Proton Calorimetry/Meetings/2019/01/30

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meetings, 23rd January 2019 (D12/D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

MSc Meeting, 23rd January (D12, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Simon Jolly, Raffaella Radogna, Fernando Franco Felix

Fernando Franco Felix

• Updated summary of photodiode calculations.
  • References Hamamatsu Si photodiode datasheets.
• Will look up texts on CT scanner technology:
  • http://orbit.dtu.dk/files/51297792/Introduction_to_CT.pdf
  • Wikipedia: CT Scan
  • Wikipedia: Operation of CT

Raffaella Radogna

• Completed To Do list and organised completed tasks by month.
• Contacted Caen to connect HV supply via ethernet: USB working but not ethernet.
• Has Nikon D7500 camera: will install software on DAQ laptop.

Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 23rd January (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Simon Jolly, Raffaella Radogna, Laurent Kelleter, Ohie Mayenin, Saad Shaikh, James Golbourn

James Golbourn

• Gave talk on Quality Assurance in Proton Beam Therapy.
• Will expand information on daily QA.
• Get Alison Warry to put JG in touch with Håkan Nystrøm.

Saad Shaikh

• Working on plotting 3D dose distribution from patient QA detector in ROOT.
• Successfully plotted 3D data: now need to plot 2D intensity distribution side by side.
• Will attempt to alter plots to convert from energy to range.
• Put together rough draft of poster for PPRIG.

Ohie Mayenin

• Working through ATF2 BDSIM example:
  • pyBDSIM script doesn't work: SJ suggests contacting Laurie Nevay.
  • Visualiser not working for BDSIM GUI: will test on SJ's Linux PC.

Laurent Kelleter

• Writing paper on quenched Bortfeld formula.