniak, K. Kamada, T. Yanagida, K. Tsutsumi, Y. Usuki, A. Yoshikawa, W. Chewpraditkul

Lead Tungstate Scintillator for the Future Particle Physics Detectors ....................................................2122M. Korjik, A. Fedorov, O. Missevitch, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq

Radioluminescence and Scintillation Results of Horizontal Gradient Freeze Grown Aliovalently-Doped CeBr3 ............................................................................................................................2125

M. J. Harrison, C. F. Linnick, B. Montag, S. O. Brinton, M. McCreary, F. P. Doty, D. S. McGregor

Gamma Radiation Hardness of Ø1" × 1" LaBr3:Ce, LaCl3:Ce, and CeBr3 Scintillators.......................2131W. Drozdowski, P. Dorenbos, A. J. J. Bos, A. Owens, D. Richaud

N41 SIMULATION Status of Instrumental Background Simulations for Gamma-ray Telescopes with Geant4...................2134

A. Zoglauer, G. Weidenspointner, C. B. Wunderer, S. E. Boggs

New Geant4 Developments for Doppler Broadening Simulation in Compton Scattering - Development of Charge Transfer Simulation Models in Geant4 ..............................................................2140

M. G. Pia, F. Longo, L. Pandola

Validation of Geant4 X-ray Fluorescence Transitions - Validation of Geant4 Electromagnetic Models Against Calorimetry Measurements in the Energy Range Up to 1 MeV ................................................................................................................................................................2144

M. Sudhakar

Application of the Geant4 PIXE Implementation for Space Missions New Models for PIXE Simulation with Geant4 ................................................................................................................................2152

G. Weidenspointner

Validation of Neutrons in Geant4 Using TARC Data - Production, Interaction and Transportation ..............................................................................................................................................2160

A. S. Howard

Experimental Verification of Track Structure Models..............................................................................2165V. A. Bashkirov, R. W. Schulte, G. Coutrakon, A. Wroe, G. Y. Garty, A. Breskin, R. Chechik, S. Shchemelinin, E. Gargioni, B. Grosswendt, H. Sadrozinski

N42 NEUTRON INSTRUMENTATION II: NEUTRON FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS Energy (TOF) and Position Sensitive Detection of Ultra Cold Neutrons with Micrometric Resolution Using the TimePix Pixel Detector .............................................................................................2170

J. Jakubek, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, P. Geltenbort, M. Platkevic, C. Plonka-Spehr, J. Solc, T. Soldner

Energy-Resolving Neutron Transmission Radiography at the ISIS Pulsed Spallation Source with a High-Resolution Neutron Counting Detector .....................................................................2177

A. S. Tremsin, J. B. McPhate, W. A. Kockelmann, J. V. Vallerga, O. H. W. Siegmund, W. B. Feller

The nELBE Neutron Time-of-flight Facility ..............................................................................................2184A. R. Junghans, E. Altstadt, C. Beckert, R. Beyer, V. Galindo, E. Grosse, R. Hannaske, A. Matic, B. Naumann, K. -D. Schilling, S. Schneider, R. Schlenk, R. Schwengner, A. Wagner, F. -P. Weiss, R. Nolte, M. Mosconi, S. Röttger

New Neutron Imaging Techniques for Cultural Heritage Purposes.........................................................2187T. Materna

Development of a Neutron Tagger Module using a Digital Pulse Shape Discrimination Method ...........................................................................................................................................................2192

H. J. Kim, S. Y. Kim, E. J. Kim

N43 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: TRACKERS II First Results of the PixelGEM Central Tracking System of COMPASS .................................................2195

M. Krämer, A. Austregesilo, F. Haas, B. Ketzer, I. Konorov, A. Mann, T. Nagel, S. Paul, F. Schneider, S. Uhl

Time Projection Chamber with Triple GEM and Pixel Readout .............................................................2201C. Brezina, K. Desch, J. Kaminski, M. Killenberg, T. Krautscheid, M. Ummenhofer, P. Wienemann, S. Zimmermann

Design and Construction of INGRID Neutrino Beam Monitor for the T2K Neutrino Experiment ....................................................................................................................................................2205

M. Otani, K. Nitta, O. Ferreira, M. Gonin, T. Nakaya, M. Yokoyama

N44 ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS III A Silicon Pixel Readout ASIC in CMOS 0.13 µm for the PANDA MicroVertex Detector.....................2209

D. Calvo, T. Kugathasan, G. Mazza, M. Mignone, A. Rivetti, T. Stockmanns, R. Wheadon

Integrated Front-End Readout Electronics and Analog Filtering Strategies for DEPFETs with Special Functionalities..........................................................................................................................2215

G. De Vita, M. Porro, S. Herrmann, A. Wassatsch, G. Lutz, L. Strueder, J. Treis, C. Fiorini, L. Bombelli

Design and Noise Analysis of Charge Sensitive Amplifier for Readout of Pixelized Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Sensors .................................................................................................................2221

K. Poltorak, J. Kaplon, P. Jarron, W. Dabrowski

CAMEX Readout ASICs for pnCCDs.........................................................................................................2227S. Herrmann, W. Buttler, R. Hartmann, N. Meidinger, M. Porro, L. Stueder

A Low Power Front-End Prototype for Silicon Pixel Detectors with 100ps Time Resolution................2233S. Martoiu, G. Mazza, F. Osmic, A. Rivetti, F. Marchetto

Time Invariant Analog Processors for Monolithic Deep N-well CMOS Pixel Detectors ........................2237L. Ratti, C. Andreoli, M. Manghisoni, E. Pozzati, V. Re, V. Speziali, G. Traversi

XAMPS Detector Readout ASIC for LCLS................................................................................................2245A. Dragone, J. -F. Pratte, P. Rehak, G. A. Carini, R. Herbst, P. O'Connor, D. P. Siddons

N45 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS III Lanthanum Bromide-based Rotational Modulation Gamma Ray Imager ..............................................2251

B. Budden, G. L. Case, M. L. Cherry

Silicon Drift Detectors Arrays for the HICAM Gamma Camera .............................................................2256C. Fiorini, A. Gola, R. Peloso, A. Longoni, P. Lechner, L. Strueder, A. Niculae, H. Soltau

Pulse Shape Discrimination for a Fast Neutron Detector..........................................................................2259K. J. Coakley, D. F. Vecchia, J. S. Nico, B. Fisher

Cross-Correlation Simulations and Measurements of Plutonium- Oxide Powder..................................2267S. D. Clarke, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, P. Peerani

Radiation Measurements using Solid-State Photomultipliers: Gammas, Charged Particles, and Neutrons .................................................................................................................................................2272

E. B. Johnson, C. Stapels, E. Chapman, F. Augustine, J. Christian

Prospects of a Dual Range Photon Detector with SDD and LaBr3(Ce) scintillator.................................2277C. Plettner, G. Pausch, C. M. Herbach, J. Stein, M. Moszynski, A. Nassalski, L. Swiderski, T. Szczesniak, A. Niculae, H. Soltau

Lanthanum Halides Improve Thermal Neutron Activation Landmine Detection - A Comparison of Fast Inorganic Scintillators ................................................................................................2283

A. A. Faust, J. E. McFee, H. R. Andrews, V. Kovaltchouk, T. Clifford, H. Ing

N46 SOFTWARE TOOLS An Automatic Monitoring and Diagnostic System over a Virtual Organization for the Accelerator Science in Japan .......................................................................................................................2292

G. Iwai, M. Fujii, T. Koyama, Y. Nagasaka, T. Sasaki, Y. Watase

COOL, LCG Conditions Database for the LHC Experiments: Development and Deployment Status ........................................................................................................................................2296

A. Valassi, R. Basset, M. Clemencic, G. Pucciani, S. A. Schmidt, M. Wache

Distributed Database Access in the LHC Computing Grid with CORAL ...............................................2304Z. Molnar, R. Chytracek, D. Düllmann, G. Giacomo, A. Kalkhof, A. Andrea

A Novel Environment for Visual Physics Analysis (VISPA) .....................................................................2311O. Actis, M. Erdmann, R. Fischer, A. Hinzmann, M. Kirsch, T. Klimkovich, G. Müller, J. Steggemann

N47 NUCLEAR MEASUREMENTS AND MONITORING TECHNIQUES II: SAFEGUARDS Advanced Safeguards for the Nuclear Renaissance ...................................................................................2314

M. C. Miller, H. O. Menlove

Towards Above-ground Antineutrino Detectors for Cooperative Monitoring: Background Radiation Studies ..........................................................................................................................................2320

L. E. Sadler, A. Bernstein, N. S. Bowden, S. Dazeley, J. Lund, S. Mrowka, D. Reyna

Real-time Radiation Monitoring System for FLASH ................................................................................2324D. Makowski

New Generation Enrichment Monitoring Technology for Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plants ..............................................................................................................................................................2330

K. D. Ianakiev, B. S. Alexandrov, B. D. Boyer, T. R. Hill, D. W. MacArthur, T. J. Marks, C. E. Moss, G. A. Sheppard, M. T. Swinhoe

Measurement of Neutron Yields from UF4 .................................................................................................2335Z. W. Bell, K. P. Ziock, M. F. Ohmes, Y. Xu, T. J. Downar, S. A. Pozzi

N48 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: BEAM MONITORS AND OTHER DETECTOR SYSTEMS I The New Superconducting RF Photoinjector at the ELBE Linac ............................................................2341

J. Teichert, A. Arnold, H. Buettig, D. Janssen, M. Justus, U. Lehnert, P. Michel, P. Murcek, A. Schamlott, C. Schneider, F. Staufenbiel, R. Xiang, T. Kamps, J. Rudolph, M. Schenk, A. Matheisen, G. Klemz, I. Will, P. vom Stein

A Cyclotron Project for Medical and Research Usage at Jozef Stefan Institute .....................................2345Š. Stres

Beam Stabilization at the ELBE Electron Accelerator and the FELBE Infrared User Facility............................................................................................................................................................2348

M. Justus, U. Lehnert, P. Michel, D. Proehl, R. Jainsch, F. Gabriel, W. Seidel

The Radiation Source ELBE at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf.......................................2353P. R. Michel

CNGS - A High-Intensity Neutrino Facility Startup Issues and 2008 Operational Summary ...............2356I. Efthymiopoulos

N49 RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS ON ELECTRONICS AND COMPONENTS Review of Radiation Effects Leading to Noise Performance Degradation in 100 - nm Scale Microelectronic Technologies.......................................................................................................................2361

V. Re, L. Gaioni, M. Manghisoni, L. Ratti, V. Speziali, G. Traversi

IHP SiGe:C BiCMOS Technologies As a Suitable Backup Solution for the ATLAS Upgrade Front-end Electronics....................................................................................................................2366

S. Díez, M. Ullán, M. Lozano, G. Pellegrini, I. Mandic, D. Knoll, B. Heinemann

Random Telegraph Signal in Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors .................................................................2373M. Deveaux, S. Amar-Youcef, A. Büdenbender, D. Döring, C. Müntz, F. M. Wagner, J. Stroth

Estimation of Radiation Effects in the Front-end Electronics of an ILC Electromagnetic Calorimeter....................................................................................................................................................2381

V. Bartsch, M. Postranecky, M. Warren, M. Wing

N50 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS III Development of Multi-pixel Photon Counters for T2K Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment ...............2386

A. Minamino, N. Nagai, D. Orme, T. Nakaya, M. Yokoyama, T. Nakadaira, T. Murakami, M. Tanaka, F. Retiere, A. Vacheret, Y. Kudenko

Tests of a Silicon Photo-multiplier Module for Detection of Cherenkov Photons ...................................2390S. Korpar, R. Dolenec, P. Krizan, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik, I. Adachi, T. Iijima, H. Chagani

Application of Multi-Pixel Photon Counter to Positron Emission Tomography .....................................2394M. Goettlich, E. Garutti, H. -C. Schultz-Coulon, A. Tadday, V. Kozlov, A. Terkulov

Silicon Photo-multipliers As Photon Detectors for PET ............................................................................2398H. Chagani, R. Dolenec, S. Korpar, P. Krizan, R. Pestotnik, A. Stanovnik

Enhancing Pixelated Fast-Neutron Block Detector Performance Using a Slotted Light Guide ..............................................................................................................................................................2403

F. Habte, M. A. Blackston, P. A. Hausladen, L. Fabris

PMT Evaluation For the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment ........................................................................2408D. W. Liu

N51 MEDICAL PHYSICS SOFTWARE An in-vivo Comparison Study between Standard and PET-based Approach to assess the Therapeutic Dose in Neutron Capture Therapies ......................................................................................2415

G. G. Daquino, N. Cerullo, T. Aihara, J. Hiratsuka, H. Kumada, G. Lomonaco, S. Caria, L. Muzi, R. Moss, A. Sainato, O. Sorace, D. Bufalino

The Channeler Ant Model: Object Segmentation with Virtual Ant Colonies .........................................2422P. Cerello, S. C. Cheran, F. Bagagli, S. Bagnasco, R. Bellotti, L. Bolanos, E. Catanzariti, G. De Nunzio, E. Fiorina, G. Gargano, G. Gemme, E. Lopez Torres, G. L. Masala, C. Peroni, M. Santoro

Comparison Among Homogeneous Models and a Voxel Model on Mammography: a Monte Carlo Study Using the GEANT4 code .............................................................................................2428

V. F. Cassola, G. Hoff

Considerations on the Biological Effect of Laser Induced Radiation with High Dose Rates..................2430A. A. Khaless, L. Karsch, W. Enghardt

A Volume Visualization Driver in Geant4 for Radiotherapy Simulation ................................................2433A. Kimura, T. Sasaki, S. Tanaka

GAMOS: a GEANT4-based Easy and Flexible Framework for Nuclear Medicine Applications ...................................................................................................................................................2437

P. Arce, P. Rato Mendes, J. I. Lagares, M. Cañadas

Geant4 Simulation for Education in Medical Application ........................................................................2444K. Murakami, K. Amako, J. Jacquemier, M. Maire, H. Yoshida

N52 DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS: SMALL SYSTEMS An FPGA based DAQ System for the Readout of SiPM Matrices in PET Applications ........................2447

M. G. Bisogni, G. Collazuol, A. Del Guerra, G. Llosa, G. Magazzu, S. Marcatili

A High Speed Backplane for the RPC Read Out Driver of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer ...............2453A. Aloisio, V. Izzo, L. Capasso, R. Giordano, F. Cevenini, A. Jones, M. Schulte

FPGA-Based DAQ System for Multi-Channel Detectors ..........................................................................2461A. Kopmann, T. Bergmann, H. Gemmeke, M. A. Howe, M. Kleifges, A. Menshikov, D. Tcherniakhovski, J. F. Wilkerson, S. Wüstling

Space and Power Effective Readout System for Cosmic-Ray Muon Radiography .................................2466T. Uchida, H. K. M. Tanaka, M. Tanaka

Digital Data Acquisition Modules for Instrumenting Large Segmented Germanium Detector Arrays .............................................................................................................................................2471

H. Tan, W. Hennig, M. Walby, A. Fallu-Labruyere, J. Harris, D. Breus, P. Grudberg, W. K. Warburton, C. Vaman, T. Glasmacher, P. Mantica, D. Miller, K. Starosta, P. Voss

A Portable Readout System for Microstrip Silicon Sensors (ALIBAVA) ................................................2476R. Marco-Hernández

N53 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: MUON SYSTEMS II Sensitivity and Environmental Response of the CMS RPC Gas Gain Monitoring System ....................2484

S. Colafranceschi

Gas Performance of the ATLAS MDT Precision Chambers.....................................................................2488N. Amram, D. S. Levin, Y. Benhammou, M. ben Moshe, T. Dai, E. Diehl, A. Eppig, E. Etzion, C. Ferretti, J. Gregory, R. Thun, A. Wilson, C. Weaverdyck, B. Zhou

Trigger Detectors for the ALICE Muon Spectrometer .............................................................................2493A. Piccotti

CMS RPC Technical Trigger Performances in Cosmic Runs...................................................................2497S. A. Tupputi

The Detector Control Systems for the CMS Resistive Plate Chamber.....................................................2503G. Polese

Precision Drift-Tube Chambers for the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer at Super-LHC............................2508O. Kortner, H. Kroha, F. Legger, R. Richter, A. Engl, F. Rauscher

N54 SEMICONDUCTOR TRACKING AND SPECTROSCOPY DETECTORS I A Novel Technique for the Characterization of a HPGe Detector Response Based on Pulse Shape Comparison ........................................................................................................................................2512

F. C. L. Crespi, F. Camera, B. Million, M. Sassi, O. Wieland, A. Bracco

Development of Deep N-Well MAPS in a 130 nm CMOS Technology and Beam Test Results on a 4k-Pixel Matrix with Digital Sparsified Readout..................................................................2517

G. Rizzo

Bumpless Hybrid Pixelated Particle Detector ............................................................................................2523I. Peric, P. Fischer, C. Kreidl

N55 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS IV Radiation Hardness and Recovery Processes of Cooled PWO-II Crystals for PANDA .........................2529

R. W. Novotny, W. M. Doering, V. Dormenev, S. Felsing, M. Korjik, S. Lugert, P. A. Semenov, A. N. Vasiliev

4π CsI(Tl) Detector for EC/ß+ Decay Searching in 84Sr ............................................................................2534J. H. So, H. J. Kim, J. I. Kim, G. Rooh, S. K. Kim, S. S. Myung, S. C. Kim, J. H. Choi, S. Ryu, J. H. Lee, Y. D. Kim, J. I. Lee, W. G. KangI, S. Hahn

Dual Readout Calorimeter with Heavy Scintillating Crystal Fibers ........................................................2537E. Auffray, P. Lecoq, D. Abler, C. Dujardin, J. -M. Fourmigue, D. Perrodin

Oxide Scintillators to Search for Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay...................................................2541L. L. Nagornaya, B. V. Grinyov, A. M. Dubovik, Y. Y. Vostretsov, I. A. Tupitsyna, F. A. Danevich, S. S. Nagorny, V. M. Mokina, H. Kraus, V. Mikhailik, O. G. Shkulkova

Construction and Performances of an High Granularity Calorimeter. ...................................................2547P. Branchini, F. Ceradini, G. Corradi, B. Dimicco, S. Loffredo, A. Passeri

N56 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS IV System Tests of the LHCb RICH Detectors in a Charged Particle Beam................................................2551

H. P. Skottowe

N57 ATCA (ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE) The Data Acquisition and Trigger System of PANDA...............................................................................2555

W. Kuehn

DAQ and Control Systems for the CMS Global Calorimeter Trigger Matrix Processor.......................2558J. Jones, M. Stettler, C. Foudas

N58 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: BEAM MONITORS AND OTHER DETECTOR SYSTEMS II EUDET: Detector R&D Towards the International Linear Collider .......................................................2562

J. Mnich

The EUDET High Resolution Pixel Telescope - Towards the Final Telescope ........................................2567D. Haas

Fast Beam Conditions Monitor (BCM1F) for CMS...................................................................................2573R. Hall-Wilton, W. Lange, A. Macpherson, V. Ryjov, R. L. Stone

MERIT - The High Intensity Liquid Mercury Target Experiment at the CERN PS .............................2577I. Efthymiopoulos

Commissioning of the Beam Conditions Monitor of the LHCb Experiment at CERN ..........................2581M. Domke, C. J. Ilgner, S. Köstner, M. Lieng, M. Nedos, J. Sauerbrey, S. Schleich, B. Spaan, K. Warda

Expected Performance of Shintake Monitor (IP Beam Size Monitor at ATF2) ......................................2583T. Yamanaka, M. Oroku, Y. Kamiya, T. Suehara, H. Yoda, T. Nakamura, S. Komamiya, T. Tauchi, N. Terunuma, S. Araki, R. Sugahara, T. Kume, Y. Honda, T. Sanuki

Towards Precision Polarimetry at the ILC: Concepts, Simulation and Testbeam Results ....................2589C. Helebrant, D. Kaefer, J. List, C. Bartels

N59 SAFETY INSTRUMENTATION/HOMELAND SECURITY I Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Using Different Photon Sources...........................................................2593

G. Warren, J. Caggiano, M. Ahmned, W. Bertozzi, A. Hunt, J. Johnson, J. Jones, S. Korbly, E. Reedy, H. Seipel, S. Stave, S. Watson, H. Weller

Surveillance of Nuclear Threats Using Multiple, Autonomous Detection Units......................................2599M. J. Neuer, R. Lentering, K. Ruhnau, F. Platte, G. Pausch, J. Stein, A. Ruhnau

Fast Imaging by a Single-Slice-Detector Helical CT ..................................................................................2605W. Bi, Y. Xing, L. Zhang, Z. Chen

Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Source Detection Using 3D-Position-Sensitive Semiconductor Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................2609

C. G. Wahl, Z. He

N60 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE INSTRUMENTATION IV – NEW TECHNIQUES Detecting Radio Pulses from Air Showers ..................................................................................................2614

A. Horneffer

Long Duration Balloon Flight Exposure of a Ce:LaBr3 Crystal ...............................................................2622B. Budden, G. Case, M. Cherry, R. Hopson, J. Isbert, R. Sankaran, D. Smith, M. Stewart

Optical Test Results of Fast pnCCDs ..........................................................................................................2626S. Ihle, R. Hartmann, M. Downing, L. Strüder, S. Deiries, H. Gorke, S. Hermann, G. Kanbach, J. Papamaturakis, H. Soltau, A. Stefanescu

The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) A New Instrument for the Dark Energy Survey ..........................2632K. Honscheid

N61 SAFETY INSTRUMENTATION/HOMELAND SECURITY II Using Electronic Neutron Generators in Active Interrogation to Detect Shielded Fissionable Material......................................................................................................................................2636

D. L. Chichester, E. H. Seabury

Results with the Neutron Scatter Camera...................................................................................................2643N. Mascarenhas, J. Brennan, K. Krenz, P. Marleau, S. Mrowka

Special Nuclear Material Detection with a Water Cherenkov based Detector ........................................2647M. D. Sweany, A. Bernstein, N. S. Bowden, S. A. Dazeley, R. C. Svoboda

Use of an LGB Detector in Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications .........................................................2651M. Flaska, S. Pozzi, J. B. Czirr

First Test of Cosmic Ray Muon Tomograph Prototype Being Constructed at IHEP(Protvino) .............................................................................................................................................2656

A. S. Kozhin, M. Y. Bogolyubskiy, N. I. Bojko, A. A. Borisov, R. M. Fakhrutdinov, A. N. Isaev, V. A. Senko, N. A. Shalanda, M. M. Soldatov, V. I. Yakimchuk, O. Yushchenko

N62 GASEOUS DETECTORS IV – LARGE TPCs AND APPLICATIONS Large Bulk-MICROMEGAS As Amplification Device for the T2K Time Projection Chambers .......................................................................................................................................................2659

J. Beucher

The Large TPC Prototype for an ILC Detector .........................................................................................2663K. Dehmelt

NEXT: A new Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment ....................................................................2666M. Ball

N63 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION: CALORIMETERS II Commissioning of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter with Cosmic Ray and Single Beam Data....................2669

H. Okawa

New Results from the DREAM project .......................................................................................................2675E. Meoni

Test Beam Results from the CALICE Tile Hadron Calorimeter Prototype with SiPM Read-Out........................................................................................................................................................2683

B. Lutz

N64 ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS IV A New Multi-level Time over Threshold Method for Energy Resolving Multi-channel Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................2688

T. Fujiwara, H. Takahashi

Dead Time Correction in the DP5 Digital Pulse Processor........................................................................2691R. H. Redus, A. C. Huber, D. J. Sperry

Monte Carlo Time Domain Noise Simulation in Nuclear Electronics ......................................................2696R. H. Redus, A. C. Huber

A Versatile Digital Readout System for the PANDA MVD .......................................................................2705M. C. Mertens, F. Hügging, J. Ritman, T. Stockmanns

FPGA Based Self Calibrating 40 Picosecond Resolution, Wide Range Time to Digital Converter .......................................................................................................................................................2709

S. S. Junnarkar, P. O'Connor, R. Fontaine

The 10-ps Wave Union TDC: Improving FPGA TDC Resolution beyond Its Cell Delay.......................2715J. Wu, Z. Shi

KPiX, An Array of Self Triggered Charge Sensitive Cells Generating Digital Time and Amplitude Information.................................................................................................................................2722

D. R. Freytag, R. Herbst, J. Brau, M. Breidenbach, R. Frey, G. Haller, B. Holbrook, R. Lander, T. Nelson, V. Radeka, D. Strom, M. Tripathi

N65 PHOTON DETECTORS AND RADIATION IMAGING DETECTORS V Event by Event Energy Sensitive Imaging with TimePix Pixel Detector and its Application for Gamma Photon Tracking .......................................................................................................................2726

J. Jakubek, A. Cejnarova, M. Platkevic, J. Solc, Z. Vykydal

CMOS Active Pixel Sensors for Soft X-rays Detection Applications........................................................2734D. Biagetti, D. Passeri, P. Delfanti, A. Marras, P. Placidi, L. Servoli, P. Ciampolini

Spectroscopic Imaging with an X-ray Microscopy Setup Using a Pixelated Detector with Single Photon Processing ..............................................................................................................................2739

B. Norlin, C. Fröjdh, G. Thungström, D. Greiffenberg

Compton Imaging Camera Using an Electron-Tracking Gaseous TPC and a Scintillation Camera ...........................................................................................................................................................2745

K. Ueno, K. Hattori, C. Ida, S. Iwaki, S. Kabuki, H. Kubo, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, H. Nishimura, Y. Okada, A. Takada, M. Takahashi, T. Tanimori, K. Tsuchiya

N67 APPLIED COMPUTING TECHNIQUES The CMS Data Transfer Test Environment in Preparation for LHC Data Taking................................2750

D. Bonacorsi

JDOT - A Java Detector Optimization Tool ...............................................................................................2758R. Frühwirth, A. Beringer

HiggsToFourLeptonsEV in the ATLAS EventView Analysis Framework ..............................................2763T. Lagouri, F. Barreiro, J. del Peso

SMART (Simulation of MAritime Radiological Threats) .........................................................................2769C. S. Gwon, E. I. Novikova, B. F. Phlips, M. S. Strickman

Geant4 Validation on Mammography Applications ..................................................................................2772P. V. Feijo, G. Hoff

N68 SEMICONDUCTOR TRACKING AND SPECTROSCOPY DETECTORS II Gamma-Ray Tracking for Ge Telescope Compton Camera Imaging ......................................................2774

T. Fukuchi, S. Motomura, Y. Kanayama, H. Haba, Y. Watanabe, S. Enomoto

Development of a Radiation Hard CMOS Monolithic Pixel Sensor .........................................................2776M. Battaglia, D. Bisello, D. Contarato, P. Denes, D. Doering, P. Giubilato, T. S. Kim, Z. Lee, S. Mattiazzo, V. R. Radmilovic

COBRA- Search for Double Beta Decay with CdZnTe Detectors ............................................................2780K. Zuber

Trenched Gamma-Ray Detector ..................................................................................................................2783M. Christophersen, B. F. Phlips, F. J. Kub

Performance of Bare High-purity Germanium Detectors in Liquid Argon for the GERDA Experiment ....................................................................................................................................................2788

M. M. Barnabe Heider, C. Cattadori, O. Chkvorets, A. Di Vacri, K. Gusev, S. Schoenert, M. Shirchenko

N69 SCINTILLATORS AND SCINTILLATION DETECTORS V Ionizing Radiation Energy Exchange in p-Terphenyl Single-Crystalline and Composite Scintillators ....................................................................................................................................................2792

N. Z. Galunov, N. L. Karavaeva, J. K. Kim, Y. K. Kim, O. A. Tarasenko, E. V. Martynenko, S. V. Budakovsky

Scintillation Properties of a Crystal of (C6H5(CH2)2NH3)2PbBr4 ..............................................................2800C. W. E. Van Eijk, J. T. M. De Haas, P. A. Rodnyi, I. V. Khodyuk, K. Shibuya, F. Nishikido, M. Koshimizu

Development and Characterization of Nanocomposite Scintillators for Gamma-Ray Detection ........................................................................................................................................................2804

S. Stange, E. I. Esch, M. K. Bacrania, L. O. Brown, A. J. Couture, R. E. Del Sesto, R. D. Gilbertson, L. G. Jacobsohn, T. M. McCleskey, E. A. McKigney, R. E. Muenchausen, R. Reifarth

On the Development of Heavy and Fast Scintillation Nano-ceramics ......................................................2808M. Korjik, A. Fedorov, O. Missevitch, V. Mechinski, A. Dossovitski, O. Khasanov, G. Shevchenko

N70 DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS: CONCEPTS AND TOOLS In-plane and Out-of-plane Couplers for Optical Printed Circuit Boards and Optical Backplanes .....................................................................................................................................................2811

M. Schneider, T. Kühner, J. Mohr, U. Köhler

Data Acquisition Systems for Future Calorimetry at the International Linear Collider .......................2817B. Hommels

CAPTAN: A Hardware Architecture for Integrated Data Acquisition, Control, and Analysis for Detector Development .............................................................................................................2821

M. A. Turqueti, R. A. Rivera, A. Prosser, J. Andresen, J. Chramowicz, S. Kwan

A Novel Approach for Mass Storage Data Custodial.................................................................................2828L. dell'Agnello, V. Sapunenko, M. Mazzucato, A. Ghiselli, R. Zappi, L. Magnoni, A. Carbone, V. Vagnoni, E. Ronchieri, D. Gregori, B. Martelli, D. Vitlacil

Data Acquisition Architecture Studies for the KM3NeT Deep Sea Neutrino Telescope ........................2833S. Anvar

Integration of Embedded Single Board Computers into an Object-Oriented Software Bus DAQ Application ...........................................................................................................................................2837

M. A. Howe, M. G. Marino, J. F. Wilkerson

The Current Performance and Upgrade Plans for the PHENIX Data Acquisition ................................2843M. L. Purschke

The ATLAS Conditions Database Model for the Muon Spectrometer ....................................................2846M. Verducci

M02 DETECTORS: PET Evaluation of the First Silicon Photomultiplier Matrices for a Small Animal PET Scanner .................2849

G. Llosa, N. Belcari, M. G. Bisogni, G. Collazuol, A. Del Guerra, S. Marcatili, M. Melchiorri, C. Piemonte, A. Tarolli, P. Barrillon, S. Bondil-Blin, C. de la Taille, N. Dinu

SiPM-Array Based PET Detectors with Depth-of- Interaction Correction .............................................2856D. R. Schaart, H. T. van Dam, S. Seifert, R. Vinke, P. Dendooven, H. Löhner, F. J. Beekman

Multi-Pixel Photon Counters for TOF PET Detector and its Challenges ................................................2861C. L. Kim, G. -C. Wang, S. Dolinsky

Performance Evaluation of SiPM Detectors for PET Imaging in the Presence of Magnetic Fields ..............................................................................................................................................................2866

S. España, G. Tapias, L. M. Fraile, J. L. Herraiz, E. Vicente, J. M. Udias, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero

Study of a High Resolution, 3-D Positioning Cross- Strip Cadmium Zinc Telluride Detector for PET ...........................................................................................................................................2871

Y. Gu, J. L. Matteson, R. T. Skelton, A. A. Deal, E. A. Stephan, F. Duttweiler, T. M. Gasaway, C. S. Levin

Performance Characterization of a New High Resolution PET Scintillation Detector...........................2879A. Vandenbroucke, A. M. K. Foudray, F. W. Y. Lau, C. S. Levin, P. D. Olcott, P. D. Reynolds

M03 IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION: PET I A Novel Iterative Image Reconstruction Method for High-Resolution PET Imaging with a Monte Carlo Based Positron Range Model.................................................................................................2884

L. Fu, J. Qi

On the Optimum Strategy for Subsets Based Reconstruction of In-Beam PET Data ............................2888G. Shakirin, P. Crespo, W. Enghardt

Fusion of Image Reconstruction and Lesion Detection Using a Bayesian Framework for PET/SPECT ...................................................................................................................................................2892

T. Kobayashi, H. Kudo

Direct 4D List Mode Parametric Reconstruction for PET with a Novel EM Algorithm ........................2900J. Yan, B. P. Wilson, R. E. Carson

Visualization of Raw 3D List-mode PET and TOF-PET Data Without Tomographic Reconstruction Using Virtual Space............................................................................................................2904

A. Sitek

Region-of-Interest Reconstruction from Truncated Projection Data under Blind Object Support...........................................................................................................................................................2907

E. A. Rashed, H. Kudo

Spatially Variant Positron Range Modeling Derived from CT for PET Image Reconstruction...............................................................................................................................................2912

A. M. Alessio, L. R. MacDonald

M04 COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES Correlating Motion of Internal Organs with the Displacements of Fiducial Markers During Respiration........................................................................................................................................2916

R. Boutchko, B. W. Reutter, G. T. Gullberg, D. Saloner

Resolution Modeled PET Image Reconstruction Incorporating Space-Variance of Positron Range: Rubidium-82 Cardiac PET Imaging ..............................................................................................2918

A. Rahmim, J. Tang, M. A. Lodge, S. Lashkari, M. R. Ay, F. Bengel

Statistical Shape Modeling of the Diaphragm for Application to Rb-82 Cardiac PET-CT Studies ............................................................................................................................................................2926

S. J. McQuaid, T. Lambrou, B. F. Hutton

Estimation and Correction of Irregular Respiratory motion of the Heart in Presence of Partial Angle Effects Due to Amplitude Binning in SPECT .....................................................................2931

J. Dey, W. P. Segars, P. H. Pretorius, M. A. King

Effectiveness of Three Alternative Strategies in Reducing the Degrading Impact of Respiratory Motion on the Detection of Small Pulmonary Nodules in SPECT Imaging........................2938

M. S. Smyczynski, H. C. Gifford, A. Lehovich, J. E. McNamara, W. P. Segars, J. Dey, M. A. King

Quantitative Study of Rigid-body and Respiratory Motion of Patients Undergoing Stress and Rest Cardiac SPECT Imaging ..............................................................................................................2943

J. Mitra Mukherjee, K. L. Johnson, J. E. McNamara, J. Dey, M. A. King

M05 MULTIMODALITY IMAGING Initial Performance Assessment of a Combined microPET® Focus-F120 and MR Split Magnet System ..............................................................................................................................................2948

R. C. Hawkes, T. D. Fryer, A. J. Lucas, S. B. Siegel, J. C. Clark, T. A. Carpenter

An MR Compatible PET Scanner Based on RatCAP for Small Animal Imaging at 9.4 T ....................2954S. H. Maramraju, S. S. Junnarkar, B. Ravindranath, S. S. Southekal, S. P. Stoll, D. S. Smith, W. Lenz, J. -F. Pratte, M. L. Purschke, S. Rescia, S. Krishnamoorthy, P. Vaska, C. L. Woody, D. J. Schlyer

M06 MIC POSTER I High Sensitivity Collimators for Brain SPECT ..........................................................................................2958

R. Ter-Antonyan, J. E. Bowsher, K. L. Greer, S. D. Metzler, R. J. Jaszczak

Low Noise Multi-Channel Readout Front-End in 0.35 µm CMOS Process for APD-Based PET Detectors................................................................................................................................................2962

X. Fang, C. Hu-Guo, N. Ollivier-Henry, M. Ndeye-Awa, D. Brasse, Y. Hu

Simulation Study on Sensitivity and Count Rate Characteristics of "OpenPET" Geometries .....................................................................................................................................................2967

E. Yoshida, T. Yamaya, K. Shibuya, F. Nishikido, N. Inadama, H. Murayama

Quantitative Accuracy in Cardiac Studies with the GE Discovery RX PET/CT Scanner......................2972T. J. Spinks, J. E. Bastin

Regularized B-spline Deformable Registration for Respiratory Motion Correction in PET Images ............................................................................................................................................................2977

W. Bai, M. Brady

Prototype of TlBr Detector Array for Ultra High Resolution PET ..........................................................2984K. Ishii, K. Hitomi, Y. Kikuchi, M. Fujiwara, M. Nakhostin, H. Yamazaki, S. Matsuyama, A. Terakawa

Correcting Spatial Distortion and non-Uniformity in Planar Images from γ-Camera Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................2986

D. Thanasas, D. Maintas, A. Karabarbounis, E. Georgiou, N. Giokaris, C. Papanicolas, E. Stiliaris

Impact of the Scattering Coefficient of Scintillation Crystals (LYSO and LSO) on Depth of Interaction Resolution ..................................................................................................................................2990

A. Ros-Garcia, C. W. Lerche, F. Sanchez, J. Segura-Ruiz, R. Ortuño, J. Marti, A. Cantarero, A. Sebastia, J. M. Benlloch

Iterative Algorithms for Variance Reduction on Compressed Sinogram Random Coincidences in PET .....................................................................................................................................2994

V. Y. Panin

Online Self Adaptive Calibration Front-end Electric Design for a High Resolution MicroPET ......................................................................................................................................................3001

X. Kang, Y. Liu, S. Wang, Z. Zhang, X. Sun, Y. Xia, Z. Wu, Y. Jin

Evaluation of the Impact of Resolution-Sensitivity Tradeoffs on Detection Performance for SPECT Imaging.............................................................................................................................................3005

E. Asma, R. M. Manjeshwar

Motion Compensated Spatio-temporal Filtering of Cardiac Gated SPECT Images...............................3009T. Marin, M. N. Wernick, Y. Yang, J. G. Brankov

Performance Investigation of a Time-of-Flight PET/CT Scanner ............................................................3013B. W. Jakoby, Y. Bercier, M. Conti, M. E. Casey, T. Gremillion, C. Hayden, B. Bendriem, D. W. Townsend

Investigating the Fundamental Significance of High Sensitivity for Lesion Detection in PET Imaging..................................................................................................................................................3019

C. -M. Kao, Y. Dong, C. -T. Chen

Reconstructed Image Resolution in Multiple Coincidences Compton Camera.......................................3025A. Andreyev, A. Celler, A. Sitek

Characterization of LSO/PMT Scintillation Pulses ...................................................................................3032N. Guo, Q. Xie, B. Zhang, C. Zhu, X. Wang, Z. Zhang, W. Cao, Y. Zhang

Real-Time MRI for Assessment of PET/CT Attenuation Correction Protocols......................................3036J. Hamill, A. Kino, D. Li, P. Weale, R. Jerecic, G. Platsch, C. Hayden, D. Burckhardt, J. Carr

PET Artifacts from off-Plane Sources in High Magnetic Fields ...............................................................3044D. Burdette, D. Albani, E. Chesi, N. Clinthorne, E. Cochran, K. Honscheid, S. Huh, H. Kagan, M. Knopp, C. Lacasta, M. Mikuz, P. Schmalbrock, A. Studen, P. Weilhammer

Reduction of CT Artifacts Due to Respiratory Motion in a Slowly Rotating SPECT/CT ......................3050K. Erlandsson, M. Núñez, D. Kruppa, B. F. Hutton

Geometric Co-Calibration of a Small Animal SPECT-CT System with Fully Superimposed Fields-of-View................................................................................................................................................3054

L. Cao, T. Kriesche, J. Peter

Template based Attenuation Correction for PET in MR-PET Scanners.................................................3061E. Rota Kops, H. Herzog

High Resolution 125i Pinhole SPECT Imaging of the Mouse Thyroid with the MediSPECT Small Animal CdTe Scanner ........................................................................................................................3065

G. Mettivier, M. C. Montesi, A. Lauria, R. Paolo

Development of a High Packing Fraction Detector Module with DOI Measurement Capability for High-Resolution PET ...........................................................................................................3072

F. G. Almeida, S. Augusto, R. Bugalho, B. Carriço, C. S. Ferreira, M. Ferreira, R. Moura, P. Parkhust, C. Ortigão, J. F. Pinheiro, P. Rodrigues, D. N. Sá, J. C. Silva, A. Trindade, J. Varela, J. Barbosa, J. C. Santos, M. Frade, I. Rolo, R. Silva

Performances' Evaluation of a Pinhole Small Animal SPECT System ....................................................3076Z. El bitar, B. Leh, V. Bekaert, D. Huss, D. Brasse

A Cross-Stack Quasi-Monolithic Detector with DOI Capability for a Small Animal PET ....................3080S. -J. Lee, C. -H. Baek, Y. H. Chung, Y. Choi

Hyperfast O(20484) Image Reconstruction for Synchrotron-Based X-Ray Tomographic Microscopy.....................................................................................................................................................3085

M. Kachelrieß, M. Knaup, S. Steckmann, F. Marone, M. Stampanoni

Effects of Multiple Photon Interactions in a High Resolution PET System that Uses 3-D Positioning Detectors ....................................................................................................................................3089

Y. Gu, G. Pratx, F. W. Y. Lau, C. S. Levin

Positioning Accuracy and Precision of a Three- Degrees-of-Freedom Manipulator Guided by Tilting- Collimator Scintillation Camera ...............................................................................................3095

N. M. Uzunov, M. Bello, P. Boccaccio, G. Moschini, D. Bollini, G. Baldazzi, R. Pani

A Novel Parallel Hole Collimator for High Resolution SPET Imaging with a Compact LaBr3 Gamma Camera ................................................................................................................................3099

R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, P. Bennati, M. N. Cinti, S. Ridolfi, R. Scafè, G. De Vincentis, S. Lo Meo, N. Lanconelli, F. Navarria, G. Moschini, A. Fabbri, E. D'Abramo, D. Sacco, V. Orsolini Cencelli, F. de Notaristefani

Design Simulations of a LSO Crystal Block Detector Module for Dual PET/SPECT Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................3104

P. Aguiar, A. Iglesias, C. Lois, F. Gomez

PET/CT Alignment for Small Animal Scanners based on Capillary Detection.......................................3107A. Rodríguez-Ruano, J. Pascau, J. Chamorro, A. Sisniega, V. García-Vázquez, Á. Udias, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco

Comparative Study of Two Flat-Panel X-Ray Detectors Applied to Small-Animal Imaging Cone-Beam Micro-CT ..................................................................................................................................3111

A. Sisniega, J. J. Vaquero, E. Lage, Á. de Carlos, J. L. Villena, M. Abella, I. Vidal, G. Tapias, J. C. Antoranz, M. Desco

Imaging Performance of the LabPET™ APD-based Digital PET Scanner .............................................3116M. Bergeron, J. Cadorette, J. -F. Beaudoin, M. -A. Tétrault, N. Viscogliosi, V. Selivanov, M. D. Lepage, G. Robert, J. P. Norenberg, R. Fontaine, R. Lecomte

Experimental Scanner Setup from miniPET II Detector Module ............................................................3121I. Valastyan, J. Imrek, G. Hegyesi, G. Kalinka, J. Molnar, D. Novak, A. Sipos, I. Bagamery, L. Balkay, A. Kerek

Evaluation of a High-Sensitivity Dual-Head Small Animal PET Scanner in Lesion Detection by Using Computer Observer .....................................................................................................3125

C. -M. Kao, Y. Dong, C. -T. Chen

Design and Feasibility Study of Gamma-Cube - A High Resolution and High Sensitivity SPECT System for In Vivo Mouse Brain Studies.......................................................................................3130

G. Fu, L. -J. Meng, C. -T. Chen

Monolithic Scintillator Blocks in PET and SPECT....................................................................................3136C. W. E. Van Eijk, J. Van der Laan, M. C. Maas, D. R. Schaart

A Hybrid Approach for Accurate Estimation of the Scatter Component in X-ray CT Combining Experimental Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations ................................................3139

A. Akbarzadeh, M. R. Ay, H. Ghadiri Heravani, S. Sarkar, H. Zaidi

An Iodine-Calcium Separation Analysis and Virtually Non-Contrasted Image Generation Obtained with Single Source Dual Energy MDCT.....................................................................................3143

L. Goshen, J. Sosna, R. Carmi, G. Kafri, I. Iancu, A. Altman

Front-End Electronics for a 1 mm3 Resolution Avalanche Photodiode-Based PET System with Analog Signal Multiplexing .................................................................................................................3146

F. W. Y. Lau, A. Vandenbroucke, P. D. Reynolds, P. D. Olcott, M. A. Horowitz, C. S. Levin

A Novel Imaging Beta Probe for Radioguided Surgery.............................................................................3150S. C. Thacker, B. C. Stack, V. J. Lowe, V. B. Gaysinskiya, S. L. Cool, B. Singh, G. Entine, V. V. Nagarkar

Implementation of a High Level Hands-on-Training at an Experimental PET Scanner .......................3154T. Würschig, W. Enghardt, T. Kluge

Demonstration of the Superiority of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis over 2D Mammography through a Series of Sophisticated Computational Breast Phantoms - A Preliminary Monte Carlo Study ....................................................................................................................................................3158

A. K. Ma, S. Gunn, E. Bullard, D. G. Darambara

Interactive Intraoperative Imaging and Guidance with a Pre-Registered CT volume ...........................3161V. I. Naik, J. W. Stayman

Differential Phase-contrast Tomosynthetic Experimental System with Weakly Coherent Hard X-rays ...................................................................................................................................................3164

K. Kang, Z. Wang, Z. Huang, L. Zhang, Z. Chen, F. Ding, Q. Fang

Performance Tests of a Stereotactic Gamma Imaging System Used for Localization ............................3167B. L. Welch, D. Banks, T. St. Saviour

Development of a Fillable, Tapered PET/CT Phantom .............................................................................3173J. M. Wilson, S. J. Lokitz, T. G. Turkington

Experimental Evaluation of Image-Based Spectral Analysis Method for Multi Energy Window Photon Counting X-Ray CT..........................................................................................................3178

R. Carmi, A. Livne, A. Gringauz, Y. Berman, A. Fuksman, N. Wainer

Advanced Compton Camera System for Nuclear Medicine: Prototype System Study...........................3181R. Kohara, T. Shirahata, T. Nakazawa, O. Miyazaki, S. Kabuki, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, H. Kubo, T. Tanimori, T. Nakahara, E. Kunieda, H. Fujii, A. Kubo

Timing Characteristics of the Inorganic Scintillators Coupled with SiPMs for the PET Application.....................................................................................................................................................3184

S. Kobayashi, J. Sakamoto, T. Yamamoto

Improving Light Extraction from Heavy Inorganic Scintillators by Photonic Crystals.........................3189M. Kronberger, E. Auffray, P. Lecoq

A Cone Beam CT Scanner without Moving Parts......................................................................................3195H. Schomberg, R. Luhta, R. Pietig

Four-layer DOI-PET Detector with a Silicon Photomultiplier Array ......................................................3198F. Nishikido, N. Inadama, K. Shibuya, E. Yoshida, T. Yamaya, I. Oda, K. Kitamura, H. Murayama

Advantage of the Four-Layer DOI Information in the Time Resolution for a TOF-PET Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................3201

T. Tsuda, K. Kitamura, J. Ohi, H. Tonami, M. Satoh, Y. Kumazawa

A Continuous Crystal Detector for TOF PET ............................................................................................3205T. Szczesniak, M. Moszynski, L. Swiderski, A. Nassalski, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, P. Ojala, C. Bohm

Simultaneous Imaging of Multi Nuclides using the Electron Tracking Compton Gamma-Ray Camera based on Small Animal and Phantom Experiments ............................................................3212

S. Kabuki, H. Kubo, K. Miuchi, H. Kimura, R. Kohara, O. Miyazaki, T. Nakazawa, T. Shirahata, E. Yamamoto, A. Kubo, E. Kunieda, T. Nakahara, H. Amano, H. Kawashima, M. Ueda, Y. Nakamoto, K. Ogawa, K. Togashi, H. Saji, T. Tanimori

DOI PET Detectors with Scintillation Crystals Cut as Triangular Prisms ..............................................3217N. Inadama, H. Murayama, T. Yamaya, F. Nishikido, K. Shibuya, E. Yoshida, T. Tsuda, A. Ohmura, Y. Yazaki, H. Osada

Crystal Identification Performance of the jPET Detector Depending on Refractive Index of Optical Cement Between Scintillators .........................................................................................................3221

A. Ohmura, F. Nishikido, N. Inadama, Y. Yazaki, H. Osada, K. Shibuya, T. Yamaya, E. Yoshida, S. Torii, H. Murayama

Evaluation of the Luminescence Efficiency of YAG:CE Powder Scintillating Screens for Use in Digital Mammography Detectors .....................................................................................................3225

S. David, C. Michail, M. Roussou, E. Nirgianaki, A. Toutountzis, N. Kalivas, I. Valais, G. Fountos, I. Kandarakis, G. Panagiotakis

Optimizing Timing Resolution for TOF PET Detectors Based on Monolithic Scintillation Crystals Using Fast Photosensor Arrays .....................................................................................................3229

R. Vinke, H. Loehner, D. R. Schaart, H. T. van Dam, S. Seifert, F. J. Beekman, P. Dendooven

HICAM: Development of a High-resolution Anger Camera for Nuclear Medicine................................3236C. Fiorini, A. Gola, R. Peloso, A. Longoni, P. Lechner, L. Strueder, B. F. Hutton, K. Erlandsson, S. Mahmood, P. Van Mullekom, A. Pedretti, R. Moretti, G. L. Poli, G. Lucignani

Simultaneous Acquisition of K-Edge Subtraction Images using a pnCCD..............................................3240K. Nurdan, T. Conka Nurdan, M. AlTaani, H. Yousef, A. H. Walenta, K. Walenta, A. Abboud, A. Nasr, O. Rübsamen, W. Schenk, U. Pietsch, S. Send, W. Leitenberger, R. Hartmann, L. Strüder

Experimental Determination of Optical Scattering and Absorption in LaBr3:Ce3+................................3245H. T. van Dam, W. Drozdowski, S. Seifert, P. Dorenbos, D. R. Schaart

Parametrization of SiPM Dynamic Range Contribution to Energy Resolution of Scintillation Light Readout ..........................................................................................................................3248

B. Couce, F. Gomez, A. Iglesias, P. Aguiar, C. Lois

Feasibility Study for Photon Counting Detector for High Resolution Pre Clinical SPECT ...................3250S. Tibbelin, A. Badano, M. Danielsson

Optimization of Silicon Detector Layout and Associated Front-end Electronics for Timing Performance of a Silicon PET Through Simulation...................................................................................3255

A. Studen, N. H. Clinthorne, H. Kagan, M. Mikuž

Energy Weighting in a 2D-MHSP x-ray Single Photon Detector..............................................................3261C. A. Oliveira, C. A. Santos, A. L. Silva, J. M. dos Santos, J. F. Veloso

First Experiments with LaBr3:Ce Crystals Coupled Directly to Silicon Photomultipliers for PET Applications ..........................................................................................................................................3266

D. R. Schaart, S. Seifert, H. T. van Dam, M. R. de Boer, R. Vinke, P. Dendooven, H. Löhner, F. J. Beekman

Monte Carlo Based Performance Assessment of Four Commercial GE Discovery PET/CT Scanners Using GATE ..................................................................................................................................3270

P. Geramifar, M. R. Ay, M. Shamsai Zafarghandi, G. Loudos, A. Rahmim

Monte Carlo Simulation of Multi-Head Si/CdTe Compton Camera for Medical Imaging ....................3275M. Yamaguchi, N. Kawachi, S. Watanabe, H. Odaka, S. Takeda, S. Ishikawa, H. Aono, T. Takahashi, K. Arakawa, T. Nakano

Development and Validation of a GATE Simulation Model for the LabPET Scanner ..........................3278S. Rechka, R. Fontaine, M. Rafecas, R. Lecomte

LuCaS: Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations of Highly Realistic PET Tumor Images .............................3285S. Stute, P. Tylski, N. GrotusI

Optimization of Photon Tracking in Gate...................................................................................................3288N. S. Rehfeld, S. Stute, M. Soret, J. ApostolakisI

Sensitivity of Photon-Counting K-Edge Imaging: Dependence on Atomic Number and Object Size .....................................................................................................................................................3291

E. Roessl, B. Brendel, J. -P. Schlomka, A. Thran, R. Proksa

Evaluation of Different Multi-Pinhole Imaging Geometries for SPECT Imaging of Parkinsonian Disorders ................................................................................................................................3297

M. E. Spilker, G. Bal, J. Uribe, L. Thurfjell, C. Tan Hehir, X. Tao, A. Can, B. Sarachan, F. Jansen

Computer Evaluation of a Novel Multipinhole SPECT System for Cardiac Imaging ............................3300Q. Huang, R. Boutchko, B. H. Hasegawa, T. F. Budinger, G. T. Gullberg

Look-up Table-Based Simulation of Scintillation Detectors in Computed Tomography .......................3303M. Balda, S. Wirth, D. Niederlöhner, B. Heismann, J. Hornegger

Slat Collimated Multipinhole Human Brain SPECT .................................................................................3309J. De Smet, R. Van Holen, S. Staelens, S. Vandenberghe, I. Lemahieu

Theoretical Analysis of Multi-Pinhole Brain SPECT ................................................................................3311M. C. Goorden, M. C. M. Rentmeester, F. J. Beekman

Parallel Adaptive Finite Element Simulation for Optical Molecular Imaging with Simplified Spherical Harmonics Approximation .......................................................................................3314

Y. Lu, A. F. Chatziioannou

Effect of Detector Energy Response on Image Quality of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT......................3318L. Volokh, J. Hugg, I. Blevis, E. Asma, F. Jansen, R. Manjeshwar

An Analytic Model of the Cardiac Cycle.....................................................................................................3322S. Zabic, D. Heuscher, F. Noo

Monte Carlo Simulations of Respiratory Gated 18F-FDG PET for the Assessment of Volume Measurement Methods ...................................................................................................................3325

S. Vauclin, S. Hapdey, C. Michel, H. Rebani, I. Buvat, A. Edet-Sanson, K. Doyeux, I. Gardin, P. Vera

A Vector Uniform Cramer-Rao Bound for SPECT System Design .........................................................3329L. -J. Meng, N. Li

Experimental Validation and Performance Analysis of the Clear-PEM Data Acquisition Electronics......................................................................................................................................................3340

R. Bugalho, V. Bexiga, B. Carriço, C. S. Ferreira, M. Ferreira, N. C. Ferreira, C. Leong, P. Lousã, P. Machado, R. Moura, P. Neves, C. Ortigão, F. Piedade, J. F. Pinheiro, P. Rodrigues, I. C. Teixeira, J. P. Teixeira, J. C. Silva, A. Trindade, J. Varela

Convex Optimization of Coincidence Time Resolution for High Resolution PET Systems ...................3343P. D. Reynolds, P. D. Olcott, G. Pratx, F. W. Y. Lau, C. S. Levin

Data Acquisition System for Multi Channel Silicon Drift Diode-based Detector....................................3349Y. Kim, J. Moon, J. Lee, K. Yoon, Y. Ahn, H. Lee, K. Lee, J. Joung, S. Bae

Test and Optimization of Timing Algorithms for PET Detectors with Digital Sampling Front-end .......................................................................................................................................................3353

B. Joly, G. Montarou, J. Lecoq, M. Crouau, M. Brossard, G. Bohner, P. -E. Vert

Motion Estimation for Functional Medical Imaging Studies Using a Stereo Video Head Pose Tracking System ...................................................................................................................................3361

W. P. T. Ma, G. Hamarneh, G. Mori, K. Dinelle, V. Sossi

Data-Processing Strategies for Crossed-Strip Gamma-Ray Detectors.....................................................3366H. L. Durko, B. S. McDonald, S. Shokouhi, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett, T. E. Peterson

Analysis of Time Resolution in Monolithic Crystal PET Detectors Using Different Digital Time Extraction Algorithms ........................................................................................................................3370

J. M. Monzo, C. W. Lerche, J. D. Martinez, R. Esteve, J. Toledo, V. Herrero, N. Ferrando, R. J. Aliaga, R. J. Colom, R. Gadea, F. Sanchez, F. J. Mora, J. M. Benlloch, A. Sebastia

An Investigation of Waveform Sampling for Improved Signal Processing in TOF PET .......................3376R. I. Wiener, S. Surti, C. C. M. Kyba, F. M. Newcomer, R. Van Berg, J. S. Karp

Towards Quantitative SPECT: Error Estimation of SPECT OSEM with 3D Resolution Recovery, Attenuation Correction and Scatter Correction .......................................................................3381

J. Zeintl, A. H. Vija, A. Yahil, X. Ding, J. Hornegger, T. Kuwert

Very High Resolution 3D List-Mode PET Reconstruction Using Polar Voxels.......................................3387R. E. Ansorge, T. A. Carpenter, J. C. Clark, T. D. Fryer, R. C. Hawkes, A. J. Lucas

Reconstruction of a Uniform Star Object from Interior X-ray Data .......................................................3390G. Van Gompel, M. Defrise, J. Batenburg

Image Based Resolution Modeling for the HRRT OSEM Reconstructions Software.............................3395C. Comtat, F. C. Sureau, M. Sibomana, I. K. Hong, N. Sjöholm, R. Trébossen

Enhancement of Spatial Resolution of Roentgenographic Methods Using Deconvolution.....................3399F. Krejci, J. Jakubek, J. Dammer, D. Vavrik, M. Kroupa

Efficient Projection Model for Blobs in Motion-Compensated Iterative Cone-Beam CT ......................3405A. A. Isola, A. Ziegler, T. Koehler, W. J. Niessen, M. Graß

Fan-Beam Tomography Iterative Algorithm Based on Fourier Transform ............................................3413D. I. Kazantsev, V. V. Pickalov

Prediction Correction Tractography through Statistical Tracking..........................................................3415D. Imperati, I. Frosio, M. Tittgemeyer, A. Borghese

PET Reconstruction Software Toolkit - PRESTO A Novel, Universal C++ Library for Fast, Iterative, Fully 3D PET Image Reconstruction using Highly Compressed, Memory-Resident System Matrices.............................................................................................................................3422

J. J. Scheins, H. Herzog

Cone-Beam Artifact Reduction Using Second Pass Radon Space Filling ................................................3426K. Erhard

BPF Reconstruction for Helical CT Using All Data ...................................................................................3429T. Koehler, C. Bontus, R. Proksa

Vector Field Interpolation for Cardiac Motion Compensated Reconstruction .......................................3432P. Forthmann, U. van Stevendaal, M. Graß, T. Köhler

A Method for OSEM PET Reconstruction on Parallel Architectures Using STIR.................................3436T. Beisel, S. Lietsch, K. Thielemans

Comparison of Noise Performance for Penalized-Likelihood Image Reconstruction Methods with Uniform Resolution Estimators ...........................................................................................3444

M. Ahmad, A. Todd-Pokropek

MAP-EM Reconstruction using Uniform Background Template for Limited-Angle PEM...................3447K. Kitamura, H. Kudo

Metal Artifact Reduction in CT images by Sinogram TV inpainting.......................................................3450X. Duan, L. Zhang, Y. Xiao, J. Cheng, Z. Chen, Y. Xing

Region-of-Interest Reconstruction from Truncated Data by Combined Classical Filtered-Backprojection and Virtual Fanbeam Reconstruction ..............................................................................3453

M. S. Ould Mohamed, R. Clackdoyle, C. Mennessier

A Dedicated Storage Scheme for the System Matrix to the Model Based Tomographic X-ray Perfusion Imaging ..................................................................................................................................3457

S. Serowy, M. Skalej, G. Rose

Metals in PET/CT: Causes And Reduction of Artifacts in PET Images ..................................................3459C. Lemmens, J. Nuyts

3D Reconstruction Algorithm for Cone-beam Differential Phase Contrast Computed Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................3468

L. Zhang, Q. Fang, Z. Huang

A Statistical Stopping Rule for MLEM Reconstructions in PET..............................................................3473N. Bissantz, B. Mair, A. Munk

Preliminary Study on the Impact of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Scanning Angle on Micro-calcification Imaging .........................................................................................................................3476

E. Y. Sidky, I. S. Reiser, R. M. Nishikawa, X. Pan

Iterative CT Reconstruction using LabPET™ Detector Modules ............................................................3480C. Thibaudeau, P. Bérard, M. -A. Tétrault, J. -D. Leroux, R. Fontaine, R. Lecomte

Artifact Suppression and Quantitative Accuracy of Damped MLEM Algorithm for SPECT Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................3485

S. Shcherbinin, A. Celler

Parameter Estimation in Multiple-Image Radiography ............................................................................3489K. Majidi, J. G. Brankov, J. Li, C. Muehleman, M. Wernick

System Modeling of a DOI-Capable Half-Ring PET Insert Device for Breast Cancer Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................3493

D. B. Keesing, D. Pal, J. A. O'Sullivan, S. Komarov, H. Wu, Y. -C. Tai

Three-Dimensional Edge-Preserving Regularization for Compton Camera Reconstruction ................3498S. -J. Lee, M. N. Lee, V. -G. Nguyen, S. M. Kim, J. S. Lee

A Novel Approach to Reconstruct Cone-Beam Data Acquired on Less than a Full Scan ......................3504J. D. Pack, J. J. Manak

Fully 4D Cardiac Gated SPECT Reconstruction with Simultaneous Compensation in KL Domain ...........................................................................................................................................................3507

Y. Fan, C. Jiao, H. Lu, Z. Liang

Toward Region-of-interest (ROI)-based 4-D Perfusion Using Angiography System..............................3512K. Taguchi, J. -F. H. Geschwind

Quantitation of D2 Receptor Binding with Dedicated Small Animal PET, Small Animal SPECT and HiSPECT - the Impact of the Reference Region on the Binding Potential .........................3515

S. Nikolaus, A. Wirrwar, S. Viehöver, A. Azmoudeh, R. Larisch, M. Beu, C. Antke, N. Schramm, H. -W. Müller

Simulation-based and Experimental Evaluation of HiSens, a New CdZnTe Gamma-camera Architecture .....................................................................................................................................3520

C. Robert, G. Montemont, V. Rebuffel, I. Buvat, L. Guerin, L. Verger

A Normalization Scheme for LOR-based Motion Correction in PET......................................................3526V. W. Zhou, A. Z. Kyme, S. R. Meikle, R. R. Fulton

Clinical Usability of a Compact High Resolution Detector for High Resolution and Quantitative SPECT Imaging in a Selected Small ROI .............................................................................3531

T. Zeniya, H. Watabe, H. Kudo, Y. Hirano, K. Minato, H. Iida

Pixel-based Partial Volume Correction of Small Animal PET Images Using Point Spread Function System Characterization: Evaluation of Effects on Cardiac Output, Perfusion and Metabolic Rate Using Parametric Images ...........................................................................................3534

A. E. Spinelli, D. D'Ambrosio, G. Fiacchi, R. Franchi, S. Boschi, M. Marengo

A New Dynamic SPECT Quantification Method for Conventional Rotating Camera Systems and a Step-andshot Protocol ..........................................................................................................3540

Y. -J. Tsai, I. -T. Hsiao, K. -J. Lin, C. -H. Hsu

Use of IBASPM Atlas-based Automatic Segmentation Toolbox in Pathological Brains: Effect of Template Selection.........................................................................................................................3544

V. García-Vázquez, S. Reig, J. Janssen, J. Pascau, A. Rodríguez-Ruano, Á. Udías, J. Chamorro, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco

Multi-Slice SPECT Attenuation and Scatter Correction Using Monte Carlo Simulated System Matrices ............................................................................................................................................3547

A. C. Sauve, B. W. Reutter, R. Boutchko, W. -S. Choong, G. T. Gullberg

Estimating Random Coincidences from Singles Count Rates for Improved RatCAP Image Accuracy ........................................................................................................................................................3551

S. Southekal, P. Vaska

Motion-Compensated Iterative Sparse Data Reconstruction for Interventional 3-D Coronary Artery Imaging ............................................................................................................................3554

E. Hansis, O. Dössel, M. Graß

Super-resolution in 4D Positron Emission Tomography ...........................................................................3559D. Wallach, F. Lamare, J. Rubio, M. Ledesma, A. Santos, G. Kontaxakis, P. Maréchal, C. Roux, D. Visvikis

Revisiting the Singles Rate Method for Modeling Accidental Coincidences in PET...............................3562J. F. Oliver, M. Rafecas

Accuracy Analysis of Image-based Respiratory Motion Estimation and Compensation in Respiratorygated PET Reconstruction........................................................................................................3566

S. Chen, B. M. W. Tsui

Adaptive Upsampling with Shift Method for Windmill Artifact Correction in Multislice Helical CT ......................................................................................................................................................3570

A. A. Zamyatin

Frequency Selective Signal Extrapolation for Compensation of Missing Data in Sinograms ................3573J. L. Herraiz, S. España, E. Vicente, E. Herranz, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero, J. M. Udias

Validation of a Retrospective Respiratory Gating Method for Small-animal CT Scanners ..................3577C. Chavarrías, J. J. Vaquero, A. Sisniega, A. Rodríguez-Ruano, M. L. Soto-Montenegro, M. Desco

MRI Based Assessment of the Extent to Which Stereo-Tracking of Markers on the Chest can Predict Motion of the Heart. .................................................................................................................3580

M. A. King, J. Dey, J. E. McNamara, K. Johnson, J. Mitra, P. H. Pretorius, A. Lehovich, S. Gu, R. Walvick, Y. Sun, J. C. Ford

Quantitative Accuracy of SPECT Reconstructions with a Voxelized CT-based Partial Volume Effect Correction.............................................................................................................................3585

S. Shcherbinin, A. Celler

Correction of Motion-Induced Artifacts in Clinical Cardiac SPECT Studies Using a Stereo-Motion- Tracking System .................................................................................................................3593

J. E. McNamara, K. Johnson, J. Mitra, S. Gu, M. A. Gennert, M. A. King, P. H. Pretorius

Implementation of Cluster Analysis in 3D Dosimetry for Targeted Radionuclide Therapy ..................3598A. Divoli, S. Buckley, M. Bardiés, G. D. Flux

New Approaches to Parameter Estimation from Noisy Image Data ........................................................3602M. K. Whitaker, H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson

Automatic Contrast Enhancement in Digital Radiography ......................................................................3605I. Frosio, M. Lucchese, F. Lissandrello, N. A. Borghese

PET Functional Volume Segmentation: a Robustness Study....................................................................3609M. Hatt, P. Bailly, A. Turzo, C. Roux, D. Visvikis

Human Observer Efficiency for Signal Detection and Localization in Emission Tomographic Images ....................................................................................................................................3614

B. Liu, L. Zhou, S. Kulkarni, G. R. Gindi

Automatic Localization of the Hippocampal Region in MR Images to Asses Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease in MCI Patients .....................................................................................3622

G. Gemme

Evaluation of Genetic Algorithm-Generated Multivariate Color Tables for the Visualization of Multimodal Medical Fused Data Sets ..............................................................................3629

K. G. Baum, M. Helguera, E. Schmidt, K. Rafferty, A. Krol

Hessian Based Orientation Analysis of the Canal Network in Cortical Bone Micro-CT Images ............................................................................................................................................................3635

Z. Peter, B. Perrenot, A. Larrue, F. Peyrin

A Method to Reduce the FP/imm Number Through CC and MLO Views Comparison in Mammographic Images. ...............................................................................................................................3638

G. Raso, D. Cascio, F. Fauci, L. Lo Presti, R. Magro, R. Ienzi, M. Glorioso, M. Iacomi, M. Vasile, S. Sorce

Volume-of-Interest Segmentation of Cortical Regions for Multimodal Brain Analysis .........................3642G. Wagenknecht, S. Winter

High-Definition Positron Emission Tomography Using Restored Sinograms .........................................3647H. Li, Y. Zhang, H. Baghaei, S. Liu, R. Ramirez, C. Wang, S. An, W. -H. Wong

Measurements and Evaluation of the Image Noise Power Spectrum for Computed Radiography ..................................................................................................................................................3652

H. -S. Park, H. -J. Kim, H. -M. Cho, J. Jung, C. -L. Lee

Interactive Point-of-Interest Volume Rendering Visualization of PET-CT Data ...................................3658J. Kim, A. Kumar, S. Eberl, M. Fulham, D. Feng

A Fourier-Based Algorithm for Micro-Calcification Enhancement in Mammographic Images ............................................................................................................................................................3662

F. Fauci, D. Cascio, M. Iacomi, A. La Manna, R. Magro, G. Raso, M. Vasile

Automatic Computer Aided Diagnosis Tool using Component-based SVM ...........................................3666J. M. Górriz, J. Ramírez, A. Lassl, D. Salas-Gonzalez, E. W. Lang, C. G. Puntonet, I. Álvarez, M. López, M. Gómez-Río

A Comparison of Nonlinear Least-square Optimization Methods in Affine Registration of SPECT Images...............................................................................................................................................3670

D. Salas-Gonzalez, J. M. Górriz, J. Ramírez, A. Lassl, C. G. Puntonet, E. W. Lang, M. Gómez-Río

Cardiac PET Image Segmentation by a Deformable Model with a Force Field Driven Speed Term ....................................................................................................................................................3673

R. Dedic, M. Allili, R. Lecomte, A. Benchakroun

A Results Recapitulation of Image Registration Techniques in Digital Subtraction Angiography ..................................................................................................................................................3677

Y. Bentoutou, N. Taleb, A. Bounoua, C. Serief

Integrated Models for the Analysis of Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis Gel Images ...........................3683G. De Nunzio, S. Maglio, R. Demitri, A. Agrusti, R. Cataldo, I. De Mitri, M. Favetta, A. Massafra, G. Marsella, M. Quarta, G. Mercurio

Effects of Background Complexity on LROC Analysis of SPECT ...........................................................3687B. Liu, L. Zhou, S. Kulkarni, G. R. Gindi

Material Separation in CT Reconstruction Based on Data-domain Dual Energy Decomposition ...............................................................................................................................................3692

A. M. Natarajan, A. A. Zamyatin, Y. Zou

Effect Of Data Processing On The Accuracy Of Biologically Relevant Measures In High Resolution PET Brain Imaging Using The HRRT .....................................................................................3697

V. Sossi, K. Dinelle, S. Blinder, S. Lidstone

MR-DTI: a Semi-Automated Algorithm to Identify Damaged Brain Areas from Fractional Anisotropy Maps ...........................................................................................................................................3700

G. De Nunzio, C. Ciraci, M. Donativi, A. Castellano, S. Quarta, F. Ricci

Lung Uniformization for Juxta-Pleural Nodule Detection ........................................................................3703A. Massafra, G. De Nunzio, L. Martina, R. Cataldo, S. Maglio, M. Quarta, A. Retico, L. Bolanos

A Noise Mechanism for Model Observers...................................................................................................3707N. F. Pereira, H. C. Gifford, M. A. King

Feature Selection for Learning-machine Numerical Observer .................................................................3714J. G. Brankov, P. H. Pretorius

Accuracy of Channelized Hotelling Observer Performance Measures Estimated from Repeated CT Scans .......................................................................................................................................3718

A. Wunderlich, F. Noo

Temporal Wavelet Denoising of PET Sinograms and Images...................................................................3722F. C. Sureau, J. -C. Pesquet, C. Chaux, N. Pustelnik, A. J. Reader, C. Comtat, R. Trébossen

Shortened Dynamic FDG-PET Protocol to Determine the Glucose Metabolic Rate in Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma..........................................................................................................................3729

E. P. Visser, L. B. E. Kienhorst, L. F. de Geus-Oei, W. J. G. Oyen

In How Many Kinetic Classes Can [11C]-(R)- PK11195 Brain PET Data Be Segmented? .....................3733R. Hinz, R. Boellaard, F. E. Turkheimer

Maximizing Model Parameter Precision by Optimizing Dose in 3D [15O]H2O PET Scans ....................3738M. D. Walker, J. C. Matthews, M. -C. Asselin, C. C. Watson, A. Saleem, N. Charnley, P. J. Julyan, P. M. Price, T. Jones

A Nonlinear Variational Method for Improved Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using Dynamic H2 15O PET ..........................................................................................................................3746

M. Benning, T. Kösters, F. Wübbeling, K. Schäfers, M. Burger

Dynamic Pinhole SPECT Imaging and Compartmental Modeling of Fatty Acid Metabolism in the Rat Heart........................................................................................................................3752

B. W. Reutter, R. Boutchko, R. H. Huesman, S. M. Hanrahan, K. M. Brennan, A. C. Sauve, G. T. Gullberg

Maximum Likelihood Deconvolution of Dynamic Contrast MRI Data. ..................................................3756N. Fitzgerald, F. O'Sullivan, G. Newman, D. O'Mahony, N. O'Donovan

Photoacoustic Image Reconstruction in an Attenuating Medium Using Singular-value Decomposition ...............................................................................................................................................3763

D. Modgil, P. J. La Riviere

M08 APPLICATION SPECIFIC IMAGING, IMAGING FOR RADIOTHERAPY Clinical Imaging Characteristics of the Positron Emission Mammography PEM Flex Solo II .............3768

L. MacDonald, J. Edwards, J. Rogers, T. Lewellen, P. Kinahan

Conclusions from an Experimental 3D Ultrasound Computer Tomograph............................................3776N. V. Ruiter, G. F. Schwarzenberg, M. Zapf, H. Gemmeke

Cerenkov Radiation Imaging as a Method for Quantitative Measurements of Beta Particles in a Microfluidic Chip ...................................................................................................................3784

J. S. Cho, A. Douraghy, S. Olma, K. Liu, Y. C. Chen, C. K. Shen, R. W. Silverman, R. M. Van Dam, A. F. Chatziioannou

A Novel Approach for Predicting the Positron Emitter Distributions Produced during Therapeutic Ion Irradiation .........................................................................................................................3790

M. Priegnitz, F. Fiedler, D. Kunath, K. Laube, K. Parodi, F. Sommerer, W. Enghardt

First 4D In-beam PET Measurement for Beam Tracking of a Moving Phantom with a Scanned Carbon Ion Beam...........................................................................................................................3794

K. Parodi, N. Saito, C. Richter, N. Chaudhri, W. Enghardt, E. Rietzel, C. Bert

Singular Value Analysis for Magnetic Particle Imaging ...........................................................................3799T. Knopp, S. Biederer, T. Sattel, T. M. Buzug

Pulse Width Modulation: a Novel Readout Scheme for High Energy Photon Detection........................3804P. D. Olcott, C. S. Levin

Segmenting Degenerated Lumbar Intervertebral Discs from MR Images ..............................................3810S. Michopoulou, L. Costaridou, R. Speller, E. Panagiotopoulos, A. Todd-Pokropek

M09 DETECTORS: SPECT, CT A 54mm x 54mm - 1.8Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor for Medical Imaging .........................................3814

A. T. Clark, N. Guerrini, N. Allinson, S. E. Bohndiek, J. Crooks, T. Pickering, R. Turchetta

Depth-of-Interaction Detection and Correction with a Multi-Scale Algorithm in CCD Based Gamma Cameras................................................................................................................................3818

M. A. N. Korevaar, J. W. T. Heemskerk, M. C. Goorden, F. J. Beekman

M10 MIC POSTER II A Multiplex "OpenPET" Geometry to Extend Axial FOV without Increasing the Number of Detectors ....................................................................................................................................................3824

T. Yamaya, E. Yoshida, N. Inadama, F. Nishikido, K. Shibuya, H. Murayama

Performance Comparison and System Modeling of a Compton Medical Imaging System and a Collimated Anger Camera .................................................................................................................3827

L. Han, N. Clinthorne

Performance Assessment of a Variable Field of View and Geometry PET Animal Scanner Based on CdTe Strip Detector Blocks .........................................................................................................3832

P. Descourt, F. Mathy, S. Maitrejean, J. F. Clement, C. Comtat, R. Trebossen, O. Rossetto, L. Verger, G. Montémont, D. Visvikis, O. Monnet

Comparing Crystal Identification Algorithms for PET Block Detectors .................................................3835X. Kang, Z. Gu, X. Sun, Y. Liu, S. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Jin

PET-CT Co-Registration for In-Beam PET ...............................................................................................3840F. Fiedler, M. Sobiella, W. Enghardt

A Demonstrator for a New Axial PET Concept .........................................................................................3844P. Solevi

Thick Continuous Crystal Design for PET .................................................................................................3848M. Kaul, S. Surti, R. Wiener, J. S. Karp

Optimizability of LogLikelihoods for the Estimation of Detector Efficiencies and Singles Rates in PET ..................................................................................................................................................3853

M. W. Jacobson, K. Thielemans

A Comparison of Breast Lesion Imaging Capability of a Whole-body PET Camera and a Brain/breast PET Camera............................................................................................................................3860

H. Baghaei, H. Li, Y. Zhang, R. Ramirez, S. Liu, C. Wang, S. An, W. -H. Wong

Comparison of 3D SPECT Imaging with a Rotating Slat Collimator and a Parallel Hole Collimator ......................................................................................................................................................3865

R. Van Holen, S. Vandenberghe, S. Staelens, I. Lemahieu

Improved Reconstructed Image Quality in a SPECT System with Slit-Slat Collimation by Combination of Multiplexed and Non-Multiplexed Data ..........................................................................3871

S. T. Mahmood, K. Erlandsson, B. F. Hutton

Fully 4D Reconstruction of Dynamic SPECT Images Based on the Estimation of Spatiotemporal Basis Coefficients Directly from Projection Measurements ...........................................3877

M. Abella, B. W. Reutter, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco, G. T. Gullberg

Evaluation of Local PMT Triggering Electronics for a TOF-PET Scanner ............................................3881C. C. Kyba, R. Wiener, F. M. Newcomer, A. E. Perkins, R. R. Kulp, M. E. Werner, S. Surti, N. Dressnandt, R. Van Berg

A Lower-Cost High-Resolution LYSO Detector Development for Positron Emission Mammography (PEM)..................................................................................................................................3887

R. A. Ramirez, Y. Zhang, S. Liu, H. Li, H. Baghaei, S. An, C. Wang, M. -L. Jan, W. -H. Wong

Performance of Electronically Collimated SPECT Imaging System in the Energy Range from 140 keV to 511 keV ..............................................................................................................................3891

E. Cochran, D. Burdette, E. Chesi, N. H. Clinthorne, K. Honscheid, S. S. Huh, H. Kagan, C. Lacasta, M. Mikuz, D. S. Smith, A. Studen, P. Weilhammer

Monte Carlo Simulation Study on the Time Resolution of a PMT-Quadrant-Sharing LSO Detector Block for Time-of-Flight PET.......................................................................................................3895

S. Liu, J. Liu, H. Li, Y. Zhang, S. An, C. Wang, R. Ramirez, H. Baghaei, W. -H. Wong

Optimization of Rb-82 PET Acquisition and Reconstruction Protocols for Myocardial Perfusion Defect Detection ...........................................................................................................................3902

J. Tang, A. Rahmim, R. Lautamäki, M. Lodge, F. Bengel, B. M. W. Tsui

Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with an Ultra-Fast Cardiac SPECT Camera - a Phantom Study...............................................................................................................................................................3909

L. Volokh, C. Lahat, E. Binyamin, I. Blevis

Novel Electro-Optically Coupled MR-Compatible PET Detectors...........................................................3913P. D. Olcott, H. Peng, C. S. Levin

A Comparison of CT-based Attenuation Correction Strategies for PET Data of Moving Structures.......................................................................................................................................................3919

C. Richter, C. Hoinkis, U. Just, F. Pönisch, J. Woithe, W. Enghardt

A Simultaneous PET/MRI Breast Scanner based on the RatCAP ...........................................................3923B. Ravindranath, S. H. Maramraju, S. S. Junnarkar, S. S. Southekal, S. P. Stoll, J. -F. Pratte, M. L. Purschke, X. Hong, D. Bennett, K. Cheng, D. Tomasi, D. S. Smith, S. Krishnamoorthy, P. Vaska, C. L. Woody, D. J. Schlyer

MR-based Attenuation Correction for PET Using an Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) Sequence.........................................................................................................................................................3929

V. Keereman, S. Vandenberghe, Y. De Deene, R. Luypaert, T. Broux

Performance Evaluation and MR Compatibility Assessment of an Optical Fibre Based Pre-Clinical MR-Compatible PET Scanner................................................................................................3935

J. E. Mackewn, D. Strul, G. Charles-Edwards, J. J. Totman, T. Schaeffter, W. A. Hallett, P. Halsted, R. A. Page, S. C. Williams, D. Cash, S. F. Keevil, P. K. Marsden

Study of Compatibility of a Silicon Drift Detector with a MRI System ...................................................3940C. Fiorini, A. Longoni, R. Peloso, A. Laratta

VrPET/CT: Development of a Rotating Multimodality Scanner for Small-Animal Imaging................3944E. Lage, J. J. Vaquero, A. Sisniega, S. España, G. Tapias, A. Udias, V. Garcia, A. Rodriguez-Ruano, M. Desco

Can Large-area Avalanche Photodiodes Be Used for a Clinical PET/MRI Block Detector?.................3948H. Peng, P. D. Olcott, C. S. Levin

Preclinical Dual-Energy X-ray Computed Tomography Through Differential Filtration .....................3954R. Taschereau, A. F. Chatziioannou

Optimization of Crystal Length and Coating to Improve the Depth of Interaction Spatial Resolution in PET Imaging ..........................................................................................................................3958

S. Salvador, J. Wurtz, D. Huss, D. Brasse

Design of a High Resolution, Monolithic Crystal, PET/MRI Detector with DOI Positioning Capability.......................................................................................................................................................3961

R. S. Miyaoka, X. Li, C. Lockhart, T. K. Lewellen

High-Resolution Cardiac Rat SPECT: Effect of Dose and Acquisition Time..........................................3966C. Wu, B. Vastenhouw, F. van der Have, R. A. Dierckx, F. J. Beekman

Development of a High-Spatial-Resolution Whole- Body DOI PET System Using LGSO/GSO Crystals .....................................................................................................................................3969

A. Ohtani, K. Tanaka, K. Kitamura, T. Mizuta, Y. Inoue, H. Tonami, J. Ohi

Measured Imaging Performance of Photon Counting Hybrid Pixel X-Ray Detectors ...........................3973F. Cassol Brunner, J. -C. Clemens, C. Hemmer, C. Morel

Pulse Train Multiplexing Method for Pixellated Gamma Detectors ........................................................3977K. Shimazoe, B. Shi, H. Takahashi, T. Furumiya, J. Ooi, Y. Kumazawa

Real-time Awake Animal Motion Tracking System for SPECT Imaging................................................3980J. S. Goddard, J. S. Baba, S. J. Lee, A. G. Weisenberger, A. Stolin, J. McKisson, M. F. Smith

Transmission Measurements using Iterative Conebeam Reconstruction on the Inveon DPET ..............................................................................................................................................................3984

M. W. Lenox, J. Gregor, S. B. Siegel

First Test Results of a Commercially Available Clinical PET Scanner Using the NEMA NU 4 - 2008 Small Animal PET Standards ........................................................................................................3991

W. Luo, E. Anashkin, C. G. Matthews

Analytic Calculation of Multi-pinhole Collimator Sensitivity with Tilted Pinholes................................3997H. -H. Hsieh, I. -T. Hsiao, C. -H. Hsu, K. -J. Lin

Coincidence Identification in PET Using Neural Networks ......................................................................4001E. Fuster-Garcia, J. F. Oliver, S. Tortajada, M. Rafecas

Comparison of Coincidence Identification Techniques for High Resolution PET ..................................4005J. F. Oliver, I. Torres-Espallardo, R. Fontaine, S. I. Ziegler, M. Rafecas

A New Position Reconstruction Method for Position Sensitive Photomultipliers ...................................4009M. Mikeli, A. Polychronopoulou, A. Gektin, N. Giokaris, A. Karabarbounis, D. Maintas, V. Pedash, C. Papanicolas, D. Thanasas, E. Stiliaris

Optimized Multipinhole Design for Mouse Imaging..................................................................................4015K. Vunckx, J. Nuyts, B. Vanbilloen, M. De Saint-Hubert, D. Vanderghinste, D. Rattat, F. Mottaghy, M. Defrise

Statistical Three-Dimensional Positioning Algorithm for High-Resolution dMiCE PET Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................4024

K. M. Champley, T. K. Lewellen, L. R. MacDonald, R. S. Miyaoka, P. E. Kinahan

A Super-Resolution Feasibility Study in Small- Animal SPECT Imaging ...............................................4028J. L. Villena, E. Lage, A. De Carlos, G. Tapias, A. Sisniega, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco

Real-Time X-Ray 2-D and 3-D Micro-Imaging of Living Animals with Medipix2 Single Photon Counting Detector ............................................................................................................................4033

P. M. Frallicciardi, J. Dammer, J. Jakubek, S. Pospisil, D. Vavrik, F. Weyda

Implementation of Physiological Gating on the High Resolution Research Tomograph........................4040M. C. Huisman, C. E. van den Brom, F. L. Buijs, C. F. M. Molthoff, R. Boellaard, A. A. Lammertsma

Automated CT-based Attenuation Correction for Preclinical Multimodality PET/CT .........................4043M. Chen, D. Osborne, S. Gleason

Performance Comparison of Two Commercial Small Animal PET Scanners: ClearPET™ and rPET-1™ ................................................................................................................................................4046

M. Cañadas, M. Embid, E. Lage, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero, J. M. Perez

A Unique Noncathartic CT Colonography Approach by Using Two-Layer Dual-Energy MDCT and a Special Algorithmic Colon Cleansing Method ....................................................................4053

R. Carmi, G. Kafri, L. Goshen, A. Steinberg, S. Amin-Spector, A. Altman, J. Sosna

1D Gamma Counting Approach to Study Radiopharmaceutical Kinetics ..............................................4057F. Boisson, V. Bekaert, Z. El bitar, J. Steibel, D. Huss, D. Brasse

Dynamic Laser-Guided Contouring for Dedicated Emission Mammotomography................................4062S. J. Cutler, D. J. Crotty, M. P. Tornai

The System Design, Engineering Architecture and Preliminary Results of a Lower-cost High-Sensitivity High-Resolution Positron Emission Mammography Camera.......................................4067

Y. Zhang, R. Ramirez, H. Li, S. Liu, S. An, C. Wang, H. Baghaei, W. -H. Wong, M. -L. Jan

Characterization of Biological Tissues using X-ray Attenuation Data .....................................................4071G. Baldazzi, P. L. Rossi, S. Masetti, M. Fiaschetti, A. Turco, N. Lanconelli, D. Bianchini, L. Roma, G. Nicoletti, P. L. Lollini

X-ray Cone-beam Breast Computed Tomography: Phantom Studies .....................................................4076G. Mettivier, A. Lauria, M. C. Montesi, P. Russo

The Effect of Energy on Scintillation Camera Intrinsic Spatial Resolution ............................................4084M. Holstensson, M. Partridge, S. E. Buckley, G. D. Flux

Real-time Viewer for Positron Emission Mammography Image-Guided Intervention ..........................4087X. Lu, E. Anashkin, C. G. Matthews, W. Luo

Prostate-Bladder Phantom for Radionuclide Imaging Research..............................................................4093Y. Seo

A Dedicated ASIC Front-End Readout for the Monolithic Detector Blocks of the BrainPET Prototype .....................................................................................................................................4096

I. Sarasola Martín, P. Rato Mendes, J. Navarrete, P. Bruyndonckx, J. M. Pérez, C. Willmott

Comparison Of Dual-kVp And Dual-Layer CT In Simulations And Real CT System Measurements................................................................................................................................................4101

S. Kappler, S. Wirth

Spirometry Based Respiratory Gating Method for Cardiac PET and MRI Imaging.............................4105T. Noponen, T. Kokki, V. Lepomäki, S. Kajander, N. Durand-Schaefer, M. Teräs, J. Knuuti

A New Algorithm for the Continuous Quantitative Monitoring of Leakage during Chemotherapeutic Limb Perfusion .............................................................................................................4108

R. Wierts, J. R. de Jong, S. V. Lazarenko, A. T. M. Willemsen, A. M. J. Paans

Banding Artifact Reduction for Cardiac CT ..............................................................................................4111Z. Sun, W. P. Segars, E. K. Fishman, J. A. Brinker, K. Taguchi

Multimodality High Resolution Wrist Imaging for Monitoring Response to Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Instrumentation and Techniques..........................................................................4113

A. J. Chaudhari, G. W. Burkett, R. Harse, S. L. Bowen, N. J. Packard, J. M. Boone, S. Naguwa, R. L. Stern, J. C. Hunter, M. H. Buonocore, R. D. Badawi

Dual Modality Planar PET/optical Scanner for Imaging of Surgical Margins in Extracted Tissue Samples...............................................................................................................................................4118

A. V. Stolin, C. Freeman, J. McKisson, B. Kross, J. Proffitt, S. Majewski, S. Falen, B. Welch

Comparison of CT Contrast Blood Pool Agents for In-vivo 3D Angiography using MicroCT.........................................................................................................................................................4121

C. Wietholt

First Experimental Results from a Prototype Rotating Slit-Slat Collimator ...........................................4126S. D. Metzler, R. Accorsi, A. S. Ayan, R. J. Jaszczak

Light Output Analyzes of Scintillator Crystal Pins and Array for PET Detector Modules ...................4134E. Lőrincz, G. Erdei, I. Péczeli, C. Steinbach, F. Ujhelyi, T. Bükki

Preliminary Evaluation of a Silicon Drift Diode Based Gamma Detector ...............................................4138J. Joung, J. Lee, J. Kang, J. Moon, K. Lee, D. Henseler, W. Metzger, M. Schmand

Comparison of Spectral and Scintillation Properties of LuAP:Ce and LuAP:Ce,Sc Single Crystals ..........................................................................................................................................................4143

A. Petrosyan, M. Derdzyan, K. Ovanesyan, G. Shirinyan, P. Lecoq, E. Auffray, M. Kronberger, B. Frisch, C. Pedrini, C. Dujardin

Active Pixel Sensors in Nuclear Medicine Imaging ....................................................................................4149R. J. Ott, N. Evans, P. Evans

A Comparative Investigation of Ce3+ doped Single Crystal Scintillators Covering Radiotherapy and PET/CT Imaging Conditions........................................................................................4153

I. G. Valais, C. M. Michail, S. L. David, A. E. Toutountzis, G. P. Fountos, G. S. PanayiotakisI, S. Kandarakis

Development of a Back-contact, Scalable Silicon Photomultiplier Array for PET .................................4157W. Zhao, A. R. Lubinsky, D. Zheng, K. Zhao, R. Shafliha, X. Clairardin, M. Asghari, A. Reznik, J. A. Rowlands, V. Saveliev, C. C. Kung, J. Fong

Proposal of a Novel Diffraction Enhanced Imaging Setup Based on Polycapillary X-Ray Optics .............................................................................................................................................................4161

A. Bjeoumikhov, A. Castoldi, C. Guazzoni, J. Griffiths, R. Hartmann, C. Ozkan, G. Royle

Uniformity Correction in Photon-counting X-ray Detector Based on Basis Material Decomposition ...............................................................................................................................................4168

X. Wang, X. He, K. Taguchi, B. E. Patt, D. Wagenaar, E. C. Frey

Passive Electrical Model of Silicon Photomultipliers .................................................................................4172K. A. Wangerin, G. -C. Wang, C. Kim, Y. Danon

Study of Scintillation Crystal Array Parameters for an Advanced PET Scanner Dedicated to Breast Cancer Imaging.............................................................................................................................4180

A. Vandenbroucke, C. S. Levin

Monte Carlo Evaluation of Monolithic Scintillator Block Detectors Using Silicon PMTs .....................4186P. Bruyndonckx, Z. Li, K. Ziemons, S. Tavernier, D. Jun, M. Wedrowski, J. M. Perez, P. Rato

Fundamental Study of Two-dimensional Position Sensitive CdTe Detector for PET Camera ...........................................................................................................................................................4190

Y. Kikuchi, K. Ishii, H. Yamazaki, S. Matsuyama, M. Nakhostin, T. Sakai, K. Nakamura, M. Kouno

Optimization of a Monolithic Detector Block Design for a Prototype Human Brain PET Scanner...........................................................................................................................................................4193

P. Rato Mendes, P. Bruyndonckx, M. Canadas Castro, Z. Li, J. M. Perez, I. Sarasola Martin

CZT Gamma Camera with Pinhole Collimator: Spectral Measurements ...............................................4197I. M. Blevis, L. Volokh, L. Tsukerman, J. W. Hugg, F. P. Jansen, J. P. Bouhnik

Sub-Millimeter Resolution PET Detector Module Using Multi-Pixel Photon Counter Array...............4199T. Y. Song, H. Wu, S. Komarov, S. B. Siegel, Y. -C. Tai

Characteristics of Lu1.8Gd0.2SiO5:Ce (LGSO) for APD-based PET Detector ..........................................4204S. Shimizu, C. M. Pepin, M. Bergeron, R. Lecomte

Effects of the Super Bialkali Photocathode on the Performance Characteristics of a Position-Sensitive Depth-of-Interaction PET Detector Module ................................................................4211

J. J. Vaquero, J. M. Udias, S. España, M. Desco

Respiratory Motion Modeling in Small Animal PET Using GATE..........................................................4214S. Branco, S. Jan, P. Almeida

Registered Collimation for Pixellated SPECT Detectors...........................................................................4220K. Lee, J. Joung, S. Bae, H. Lee, Y. Kim, E. Min

Development of a Database of Realistic Simulated Whole Body [18F]FDG PET Images for Lymphoma .....................................................................................................................................................4224

S. Tomeï, A. Reilhac, D. Visvikis, C. Odet, F. Giammarile, T. Mognetti, C. Lartizien

GEANT4 Simulation for Modelling the Optics of LaBr Scintillation Imagers........................................4230S. Lo Meo, G. Baldazzi, P. Bennati, D. Bollini, V. O. Cencelli, M. N. Cinti, N. Lanconelli, G. Moschini, F. L. Navarria, R. Pani, R. Pellegrini, A. Perrotta, F. Vittorini

Angular Response Function Parameterization for Collimator/detector in SPECT Simulations Within the GATE Toolkit........................................................................................................4235

P. Descourt, Y. Du, X. Song, E. C. Frey, B. M. W. Tsui, D. Visvikis

Detection of Iron Overload with the ORNL Spallation Neutron Source: an MCNPX Simulation Study ...........................................................................................................................................4238

A. J. Kapadia, F. X. Gallmeier, E. B. Iverson, P. D. Ferguson

Multiplicative versus Additive Bias Field Models for Unified Partial-Volume Segmentation and Inhomogeneity Correction in Brain MR Images.................................................................................4242

S. Wang, L. Li, H. Lu, Z. Liang

Improved Dose and Fluence Calculations by using Tabulated Cross Sections in PHITS ......................4249L. Sihver, D. Mancusi

Evaluation of Different X-ray Tube Concepts with the Simulation Package ROSI................................4252A. B. Loehr, F. Sukowski, J. R. Durst, G. Anton, T. Michel, J. Fürst

Monte Carlo Simulation of Pixelated Photon Counting X-ray Detectors like the Medipix2 and the Medipix3 Using High-Z Sensor Materials .....................................................................................4256

J. R. Durst, P. Bartl, B. Kreisler, T. Michel, G. Anton

A Comparison of GEANT4 and DETECT2000 for the Simulation of Light Transport in Scintillation Detectors ...................................................................................................................................4261

M. A. Blackston, F. Habte, P. A. Hausladen

A Simulation Study of a Long Axial Field of View Whole-Body PET Scanner using Cylindrical and Anthropomorphic Phantoms ............................................................................................4265

J. K. Poon, L. R. MacDonald, S. R. Cherry, R. D. Badawi

Simulation of Mechanical Misalignments in a Conebeam Micro-CT System..........................................4273I. Vidal-Migallón, M. Abella, A. Sisniega, J. J. Vaquero, M. Desco

Monte Carlo Based Estimation of Detector Response in a Large Solid Angle Preclinical PET Imaging System.....................................................................................................................................4276

Q. Bao, S. Cho, Q. Li, D. Newport, M. Chen, R. Leahy, A. F. Chatziioannou

A Simulation Study of the Counting-Rate Performance of Clinical PET Systems Applying a Methodology for Optimizing the Injected Dose.......................................................................................4280

N. Karakatsanis, A. Parasyris, G. Loudos, K. Nikita

Theoretical Bounds and Optimal Configurations for Multi-Pinhole SPECT ..........................................4286P. Nillius, M. Danielsson

Design of a Second Generation Firewire Based Data Acquisition System for Small Animal PET Scanners ................................................................................................................................................4289

T. K. Lewellen, R. S. Miyaoka, L. S. MacDonald, M. Haselman, D. DeWitt, S. Hauck

Design of an FPGA based Algorithm for Real- Time Solutions of Statistics-Based Positioning......................................................................................................................................................4295

D. DeWitt, R. S. Miyaoka, X. Li, C. Lockhart, T. K. Lewellen, S. Hauck

A Digital Architecture for Routinely Storing and Buffering the Entire 64-Bit Event Stream at Maximum Bandwidth for Every Acquisition in Clinical Real-Time 3-D PET: Embedding a 400 Mbyte/sec SATA RAID 0 Using a Set of Four Solid-State Drives ..............................4302

W. F. Jones, E. Breeding, J. Everman, J. H. Reed

A 40-Channel Readout ASIC for ToF-PET ................................................................................................4307M. Ritzert, P. Fischer, I. Peric, T. Solf

Spatial Distortion Correction and Crystal Identification for Position-sensitive Avalanche Photodiode-based PET Scanners .................................................................................................................4311

A. J. Chaudhari, A. A. Joshi, Y. Wu, R. M. Leahy, S. R. Cherry, R. D. Badawi

A Practical, Semi-Experimental System Matrix for 2-D PET Image Reconstruction: Comparison with a Geometrical Model ......................................................................................................4319

L. Fin, P. Bailly, J. Daouk, M. -E. Meyer

Latest Advance in the Scatter Calibration and Combining the Scatter Calibration with a Practical Scatter and Random Approximation Technique for Dynamic Brain Imaging in High Resolution PET ....................................................................................................................................4326

J. C. Cheng,, S. Blinder, A. Rahmim, V. Sossi

Optimum Voxel Size for Reconstruction of In-Beam PET Data...............................................................4332G. Shakirin, P. Crespo, F. Fiedler, A. Wagner, W. Enghardt

Faster Maximum-Likelihood Reconstruction via Explicit Conjugation of Search Directions ...............4336G. Pratx, A. J. Reader, C. S. Levin

Data Estimation for the ECAT HRRT Sinograms by Utilizing the DCT Domain ..................................4342U. Tuna, S. Peltonen, U. Ruotsalainen

Automated Geometric Calibration and Reconstruction in Circular Cone-Beam Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................4347

C. Mennessier, R. Clackdoyle

A Weighted FBP Reconstruction for Plasmasphere CT Imaging.............................................................4352L. Li, Z. Chen, R. Xu, K. Kang, L. Zhang, Y. Xing

Nonlinear Regularization of Iterative Weighted Filtered Backprojection for Helical Cone-Beam CT ........................................................................................................................................................4356

J. Sunnegardh, M. Grasruck

Efficient Methodology for 3D Statistical Reconstruction of High Resolution Coplanar PET/CT Scanner ...........................................................................................................................................4362

J. E. Ortuño, J. L. Rubio, P. Guerra, G. Kontaxakis, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero, A. Santos

Monte-Carlo System Modeling for PET Reconstruction: a Rotator Approach ......................................4367L. Zhang, S. Vandenberghe, S. Staelens, J. Verhaeghe, I. Karawkow, I. Lemahieu

Voxel-Based Reconstruction Combined with Motion Detection for Slow Rotating 4D CBCT .............................................................................................................................................................4373

F. Bergner, T. Berkus, M. Oelhafen, P. Kunz, T. Pan, M. Kachelrieß

C-arm CT: Reconstruction of Dynamic High Contrast Objects Applied to the Coronary Sinus ...............................................................................................................................................................4379

C. Rohkohl, G. Lauritsch, A. Nöttling, M. Prümmer, J. Hornegger

Quantitative Accuracy of HRRT List-mode Reconstructions: Effect of Low Statistics .........................4387B. Planeta-Wilson, J. Yan, T. Mulnix, R. E. Carson

On the Convergence of Iterative Ordered-Subset Algorithms in Small Animal PET.............................4391J. -W. Hsu, C. -H. Hsu, I. -T. Hsiao, K. Lin

Random Correction Using Singles Count Rates for DOI Positron Emission Mammography ...............4395Y. Yamakawa, K. Kitamura, Y. Yamada, N. Hashizume, A. Kawashima, Y. Kumazawa

Accurate EM-TV Algorithm in PET with Low SNR .................................................................................4399A. Sawatzky, C. Brune, F. Wübbeling, T. Kösters, K. Schäfers, M. Burger

Towards a Stopping Rule for the OSEM Algorithm for Iterative Image Reconstruction in PET.................................................................................................................................................................4404

A. Gaitanis, G. Kontaxakis, G. Spyrou, G. Panayiotakis, G. Tzanakos

3D Region-of-Interest (ROI) Reconstruction from Truncated Data in Circular Cone-beam CT ...................................................................................................................................................................4409

L. Li, K. Kang, Z. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Xing

Iterative EM Reconstruction of Cardiac Small Animal PET Images Using System Point Spread Function Modelling and MAP with Anatomical Priors ................................................................4413

A. E. Spinelli, G. Fiacchi, D. D'Ambrosio, S. Branco, R. Franchi, S. Boschi, M. Marengo

GPU-Based Parallel-Beam and Cone-Beam Forward- and Backprojection using CUDA .....................4419M. Knaup, S. Steckmann, M. Kachelrieß

Accurate Helical CT Reconstruction with Redundant Data Using Nutating Slices ................................4424H. Schöndube, K. Stierstorfer, F. Noo

In-depth Analysis of Cone-beam CT Image Reconstruction by Ideal Observer Performance on a Detection Task ................................................................................................................4427

E. Y. Sidky, X. Pan

Penalized-likelihood Sinogram Decomposition for Dual-energy Computed Tomography.....................4432P. J. La Riviere, P. Vargas

Generation of Hybrid SPECT Bone Scans and Reconstruction Using CT-derived Anatomical Priors .........................................................................................................................................4436

A. Lehovich, J. K. Kikut, R. Licho, H. C. Gifford, P. H. Pretorius, M. A. King

Theoretical Investigation of the Effects of Timing Calibration Errors on Time-of-Flight PET Image Quality .......................................................................................................................................4441

R. M. Manjeshwar, E. Asma

Theoretical and Numerical Study of MLEM and OSEM Reconstruction Algorithms for Motion Correction in Emission Tomography .............................................................................................4445

J. Dey, M. A. King

Rapidly Converging Image Covariance Estimation for FBP Reconstruction Methods..........................4453A. Wunderlich, F. Noo

Scatter Enhanced Breast CT Using a Mono-energetic First Generation Scanner: Feasibility Study ............................................................................................................................................4457

J. E. Alpuche Aviles, S. Pistorius

Model-Based Factor Analysis of Dynamic Sequences of Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................4464

R. Klein, A. Adler, R. S. Beanlands, R. A. deKemp

Partial Scan Artifact Reduction (PSAR) for the Assessment of Cardiac Perfusion in Dynamic Phase-Correlated CT ....................................................................................................................4469

P. Stenner, B. Schmidt, H. Bruder, T. Flohr, M. Kachelrieß

In Vivo Saturation Binding Analysis Using Small Animal PET - the Impact of the Reference Tissue on the Binding Potential of [18F]N-methyl-benperidol ................................................4476

S. Nikolaus, A. Wirrwar, M. Beu, R. Larisch, H. -W. Müller

3D List-mode Cardiac PET for Simultaneous Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow and Ventricular Function .............................................................................................................................4481

R. deKemp, R. Klein, J. Renaud, A. Alghamdi, M. Lortie, J. DaSilva, R. Beanlands

An Investigation of Partial Volume Effect and Partial Volume Correction in Small Animal Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of the Rat Brain ...........................................................................4485

W. Lehnert, M. -C. Gregoire, X. Hu, S. R. Meikle

Image Normalization Strategies for Organ Specific Models of Functional Uptake in FDG-PET /CT .........................................................................................................................................................4491

V. Potesil, G. Platsch, D. Slosman, T. Kadir

Combination of a High Resolution Detector with Small FOV and a Low Resolution Detector with Large FOV for High Resolution and Quantitative SPECT ...............................................4495

T. Zeniya, H. Watabe, H. Kudo, Y. Hirano, K. Minato, H. Iida

Performing Longitudinal Measurements in Rodents Using Small Animal PET Imaging ......................4498H. -M. Wu, R. W. Silverman, N. G. Harris, R. L. Sutton

Impact of Attenuation and Scatter Correction in Estimating Tumor Hypoxia-related Kinetic Parameters for FMISO Dynamic Animal-PET Imaging..............................................................4500

W. Wang, M. Chen, C. Sean, C. Oehler, P. Zanzonico, J. Humm

Compensating for Head Motion in Slowly-Rotating Cone Beam CT Systems with Optimization Transfer Based Motion Estimation ......................................................................................4506

M. W. Jacobson, J. W. Stayman

Event-by-Event Attenuation Measurement for ACS2-Based PET Systems ............................................4512J. Langner, H. Mölle, S. Dittrich, E. Will, J. van den Hoff

A Method to Reject Random Coincidences and Extract True from Multiple Coincidences in PET using 3-D Detectors ..........................................................................................................................4515

G. Chinn, C. S. Levin

Implementing Analytical Geometric and Penetration Response Correction for Keel-edge Pinhole SPECT Image Reconstruction........................................................................................................4521

X. Zhang, Q. Dai, Y. Qi

Iterative Deconvolution of Simultaneous Dual Radionuclide Projections for CdZnTe Based Cardiac SPECT .............................................................................................................................................4526

K. Kacperski, K. Erlandsson, S. Ben-Haim, D. Van Gramberg, B. F. Hutton

Correction of Respiratory Motion in Dual Gated Cardiac Imaging in PET/CT .....................................4530F. Lamare, M. Teras, T. Kokki, H. Fayad, O. Rimoldi, P. G. Camici, J. Knuuti, D. Visvikis

Analysis of Ray-sampling for Non-circular Trajectories in Fan Beam Geometry ..................................4536A. A. Zamyatin

An Evaluation of Missing Data Compensation Methods for a PET Camera by Comparing to No-Gap Data..............................................................................................................................................4539

H. Baghaei, H. Li, Y. Zhang, R. Ramirez, S. Liu, C. Wang, S. An, W. -H. Wong

List-Mode Detector Scatter Estimation Method with Potential for Real-Time Implementation in High Resolution PET Imaging .....................................................................................4543

L. Ortega Maynez, T. Kösters, V. Uhlendorf, F. Wübbeling, K. Schäfers, A. J. Reader

Pattern Independent Deformation Estimation Illustrated by MRI ..........................................................4551S. Gu, J. E. McNamara, K. Johnson, H. Gifford, A. V. Sklyar, M. A. Gennert, M. A. King

Image-based Correction for Mismatched Attenuation in PET Images ....................................................4558K. Thielemans, E. Asma, R. M. Manjeshwar, A. Ganin, T. J. Spinks

Fast 3-D Motion Correction using the Characteristics of Motion in Rigid Body ....................................4563K. Lee, D. Keator, S. Potkin, Y. Ahn, Z. Burbar, I. Hong

A 3D Multi Resolution Local Analysis Approach for Correction of Partial Volume Effects in Emission Tomography..............................................................................................................................4566

A. Le pogam, N. Boussion, M. Hatt, G. Fahd, C. Prunier-aesch, D. Guilloteau, J. -L. Baulieu, D. Visvikis

Discontinuity Preserving Regularization for Modeling Sliding in Medical Image Registration....................................................................................................................................................4570

D. Ruan, J. A. Fessler, S. Esedoglu

Artificial Neural Networks Applied to Bone Recognition in X-Ray Computer Microtomography Imaging for Histomorphometric Analysis ..................................................................4575

A. A. M. Meneses, C. J. G. Pinheiro, R. Schirru, R. C. Barroso, D. Braz, L. F. Oliveira

Automatic Detection of Active Nodules in 3D PET Oncology Imaging Using the Hotelling Observer and the Support Vector Machines: a Comparison Study .........................................................4580

S. Tomei, S. Marache-Francisco, C. Odet, C. Lartizien

A General Method for the Identification and Repair of Concavities in Segmented Medical Images ............................................................................................................................................................4586

W. F. Sensakovic, A. Starkey, S. G. Armato

Jitter-Improved Sampling in Micro-CT......................................................................................................4593R. Grimmer, M. Knaup, M. Kachelrieß

Bias in ROI Estimators and an Unbiased Solution ....................................................................................4598M. K. Whitaker, H. H. Barrett, E. Clarkson

Analytic Noise Propagation for Anisotropic Denoising of CT Images .....................................................4601A. Borsdorf, S. Kappler, R. Raupach, J. Hornegger

Multiscale Noise Reduction on Low-Dose CT Sinogram by Stationary Wavelet Transform.................4605D. Wang, H. Lu, C. Jiao, Z. Zhang, Z. J. Liang

Clustering Approach for the Classificarion of SPECT Images.................................................................4611A. Lassl, J. M. Górriz, J. Ramírez, E. W. Lang, C. G. Puntonet, D. Salas-Gonzalez, M. Gómez

Lung Segmentation and Tumor Detection from CT Thorax Volumes of FDG PET-CT Scans by Template Registration and Incorporation of Functional Information .....................................4615

C. Ballangan, X. Wang, D. D. Feng, S. Eberl, M. Fulham

Virtual MRI-derived SPECT for the Visual Analysis of Parkinson's Disease in Early Stage................4620S. Chauvie, M. M. Obertino, A. Papaleo, M. Ruspa, A. Solano, G. Perno, A. Biggi

An Innovative Lung Segmentation Algorithm in CT Images with Accurate Delimitation of the Hilus Pulmonis ........................................................................................................................................4625

G. De Nunzio, E. Tommasi, A. Agrusti, R. Cataldo, I. De Mitri, M. Favetta, R. Bellotti, S. Tangaro, N. Camarlinghi, P. Cerello

A Method for Stable Computation of the Hilbert Kernel and Its Resolution and Noise Properties .......................................................................................................................................................4628

A. A. Zamyatin

Quantitative Evaluation of Reconstruction Algorithms for Motion Compensated PET ........................4632N. C. Detorie, M. Dahlbom

Image Synthesis of a Mini Gamma Camera and Stereo Optical Cameras ..............................................4639H. Haneishi, H. Shimura, H. Hayashi

Development of a Database Driven Statistical Quality Control Framework for Medical Imaging Systems............................................................................................................................................4643

X. Ding, H. Vija, J. Zeintl, A. Kriplani

Use of Resampling Techniques in Assessment of Robustness of Complex Image Analysis: An Example in FDG-PET of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. .............................................................4648

P. J. Markiewicz, J. C. Matthews, J. Declerck, K. Herholz

How Many Reconstruction Methods Are Needed for Training a Numerical Observer? .......................4653J. G. Brankov, P. H. Pretorius

Nonlinear Effect of Pile-up in the Quantification of a Small Animal PET Scanner................................4657E. Vicente, S. España, J. L. Herraiz, E. Herranz, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero, J. M. Udias

Automatic Skeletonization for 3D Hepatic Portal Vein in CT Angiography ...........................................4662J. Liu, Z. Zhang, P. Song, E. Song, D. Hu, Q. Xie

Performance of a Modified Supervised Cluster Algorithm for Extracting Reference Region Input Functions from (R)-[11C]PK11195 Brain PET Studies ....................................................................4666

R. Boellaard, F. Turkheimer, R. Hinz, A. Schuitemaker, P. Scheltens, B. van Berckel, A. Lammertsma

Estimating Tl-201 Redistribution in the Heart at Rest Using Stress Perfusion SPECT Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................4669

P. H. Pretorius, M. A. King, M. N. Wernick, J. G. Brankov

PET Kinetic Modeling of Rat Tumors Simultaneously Treated with Photodynamic Therapy: a Reference Tissue Model ............................................................................................................4673

P. Boubacar, M. Bentourkia, O. Sarrhini, J. van Lier, R. Lecomte

Design and Development of a Co-planar Fluorescence and X-ray Tomograph ......................................4678J. Aguirre, A. Sisniega, J. Ripoll, M. Desco, J. J. Vaquero

Parallel Finite Element Reconstruction For Spectrally-solved Bioluminescence Tomography ..................................................................................................................................................4680

Y. Lu, A. F. Chatziioannou

Compton-scattering Based Imaging System for Hadron Therapy Monitoring .......................................4684M. Frandes, A. Zoglauer, V. Maxim, R. Prost

M11 IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION: CT, SPECT CT Reconstruction with Extended Z-Range ...............................................................................................4691

R. Grimmer, M. Oelhafen, U. Elstroem, M. Kachelrieß

Investigation of Detector Coverage for Exact Reconstruction with General Circle+curve Trajectory ......................................................................................................................................................4696

A. A. Zamyatin, A. Katsevich

Hyperfast General-Purpose Cone-Beam Spiral Backprojection with Voxel-Specific Weighting .......................................................................................................................................................4699

S. Steckmann, M. Knaup, M. Kachelrieß

Breathing{Motion Correction for Helical CT.............................................................................................4707U. V. Stevendaal, T. Klinder, C. Lorenz, T. Köhler

Reconstructing Uniformly Attenuated Rotating Slant-Hole SPECT Projection Data Using the DBH Method ...........................................................................................................................................4711

Q. Huang, J. Xu, B. M. W. Tsui, G. T. Gullberg

M12 SYSTEMS AND HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING: PET A High Resolution PET Insert System for Clinical PET/CT Scanners ....................................................4715

H. Wu, T. Y. Song, D. Pal, D. B. Keesing, S. Komarov, J. A. O’Sullivan, Y. -C. Tai

A New PET Scanner for Functional Brain Imaging Based on 2-mm Straw Detectors ...........................4718A. Athanasiades, L. Sun, C. S. Martin, T. D. Lyons, R. V. Nguyen, G. J. Vazquez-Flores, J. L. Lacy

Correction for Continuous Motion in Small Animal PET.........................................................................4725V. W. Zhou, A. Z. Kyme, S. R. Meikle, W. Lehnert, R. R. Fulton

LabPET II, a Novel 64-channel APD-based PET Detector Module with Individual Pixel Readout Achieving Submillimetric Spatial Resolution ..............................................................................4730

P. Bérard, M. Bergeron, C. M. Pepin, J. Cadorette, M. -A. Tétrault, N. Viscogliosi, H. Dautet, M. Davies, P. Deschamps, R. Fontaine, R. Lecomte

Imaging Performance of a LaBr3-Based Time-of-Flight PET Scanner ....................................................4736M. E. Daube-Witherspoon, S. Surti, A. E. Perkins, C. C. M. Kyba, M. E. Werner, S. Matej, J. S. Karp

M13 IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION: PET II Accelerate Direct Reconstruction of Linear Parametric Images using Nested Algorithms....................4741

G. Wang, J. Qi

Direct 4D Reconstruction of Parametric Images Incorporating Anato-functional Joint Entropy ..........................................................................................................................................................4744

J. Tang, H. Kuwabara, D. F. Wong, A. Rahmim

Ultra Fast 4D PET Image Reconstruction with User-Definable Temporal Basis Functions ..................4748I. Hong, A. J. Reader

On-Line Sliding-Window List-Mode PET Image Reconstruction for a Surgical PET Imaging Probe ...............................................................................................................................................4752

S. S. Huh, W. L. Rogers, N. H. Clinthorne

Combined Motion Compensation and Reconstruction for PET ...............................................................4758M. Blume, M. Rafecas, S. Ziegler, N. Navab

Respiratory Synchronized CT Image Generation from 4D PET Acquisitions ........................................4761H. Fayad, F. Lamare, V. Bettinardi, C. Roux, D. Visvikis

M14 QUANTITATIVE IMAGING Scatter/Trues Detection Efficiency Compensation in Scatter Correction of PET Emission Data ................................................................................................................................................................4766

C. C. Watson, L. Byars, C. Michel, H. Rothfuss

Fast and Accurate PET Preclinical Data Analysis: Segmentation and Partial Volume Effect Correction with No Anatomical Priors ............................................................................................4771

R. Maroy, C. Comtat, T. Viel, R. Boisgard, R. Trébossen, B. Tavitian

High Definition PET for Cardiac Imaging: Preliminary Results .............................................................4775L. Le Meunier, P. J. Slomka, J. Fermin, D. Dey, S. W. Hayes, J. D. Friedman, G. Germano, D. S. Berman

Ultra Low Dose CT for Attenuation Correction in PET/CT.....................................................................4779J. G. Colsher, J. Hsieh, J. -B. Thiubault, A. H. Lonn, T. Pan, S. J. Lokitz, T. G. Turkington

Automatic Registration of Cardiac PET/CT for Attenuation Correction................................................4785S. L. Bond, T. Kadir, J. Hamill, M. Casey, G. Platsch, D. Burckhardt, R. Eisner, N. Kausthubh, J. Declerck

Analysis of Attenuation-Correction Efficacy for Tumor Detection in SPECT........................................4791H. C. Gifford, R. G. Wells, M. A. King

Iterative Algorithms for Crystal Efficiencies Estimations from TOF Compressed Normalization Data .......................................................................................................................................4795

V. Y. Panin

M15 IMAGE PROCESSING Comparison Between Parallel Hole and Rotating Slat Collimation .........................................................4803

L. Zhou, M. Defrise, K. Vunckx, J. Nuyts

Collimator Optimization in SPECT Based on an LROC Ideal Observer ................................................4813L. Zhou, G. R. Gindi

Adaptive SPECT for Tumor Necrosis Detection ........................................................................................4821L. Caucci, M. A. Kupinski, M. Freed, L. R. Furenlid, D. W. Wilson, H. H. Barrett

ROC Analysis of Storage Phosphor Radiography and Digital Selenium Radiography at Various Tube Voltages in Simulated Chest Lesions...................................................................................4825

H. -M. Cho, H. -J. Kim, C. -L. Lee, J. Jung, H. -S. Park

3D Discrete Ridgelet Transform for Emission Tomography Denoising ...................................................4830A. Le pogam, N. Boussion, M. Hatt, C. Prunier-aesch, D. Guilloteau, J. -L. Baulieu, D. Visvikis

Assessment of Spatial Resolution in CT ......................................................................................................4835R. Grimmer, J. Krause, M. Karolczak, R. Lapp, M. Kachelrieß

Accurate Functional Volume Definition in PET for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning .......................4840M. Hatt, A. Dekker, D. De Ruysscher, M. Oellers, P. Lambin, C. Roux, D. Visvikis

Modeling Approach to Estimate [18F]FDG Blood Sample Measurements in Mice by Use of Urinary Bladder Time-Activity Data ..........................................................................................................4845

K. -P. Wong, S. -C. Huang

M16 HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING: SPECT, CT Revolving Multipinhole SPECT for Small Animal Imaging .....................................................................4850

G. Bal, P. D. Acton, F. Jansen, B. H. Hasegawa

Instrumentation Design for Adaptive SPECT/CT .....................................................................................4858J. W. Moore, L. R. Furenlid, H. H. Barrett

Awake Animal SPECT: Overview and Initial Results...............................................................................4861A. G. Weisenberger, B. Kross, S. Majewski, J. McKisson, V. Popov, J. Proffitt, A. Stolin, J. S. Baba, J. S. Goddard, S. J. Lee, M. F. Smith, B. Tsui, M. Pomper

Electron Beam CT - A Potential Tool for Small Animal Imaging? ..........................................................4865U. Hampel, F. Fischer, R. Bergmann

R01 CdZnTe Thickness Scalability of Large Volume Cadmium Zinc Telluride High Resolution Radiation Detectors.......................................................................................................................................4870

H. Chen, J. MacKenzie, S. A. Awadalla, R. Redden, G. Bindley, Z. He, M. Groza, A. Burger, D. R. Mayo, C. L. Sullivan, A. E. Bolotnikov, G. S. Camarda, R. B. James

Mapping CZT Charge Transport Parameters with Collimated X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Beams .............................................................................................................................................................4875

R. T. Skelton, J. L. Matteson, A. C. Deal, E. A. Stephan, B. Cardoso

R02 DEFECTS 1 Dopant Content and Thermal Treatment of CdZnTe<In>: Effects on Point-defect Structures.......................................................................................................................................................4879

P. Fochuk, Y. Verzhak, O. Panchuk

R03 IMAGING SYSTEMS 1 Spectral and Spatial Resolution of Semiconductor Detectors in Medical X- and Gamma Ray Imaging...................................................................................................................................................4885

B. J. Heismann, D. Henseler, P. Hackenschmied, M. Strassburg, D. Niederlöhner, S. Janssen, S. Wirth

CZT Pixel Detectors for Improved SPECT Imaging .................................................................................4891G. Montémont, T. Bordy, V. Rebuffel, C. Robert, L. Verger

Polarimetry with a Laue Lens and CZT Pixel Detector ............................................................................4897E. Caroli, R. M. Curado da Silva, J. B. Stephen, A. Pisa, N. Auricchio, S. del Sordo, A. Donati, F. Schiavone, G. Landini, V. Honkimaki, F. Frontera

R04 IMAGING SYSTEMS 2 Application of CdTe and CZT Detectors in Ultra Fast Electron Beam X-Ray Tomography ................4903

U. Hampel, F. Fischer

Micro hard-X ray camera: from Caliste 64 to Caliste 256 ........................................................................4907A. Meuris, O. Limousin, F. Lugiez, O. Gevin, I. Le Mer, E. Delagnes, C. Blondel, M. Chavassieux, F. Daly, F. Pinsard, M. -C. Vassal, R. Bocage, F. Soufflet

Characterization of CZT Detectors for the ASIM Mission .......................................................................4913C. Budtz-Jørgensen, I. Kuvvetli, Y. Skogseide, K. Ullaland, N. Ostgaard

HX-POL - A Balloon-Borne Hard X-Ray Polarimeter ..............................................................................4918H. Krawczynski, A. Garson III, Q. Li, M. Beilicke, P. Dowkontt, E. Wulf, J. Kurfess, E. Novikova, G. De Geronimo, M. G. Baring, A. K. Harding, J. Grindlay, J. S. Hong

R05 CRYSTAL GROWTH 1 Boron Oxide Encapsulated Vertical Bridgman Grown CdZnTe Crystals as X-ray Detector Material..........................................................................................................................................................4925

A. Zappettini, M. Zha, L. Marchini, D. Calestani, R. Mosca, E. Gombia, M. Zanichelli, M. Pavesi, N. Auricchio, E. Caroli

Dewetting During the Crystal Growth of (Cd,Zn)Te:In Under Microgravity.........................................4929L. Sylla, A. Fauler, M. Fiederle, T. Duffar, E. Dieguez, L. Zanotti, A. Zapettini, G. Roosen

R07 CRYSTAL GROWTH 2 THM Growth and Characterization of 100 mm Diameter CdTe Single Crystals ...................................4933

H. Shiraki, M. Funaki, Y. Ando, A. Tachibana, S. Kominami, R. Ohno

Electrical Properties of Halogen-Doped CdTe Epitaxial Films on Si Substrates Grown by MOVPE..........................................................................................................................................................4940

M. Niraula, K. Yasuda, A. Watanabe, Y. Kai, H. Ichihashi, W. Yamada, H. Oka, K. Matsumoto, T. Yoneyama, T. Nakanishi, D. Katoh, H. Nakashima, Y. Agata

Investigation of Growth Conditions of CdTe Thick Films on Properties and Demands for X-ray Detector Applications.........................................................................................................................4945

R. Sorgenfrei, D. Greiffenberg, M. Fiederle

In-situ Monitoring During Vapour Phase Growth of Bulk Crystals of Cadmium Zinc Telluride .........................................................................................................................................................4950

J. T. Mullins, B. J. Cantwell, F. Dierre, A. Pym, A. Basu, A. W. Brinkman

Growth of High Crystalline Quality CdTe Layers on 100 mm Diameter Ge Substrates for Room Temperature Radiation Detection ....................................................................................................4953

B. J. Cantwell, F. Dierre, M. Ayoub, J. T. Mullins, A. T. G. Pym, P. D. Scott, I. Radley, A. Basu, Q. Jiang, A. W. Brinkman

R08 ELECTRICAL CONTACTS Novel CZT Detectors for Homeland Security Applications ......................................................................4957

A. B. Garson III, M. Groza, Q. Li, V. Buliga, A. Burger, H. Krawczynski, I. V. Jung

Study on Instability Phenomena in CdTe Diode-like Detectors ................................................................4961I. Farella, G. Montagna, A. M. Mancini, A. Cola

R09 DETECTOR, ASIC AND ELECTRONICS Development of 4-sides Buttable CdTe-ASIC Hybrid Module for X-ray Flat Panel Detector...............4969

M. Tamaki, Y. Mito, Y. Shuto, T. Kiyuna, M. Yamamoto, K. Sagae, T. Kina, T. Koizumi, R. Ohno

Use of CZT as 3D Detectors for Gamma-Ray Astronomy.........................................................................4973E. M. Quadrini, E. Caroli, M. Alderighi, M. Uslenghi, F. Schiavone, A. Donati, L. Natalucci, P. Ubertini, S. del Sordo, N. Auricchio, P. Bastia, F. Casini

Digital Signal Processing for CdTe Photon-counting X-ray Sensor .........................................................4980B. Shinomiya, A. Koike, H. Morii, Y. Neo, H. Mimura, T. Aoki

R10 ALTERNATIVE DETECTOR MATERIALS Development of Gamma Ray Imaging Systems using Mercuric Iodide (HgI2) .......................................4984

L. van den Berg, R. D. Vigil, L. F. Bastian, R. A. Austin

Polarization Phenomena in TlBr Detectors ................................................................................................4988K. Hitomi, Y. Kikuchi, T. Shoji, K. Ishii

Thallium Bromide Nuclear Radiation Detector Development ..................................................................4992A. Churilov, H. Kim, G. Ciampi, L. Cirignano, W. Higgins, F. Olschner, K. Shah

Performance of Monocrystalline Diamond Radiation Detectors Fabricated Using TiW, Cr/Au and a Novel Ohmic DLC/Pt/Au Electrical Contact. .......................................................................4997

A. Galbiati, S. Lynn, K. Oliver, F. Schirru, T. Nowak, B. Marczewska, J. A. Dueñas, R. Berjillos Morente, I. Martel Bravo

Some Studies on Electrical Behaviour of Red Mercuric Iodide Single Crystals......................................5004S. L. Sharma, S. P. Behera, A. K. Thakur

R12 POSTER SESSION Influence of Annealing on Tellurium Precipitates in (Cd,Mn)Te:V Crystals ..........................................5009

D. M. Kochanowska, A. Mycielski, M. Witkowska-Baran, A. Szadkowski, B. Witkowska, W. Kaliszek, Y. Cui, R. B. James

Dopant Content and Thermal Treatment of CdZnTe<In>: Effects on Point-defect Structures.......................................................................................................................................................5014

P. Fochuk, O. Panchuk, Y. Verzhak, A. Bolotnikov, R. James

Evaluation of Surface Recombination Velocity of CdTe Radiation Detectors by Time-of-Flight Measurements ....................................................................................................................................5020

K. Suzuki, H. Shiraki

Characterization of Bulk and Surface Transport Mechanisms by means of the Photocurrent Technique ...............................................................................................................................5024

M. Zanichelli, M. Pavesi, L. Marchini, A. Zappettini

Point Defect Characterization in CdZnTe ..................................................................................................5029R. Gul, Z. Li, R. Rodreguiz, K. Keeter, A. Bolotnikov, R. James

X-ray Spectroscopy Based on Polycrystalline Diamond ............................................................................5034M. Girolami, P. Allegrini, S. Salvatori, G. Conte, E. Spiriti, V. G. Ralchenko

Recent Results in TlBr Detector Crystals Performance ............................................................................5042M. Shorohov, M. Kouznetsov, I. Lisitsky, V. Gostilo, A. Owens

X-Ray Performance of Pixilated CdZnTe Detectors..................................................................................5046M. D. Wilson, P. Seller, J. Marchal, Z. -J. Xin, C. Hansson, R. Cernik, M. C. Veale, V. Perumal, P. Sellin

Effect of Sulfur Treatment on the γ-ray Detection Quality of Al/CdTe/Pt Schottky Diode ...................5053M. Yamazato, T. Yamauchi, R. Ohno, A. Higa

Spectroscopic Response of CZT Detectors Obtained by the Boron Encapsulated Vertical Bridgman Method .........................................................................................................................................5057

N. Auricchio, L. Marchini, E. Caroli, A. Donati, A. Zappettini, M. Zanichelli, M. Quadrini

Development of a 24x24 CZT-FEE Pixel Detector Block for the CSTD Project .....................................5061J. Castilla, J. Carrascal, A. Bulycheva, M. D. Wilson, V. Gostilo, P. Seller, J. M. Perez

Charge Collection Characterization with Semiconductor Pixel Detector Timepix .................................5066M. Kroupa, J. Jakubek, F. Krejci

The Research of Polarization in CdTe P-I-N Detectors of Nuclear Radiation ........................................5070Y. Petukhov, W. Krop

Simulation Studies of CdTe Pixel Detectors ...............................................................................................5076C. P. Lambropoulos, K. E. Karafasoulis, V. A. Gnatyuk, S. Levytskyi

On-Chip Tetrode JFET for RT X-Ray Spectroscopy: New Results .........................................................5079A. Fazzi, R. Boggini, L. Corli, S. Dalla Stella, P. Silocchi, V. Varoli, G. -F. Dalla Betta, G. U. Pignatel

Resolution Degradation of Multiple-Pixel Event in Pixellated CZT Detectors........................................5083J. C. Kim, W. Kaye, F. Zhang, Z. He

Performance Test of the Silicon PIN Diode with Radioactive Sources.....................................................5088D. H. Son, H. J. Hyun, D. H. Kah, H. D. Kang, H. O. Kim, Y. I. Kim, H. J. Kim, S. H. Lee, H. Park

Signals from Guard Rings on Side Wall of CZT Detectors .......................................................................5092L. Zhang

Characterization of Medipix2 Assemblies with CdTe Sensor Using Synchrotron Radiation ................5094D. Greiffenberg, A. Zwerger, A. Fauler, T. Baumbach, A. Cecilia, T. dos Santos Rolo, D. Pelliccia, A. Rack, P. Vagovic, M. Fiederle

Investigation of Pixellated TlBr Detectors Using Digital Signal Processing Techniques ........................5098B. Dönmez, Z. He, S. Anderson, L. Cirignano, H. Kim, K. Shah

Event Classification in 3D Position Sensitive Semiconductor Detectors ..................................................5101S. E. Anderson, J. Kim, Z. He

Performance of the RENA-3 IC with Position- Sensitive CZT and CdTe Detectors ..............................5107V. B. Cajipe, R. T. Skelton, M. Clajus, S. Hayakawa, J. L. Matteson, R. E. Rothschild, T. O. Tumer, A. Volkovskii

Preliminary Evaluation of A Novel Energy- Resolved Photon-Counting Gamma Ray Detector ..........................................................................................................................................................5115

L. -J. Meng, S. Konstantinos, T. Schulman

Optimization of Medipix-2 Threshold Masks for Spectroscopic X-Ray Imaging ...................................5122S. Procz, J. Lübke, M. Mix, M. Fiederle

Measurements with a Hybrid Detector Prototype Composed of a MOS CCD and a CZT Spectrometer..................................................................................................................................................5126

N. Auricchio, L. Abbene, E. Caroli, S. del Sordo, R. Ambrosi, A. F. Abbey, C. Brown, H. Su

Characterization of Pixellated Thallium Bromide Radiation Detectors for Gamma-ray Spectroscopy ..................................................................................................................................................5130

S. F. Nowicki, B. Donmez, S. E. Anderson, Z. He, K. Shah, L. Cirignano, H. Kim

Technique of Making Good Electrical Contacts to High Resistivity (Cd,Mn) Te Crystals ....................5134M. Witkowska-Baran, A. Mycielski, D. M. Kochanowska, A. J. Szadkowski, B. Witkowska, W. Kaliszek, E. Łusakowska, R. Jakieła, V. Domukhowski, K. Dybko, J. Domagała, Y. Cui, R. James

Higher Voltage X- and γ-Ray Schottky Diode Detectors with Low Leakage Current ............................5140L. A. Kosyachenko, V. M. Sklyarchuk, O. F. Sklyarchuk, O. L. Maslyanchuk, V. A. Gnatyuk, T. Aoki

Study of Surface Treatment Effects on the Metal- CdZnTe Interface .....................................................5147L. Marchini, A. Zappettini, E. Gombia, R. Mosca, M. Pavesi

Determination of Compositional Profiles and Thicknesses of the Etched Surface of CdTe and Cd0.9Zn0.1Te by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry ........................................................................................5150

I. E. Karmakov, A. A. Konova

Temperature Dependence in the Long-term Stability of the TlBr Detector ............................................5155F. E. da Costa, M. M. Hamada

Signal-to-Noise Ratio Measurement and Radiation Damage Study of Silicon PIN Diode with a Proton Beam.......................................................................................................................................5160

Y. I. Kim, H. D. Kang, H. J. Kim, H. Park, D. H. Kah, H. J. Hyun, D. H. Son, K. R. Kim

Investigation of Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation Effect on Au/CdZnTe/In Detector....................................5164P. Veeramani, M. Haris, D. Kanjilal, K. Asokan, S. Moorthy Babu

A Silicon Pixel Detector System As an Imaging Tool for Proton Beam Characterization......................5169M. G. Bisogni, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, A. Del Guerra, P. Lojacono, M. A. Piliero, N. Randazzo, F. Romano, V. Rosso, V. Sipala, A. Stefanini, S. Vecchio

Experimental Measurements for the SiliPET project: A Small Animal PET Scanner based on Stacks of Silicon Detectors ......................................................................................................................5173

N. Auricchio, G. Di Domenico, L. Milano, R. Malaguti, G. Ambrosi, M. Ionica, E. Fiandrini, N. Zorzi, M. Boscardin, G. Zavattini

Imaging Performance of Polycrystalline Mercuric Iodide Films on CMOS Readout Arrays................5177N. E. Hartsough, J. S. Iwanczyk, E. Nygard, N. Malakhov, W. C. Barber, T. Gandhi

Improved Readout IC for Multi-Energy X-Ray Imaging with Linear CZT Pixel Arrays .....................5182M. Clajus, V. B. Cajipe, S. Hayakawa, T. O. Tumer

Suitability of the Medipix2 Readout-chip for Radiological Imaging ........................................................5188J. Lübke, M. Mix, S. Procz, A. Zwerger, M. Fiederle

Development of a GMCA (Gamma Analysis Digital Filter and Multi Channel Analyzer) ....................5192M. Dambacher, A. Zwerger, U. Stöhlker, A. Fauler, M. Fiederle

Portable 8 Channel DAQ System for Cd(Zn)Te Sensors...........................................................................5197D. S. Hatzistratis, C. P. Lambropoulos, V. A. Gnatyuk, C. Potiriadis

Comparison of Different Gamma-ray Detectors with Respect to Energy Resolution and Performance ..................................................................................................................................................5200

E. Hamann, M. Dambacher, A. Zwerger, M. Fiederle, U. Stöhlker

Miniature CdZnTe Detectors for Application in High Intensity Radiation Fields .................................5205V. Ivanov, L. Aleksejeva, P. Dorogov, A. Loutchanski

Readout Electronics Setup for the CSTD Project ......................................................................................5210J. Carrascal, J. Castilla, J. C. Oller, J. M. Perez

Synchronous Reset in Pulsed Charge Restoration Detector Arrays .........................................................5216M. A. Mikhailov, L. Panteleev

Readout ICs for High Spatial Resolution Slot-Scan Imaging with CZT or CdTe Pixel Arrays.............................................................................................................................................................5219

V. B. Cajipe, M. A. Capote, G. Cardoso, M. Clajus, S. Hayakawa, M. Lee, T. O. Tumer, A. Volkovskii

R13 CZT DETECTORS Fast Neutron Damage of a Pixelated CdZnTe Gamma Ray Spectrometer..............................................5226

Y. Eisen, A. Shor

Solder Mask Encapsulation on CdZnTe Surface for Radiation Detector Applications..........................5231P. H. Lu, H. Chen, G. Bindley

Multi-energy Detection Using CdZnTe Semiconductor Detectors............................................................5235L. Zhang

R14 PIXEL DETECTORS CdTe 3D Semiconductor Radiation Detectors for Medical Imaging: Simulation and Design..........................5241

M. Ruat, E. Gros D'Aillon, L. Verger

Performance of Double-sided CdTe Strip Detectors for Gamma-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy ..................................................................................................................................................5247

S. -N. Ishikawa, S. Watanabe, H. Aono, M. Kokubun, H. Odaka, S. Sugimoto, S. Takeda, T. Takahashi, S. Okuyama, K. Nakazawa, T. Tanaka

The Characterization of CdTe TimePix Device and the Study of its Capabilities for the Double Beta Decay Measurements ..............................................................................................................5251

P. Cermak, I. Stekl, V. Bocarov, J. Jakubek, S. Pospisil, M. Fiederle, K. Zuber

R15 SILICON AND NEUTRON DETECTORS Micro-Structured High-Efficiency Semiconductor Neutron Detectors ....................................................5253

D. S. McGregor

Development of Radiation Detectors Based on Semi-Insulating Silicon Carbide....................................5256F. H. Ruddy, J. G. Seidel, R. W. Flammang, R. Singh, J. Schroeder

Silicon Strip Detector with a Polyethylene Converter as a Position Sensitive Detector for Fast Neutrons.................................................................................................................................................5263

I. E. Anokhin, O. S. Zinets

R16 SPECTROMETERS High Resolution, Portable Gamma Spectrometer Not Requiring Liquid Nitrogen Cooling for Field Use for Nuclear Security and Safeguards Applications .............................................................5268

A. K. Khusainov, T. T. Antonova, V. V. Lysenko, V. G. Muratov, A. M. Pirogov, V. A. Fedorov, R. D. Arlt, G. D. Camarda, R. B. James

Detecting Shielded Sources Using 3-D CdZnTe Detectors ........................................................................5272W. Wang, Z. He, C. G. Wahl, F. Zhang

Sensitivity-Optimized Wide-Field Imaging with a CZT-Based Coded Mask Imager.............................5275R. T. Skelton, J. L. Matteson, B. Cardoso

R17 PIXEL DETECTORS CZT Recent Developments on High Spatial Resolution CdZnTe Pixel Detectors............................................5279

J. M. Perez

Investigation on Pixellated CZT Detectors Coupled with a Low Power Readout ASIC ........................5285L. Abbene, S. Del Sordo, G. Agnetta, B. Biondo, A. Mangano, F. Russo, E. Caroli, J. B. Stephen, G. Ventura, A. Carlino, G. Gerardi, G. Bertuccio

Fabrication and Test of Pixelated CZT Detectors with Different Pixel Pitches and Thicknesses ....................................................................................................................................................5291

Q. Li, J. Martin, A. Garson, M. Beilicke, I. Jung, M. Groza, A. Burger, G. De Geronimo, H. Krawczynski, P. Dowkontt

Two-Dimensional Detector Arrays for Gamma Spectroscopy ..................................................................5297M. Clajus, V. B. Cajipe, T. O. Tumer, A. Volkovskii

Energy Resolution Limiting Factors of Multi-Pixel Events in 3D Position Sensitive CZT Gamma-Ray Spectrometer...........................................................................................................................5303

W. Li, Y. Du, B. D. Yanoff, J. S. Gordon

Charge Collection Studies of a High Resolution CZT-Based Detector for PET......................................5310J. L. Matteson, Y. Gu, R. T. Skelton, A. C. Deal, E. A. Stephan, F. Duttweiler, G. L. Huszar, T. M. Gasaway, C. S. Levin

WORKSHOP 1: MICRO PATTERN GAS AND SILICON DETECTORS FOR TRACKING MP1 MICRO PATTERN GAS- AND SILICON DETECTORS FOR TRACKING – I Gaseous Vertex Detectors: Science or Fiction? ..........................................................................................5318

H. van der Graaf

MP2 MICRO PATTERN GAS- AND SILICON DETECTORS FOR TRACKING – II Tracking Challenges at Future Hadron Colliders......................................................................................5320

J. E. Garcia

WORKSHOP 3: DETECTOR DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE SLHC DL1 DETECTOR DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE SLHC Experiences with the ATLAS Pixel Detector Optolink and Researches for Future Links .....................5324

T. Flick

Powering via Cooling Pipes: an Optimized Design for an SLHC Silicon Tracker ..................................5330W. de Boer, J. Ebert

New Detector Concepts and Developments for the sLHC .........................................................................5336R. L. Bates

WORKSHOP 4: ATCA/μTCA FOR PHYSICS TC3 INDUSTRY TUTORIAL DEMOS AND PRESENTATIONS 1 Real-time X-ray Tomosynthesis Imaging Using an ATCA General-purpose Data Acquisition and Analysis Platform ..............................................................................................................5344

A. P. Lowell

TC4 CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 1 Interfaces and Communication Protocols in ATCA-based LLRF Control Systems ...............................5349

D. Makowski, W. Koprek, T. Jezynski, A. Piotrowski, G. Jablonski, W. Jalmuzna, S. Simrock

ATCA-based Control System for Compensation of Superconducting Cavities Detuning Using Piezoelectric Actuators.......................................................................................................................5355

K. Przygoda, A. Piotrowski, G. Jablonski, D. Makowski, T. Pozniak, A. Napieralski

TC6 CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSION 2 Application of SysML to Design of ATCA Based LLRF Control System ................................................5361

M. K. Grecki, Z. Geng, S. Simrock, G. Ayvazyan, B. Aminov

Prototype AdvancedTCA Carrier Board with Three AMC Bays.............................................................5370A. Zawada, D. Makowski, T. Jezynski, S. Simrock, A. Napieralski

WORKSHOP 5: 4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE MOLECULAR RADIOLOGY OF BREAST CANCER (MRBC) MR3 DEDICATED MULTI-MODALITY PET An Overview of the Clear-PEM Breast Imaging Scanner .........................................................................5375

E. Albuquerque, F. G. Almeida, P. Almeida, E. Auffray, J. Barbosa, A. L. Bastos, V. Bexiga, R. Bugalho, S. Carmona, B. Carriço, C. S. Ferreira, N. C. Ferreira, M. Ferreira, J. Godinho, F. Gonçalves, C. Guerreiro, P. Lecoq, C. Leong, P. Lousã, P. Machado, M. V. Martins, N. Matela, R. Moura, P. Neves, N. Oliveira, C. Ortigão, F. Piedade, J. F. Pinheiro, P. Relvas, A. Rivetti, P. Rodrigues, J. Sampaio, A. I. Santos, J. Santos, M. M. Silva, S. Tavernier, I. C. Teixeira, J. P. Teixeira, J. C. Silva, A. Trindade, J. Varela, R. Silva, M. Frade, I. Rolo

MR4 POSTER SESSION 1 1 mm3 Resolution Breast-Dedicated PET System ......................................................................................5378

F. W. Y. Lau, C. Fang, P. D. Reynolds, P. D. Olcott, A. Vandenbroucke, V. C. Spanoudaki, F. Olutade, M. A. Horowitz, C. S. Levin

Dose Distribution in Cone-beam Breast Computed Tomography: an Experimental Phantom Study ..............................................................................................................................................5382

P. Russo, A. Lauria, G. Mettiiver, M. C. Montesi

MR5 DEDICATED MULTI-MODALITY SPECT Novel Patient Optimized Acquisition Trajectories for Dedicated Breast SPECT Imaging ....................5388

K. L. Perez, S. J. Cutler, P. Madhav, M. P. Tornai

Phantom Tests with a Stereotactic Gamma- Localization System............................................................5394B. L. Welch, K. Harding, T. St. Savior

MR8 DEDICATED SINGLE PHOTON IMAGING Comparison of 2D Scintimammography and 3D Dedicated Breast SPECT Using A Compressible Breast Phantom and Lesions of Varying Size and Tracer Uptake ...................................5399

S. J. Cutler, K. L. Perez, P. Madhav, M. P. Tornai

A Novel High Resolution and High Efficiency Dual Head Detector for Molecular Breast Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................5406

F. Garibaldi, F. Cusanno, M. Magliozzi, E. Cisbani, O. Schillaci

MR9 POSTER SESSION 2 Improved Chest Wall Imaging through Combined Complex Trajectories in Dedicated Dual Modality SPECT-CT Breast Molecular Imaging..............................................................................5409

D. J. Crotty, S. J. Cutler, R. L. McKinley, P. Madhav, K. L. Perez, M. P. Tornai

Effects of Thermal Regulation Structures on the Photon Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution of a 1 mm3 Resolution Breast-Dedicated PET System ...............................................................................5416

V. C. Spanoudaki, A. Vandenbroucke, F. W. Y. Lau, C. Fang, C. S. Levin

MR10 DEDICATED PET DEVELOPMENT Development of a C-Shaped Breast PET Scanner Equipped with Four-Layer DOI Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................5421

T. Tsuda, K. Kitamura, J. Ohi, H. Tonami, Y. Yamada, T. Furumiya, M. Furuta, M. Satoh, M. Nakazawa, N. Hashizume, Y. Yamakawa, A. Kawashima, Y. Kumazawa

WORKSHOP 6: X-RAY MICRO IMAGING OF DEVICES, MATERIALS AND ORGANISMS Task-driven Design of X-ray Systems for Industrial Inspection...............................................................5425

T. Fuchs, R. Hanke

Correction of Scattered Radiation for Cone-beam Computed Tomography at High X-ray Energies..........................................................................................................................................................5430

A. Flisch, A. Miceli, R. Thierry, J. Hofmann

Refraction Enhanced Micro-CT for Non-destructive Materials Characterization .................................5438B. R. Muller, A. Lange, M. Harwardt, M. P. Hentschel

Experimental Characterization by Means of a Scanning Proton Micro-beam of the Spectral Response of a Polycapillary Optics to Be Used in PIXE .............................................................5444

R. Alberti, A. Bjueoumikhov, N. Grassi, C. Guazzoni, T. Klatka, P. A. Mando

Synchrotron-based Radioscopy with Spatio-temporal Micro-resolution Using Hard X-rays................5449A. Rack, F. Garcia-Moreno, O. Betz, S. Zabler, C. Schmitt, T. dos Santos Rolo, A. Ershov, T. Rack, L. Helfen, J. Banhart, T. Baumbach

Real Inline X-ray 3D CT with Short Cycle Times for Light Metal Casting Inspection in Production......................................................................................................................................................5453

S. Oeckl, T. Wenzel, S. Gondrom, F. Rauch

Extraction of Shape-fitted Layers from CT-data .......................................................................................5456S. Mohr, S. Gayetskyy, U. HaBler, R. Hanke

X- and Gamma Ray Imaging Systems based on CdTe-CMOS Detector Technology .............................5459K. Spartiotis, R. Durrant, A. Leppanen, H. Lohman, O. Mannisto, T. Pantsar, J. Pyyhtia, T. Schulman

Ultra Fast Electron Beam X-Ray Tomography and its Application to Multiphase Flow Measurement .................................................................................................................................................5464

U. Hampel, F. Fischer

Towards Real-Time Tomography: Fast Reconstruction Algorithms and GPU Implementation .............................................................................................................................................5469

F. Marone, C. Hintermuller, R. Geus, M. Stampanoni

Simulation on In-Line Fresnel Diffractive Phasecontrast Imaging with Partially Coherent Hard X-ray.....................................................................................................................................................5476

H. Yu, S. Han, W. Peng

Where X-Ray Imaging Fails - Delamination, Crack, and Micro-Pore Detection Using Ultrasonic Reflection Tomography in a Scanning Acoustic Microscope..................................................5479

M. Barth, F. Schubert, B. Koehler

High Resolution Applications in Nondestructive Testing ..........................................................................5484N. Uhlmann, F. Nachtrab, M. Salamon, S. Burtzlaff, T. Fuchs, R. Hanke

Development of SAXS Microtomography and Related Methods..............................................................5488M. Kuhlmann, J. M. Feldkamp, S. V. Roth, C. G. Schroer

Progress in Sub-micrometer Resolution Computed Tomography............................................................5492F. Nachtrab, M. Salamon, S. Burtzlaff, F. Porsch, W. Johansson, N. Uhlmann, R. Hanke

Large-acceptance Micro-focusing Optics for SPring-8 Undulator Beamlines.........................................5496Y. Suzuki, A. Takeuchi, Y. Terada

Partial Scan with Shifted Detector: A Novel Weighting Function for High Temporal Resolution in CT............................................................................................................................................5500

C. MaaB, M. Knaup, R. Lapp, M. Karolczak, W. A. Kalender, M. KachelrieB

X-ray Phase Contrast Computed Tomographic Elementary Experiments under Incoherent Conditions ......................................................................................................................................................5505

Z. Huang, K. Kang, L. Zhang, Z. Chen, F. Ding, Z. Wang, Q. Fang

X-ray Computed Tomography for Characterization of Powder Injection Molded Ceramic Green Parts ....................................................................................................................................................5509

A. Mannschatz, T. Moritz, H. Loibl, R. Hubmann

Characterization of Superconducting Wires By Cone-Beam Micro-Tomography .................................5513I. Tiseanu, T. Craciunescu, P. Badica, G. V. Aldica, M. Rindfleisch

Carbon Fibre Preform Inspection by Circular X-ray Tomosynthesis......................................................5517U. Hassler, M. Rehak, R. Hanke

WORKSHOP 7: GATE SOFTWARE FOR EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY GA1 GATE USER MEETING: STATE OF THE ART Application of GATE to Detector Optimization in Transmission Gamma Ray Tomography ...............5520

U. Hampel, N. Kießling, A. Bieberle

Using GATE As a Forward Projector in Iterative SPECT Reconstruction.............................................5525S. Staelens, T. Ghekiere

WORKSHOP 8: COMPTON CAMERAS FOR MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS CC2 COMPTON CAMERA WORKSHOP II Development of Electron Tacking Compton Camera based on Micro Pixel Gas Detector and its Application for Medical Imaging.....................................................................................................5530

T. Tanimori, H. Amano, K. Hattori, C. Ida, S. Iwaki, S. Kabuki, H. Kawashima, H. Kimura, R. Kohara, A. Kubo, H. Kubo, E. Kunieda, S. Kurosawa, K. Miuchi, O. Miyazaki, T. Nakawawa, T. Nakahara, Y. Nakamoto, H. Nishimura, K. Ogawa, T. Okada, Y. Okada, T. Shirahata, H. Saji, A. Takada, K. Togashi, K. Tsuchiya, M. Ueda, K. Ueno, E. Yamamoto

A Compton Scattering Based System for the Examination of Nuclear Fuel Cladding Interface .........................................................................................................................................................5535

I. Yaar, A. Givon, B. Magoz, I. Orion

Compton Imaging Using The SmartPET Detectors ...................................................................................5538J. E. Gillam, T. Beveridge, I. Svalbe, A. Grint, R. Cooper, A. Boston, H. Boston, P. Nolan, C. Hall, R. Lewis

CC3 COMPTON CAMERA WORKSHOP III Statistical Performance Evaluation and System Modeling for a Compton Medical Imaging System for Higher Energy Photon Imaging ................................................................................................5543

L. Han, N. Clinthorne

WORKSHOP 9: INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR HADRON THERAPY HT2 NEW HADRON THERAPY CENTRES-PROGRESS AND REPORTS II MedAustron - Austrian Hadron Therapy Centre ......................................................................................5548

M. Benedikt, A. Fabich

HT4 PROTON COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY Development of a Proton Computed Radiography Apparatus .................................................................5551

D. Menichelli, M. Bruzzi, M. Bucciolini, G. Candiano, G. A. P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, L. Capineri, C. Civinini, D. Lo Presti, L. Marrazzo, N. Randazzo, V. Sipala, C. Talamonti, S. Valentini, M. Brianzi, M. Tesi, S. Pieri, V. Reggioli

HT6 DOSIMETRY, MICRODOSIMETRY AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR BEAM DELIVERY II The CNAO System to Monitor and Control Hadron Beams for Therapy ...............................................5560

S. S. Giordanengo

HT7 MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS IN HADRON THERAPY Clinical Calculations of Physical and Biological Effective Dose Distributions in Proton and Carbon Ion Therapy Using the FLUKA Monte Carlo Code .....................................................................5563

A. Mairani, S. Brons, F. Cerutti, A. Ferrari, E. Gadioli, K. Parodi, M. Scholz, F. Sommerer

WORKSHOP 10: STAND-OFF DETECTION TECHNIQUES FOR RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR SOURCES SD1 GAMMA DETECTION Two-Sided Coded-Aperture Imaging Without a Detector Plane ..............................................................5567

K. P. Ziock, M. F. Cunningham, L. Fabris

Mobile Imaging and Spectroscopic Threat Identification (MISTI) ..........................................................5575L. J. Mitchell, B. F. Phlips, W. N. Johnson, E. A. Wulf, R. G. Roberts, D. Taibi, K. D. Bynum, B. Leas, G. Guadagno, T. Pickard, C. J. Lister

A Technique for Estimating Detection Limits of Radio-Nuclide Identifying Detectors by Means of Computer Simulations..................................................................................................................5581

C. -M. Herbach, Y. Kong, R. Lentering, M. Neuer, G. Pausch, C. Plettner, K. Ruhnau, J. Stein

SD2 NEUTRON/GAMMA Decreasing the Minimum Detectable Level of an Advanced Spectroscopic Portal by Using Multiple Detector Approach ........................................................................................................................5589

I. Yaar, I. Peysakhov, A. Rahav, D. Ginzburg, J. Paran, A. Osovizky, Y. Mazor, M. Ellenbogen

Detection of Chemical Agents with a Portable Neutron Inspection System.............................................5593C. Carasco, B. Perot, J. -L. Ma, A. Mariani, A. -C. Raoux, M. Gmar, G. Sannie, S. Normand

A Sensitive Radiation Imaging System Having a 360 Degree Field-of-view ............................................5600A. J. Bird, D. J. Clark, D. Ramsden

SD3 SYSTEMS On the Search for Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Signatures of 235U and 238U above 3 MeV ................................................................................................................................................................5608

G. A. Warren, J. A. Caggiano, W. Bertozzi, S. E. Korbly, R. J. Ledoux, W. H. Park

SD4 NEUTRON DETECTION AND SYSTEMS Stand-off Detection of Special Nuclear Materials Using Neutron Imaging Methods..............................5614

P. E. Vanier, L. Forman, I. Dioszegi, C. Salwen, V. J. Ghosh

Fabrication and Materials for a Long Range Neutron- Gamma Monitor Using Straw Detectors ........................................................................................................................................................5619

J. L. Lacy, A. Athanasiades, C. S. Martin, L. Sun, T. D. Lyons

SD5 SYSTEMS 2 Mechanical Doppler Compensation for Electron Excitation of NRF Photons ........................................5625

E. C. Morse, V. Mozin, E. B. Norman, B. D. Wirth

Current Status of AWE Programmes for Remote Detection of SNM ......................................................5628J. O' Malley, P. Adsley, G. Weston, M. Owen, L. Cox, I. D. Smith, S. Quillin, A. Thandi, S. Cullen

Detector Requirements for a Cosmic Ray Muon Scattering Tomography System .................................5639L. Cox, P. Adsley, J. O'Malley, S. Quillin, C. Steer, C. Clemett

4π Coded Aperture Imaging using 3D Position- Sensitive CdZnTe Detectors ........................................5644S. J. Kaye, W. R. Kaye, Z. He

SD6 NEUTRON/GAMMA 2 The Higher Efficiency Fast Neutrons Detectors Based on the Oxide Scintillators ..................................5647

L. L. Nagornaya, V. D. Ryzhikov, B. V. Grinyov, L. A. Piven’, G. M. Onyshchenko, O. K. Lysetska

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