Proton Calorimetry/Meetings/2018/10/24 - Revision history

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	'''RR''':		'''RR''':
	* ~~Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss~~ [http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/wikiData/presentations/2018/RR_24_10_2018_PTQA_Range_Detector_StateOfTheArt.pdf patent issues]:		* [http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/wikiData/presentations/2018/RR_24_10_2018_PTQA_Range_Detector_StateOfTheArt.pdf patent application state of the art]
			* Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss patent issues:
	** Not enough knowledge on patent application process.		** Not enough knowledge on patent application process.
	** Meeting arranged with '''Vassilios Albanis''' on Monday 29th October.		** Meeting arranged with '''Vassilios Albanis''' on Monday 29th October.

RaffaellaRadogna at 12:36, 17 January 2019

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	'''RR''':		'''RR''':
	* Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss patent issues:		* Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss [http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/wikiData/presentations/2018/RR_24_10_2018_PTQA_Range_Detector_StateOfTheArt.pdf patent issues]:
	** Not enough knowledge on patent application process.		** Not enough knowledge on patent application process.
	** Meeting arranged with '''Vassilios Albanis''' on Monday 29th October.		** Meeting arranged with '''Vassilios Albanis''' on Monday 29th October.

SimonJolly at 14:56, 24 October 2018

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	* Working on build-up simulation paper: need to check LET definition.		* Working on build-up simulation paper: need to check LET definition.
	* Debugging Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.		* Debugging Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
	* ~~'''To Do''':~~		* Organisation of HIT trip.
	**

SimonJolly at 14:34, 24 October 2018

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	'''RR''':		'''RR''':
	* Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss patent issues:		* Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss patent issues:
	**		** Not enough knowledge on patent application process.
	* Looking into patent application process.		** Meeting arranged with '''Vassilios Albanis''' on Monday 29th October.
	* '''To Do''':		* '''To Do''':
	** ~~Contact~~ '''~~Marina Fuentes Sainz~~''' ~~for more detail about patent applications~~.		** Meet '''Vassilios'''.

	'''LK''':		'''LK''':
	* Organising Heidelberg trip.		* Working on build-up simulation paper: need to check LET definition.
	* Working on build-up simulation paper.		* Debugging Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
	* ~~Rerunning~~ Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
	* '''To Do''':		* '''To Do''':
	** ~~Measure height of scintillator stack.~~		**

SimonJolly at 14:11, 24 October 2018

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	* Laptop has been ordered by '''SJ''' and '''Tony Hoare'''.		* Laptop has been ordered by '''SJ''' and '''Tony Hoare'''.
	* Met with '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson''' on 18th October: have been provided with reading list.		* Met with '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson''' on 18th October: have been provided with reading list.
			* Will take Medical Physics/CDT courses next term: ''Numerical Optimisation'' and ''Inverse Problems''.
	* '''To Do''':		* '''To Do''':
	** Chase up Medical Physics/CDT courses: '''MH''' sure that ''Numerical Optimisation'' course is a great foundation for ''Inverse Problems''.
	** Try analysing Geant4 simulation results in Python.		** Try analysing Geant4 simulation results in Python.
			** Background reading!

	'''~~FFF~~''':		'''SS''':
	* ~~Introduced himself to everybody~~.		* Finished and submitted Literature Review.
			* Contacted '''LeCroy''' again: still waiting for information.
			* Setting up equipment for '''Birmingham'''.
			* '''To Do''':
			** Cracking back on with project.
			** Take data in Birmingham!

	'''MH''':		'''MH''':
	* ~~Off sick with~~ the ~~man flu~~.		* Geant4 simulation now multithreaded: using 4 cores doubles the speed of the simulation.
	* ~~Managed to run a reconstruction using~~ data ~~from~~ Geant4 ~~simulation~~.		* Multithreaded simulations result in multiple data files:
	* ~~Currently investigating how similar the images are~~ to ~~the reconstructions obtained using Gate~~.		** Geant4 cannot merge them itself.
	* ~~Working on implementing a multi-threaded run manager in my simulation.~~		** Possible to merge manually.
			** '''RR''' suggests that merging should work automatically: will investigate.
	'''OM''':
	* Working on Literature Review.
	* '''To Do''':		* '''To Do''':
	** ~~Will send draft~~ to ~~'''SJ''' 18/10/18~~.		** Build application for Legion cluster: need to speak to Research Computing.
	** ~~Literature review due in 22nd October~~.		** Test application on HEP and Legion clusters.

	'''SS''':		'''FFF''':
	* ~~Working~~ on ~~Literature Review.~~		* Background reading on proton therapy: '''LK''' recommended '''Paganetti: Proton Therapy Physics'''.
	* Draft copy sent to '''SJ''' ~~for review:~~ '''SJ''' ~~promises he will send back comments today..~~.		* Met with '''LK''' to discuss detector development.
	* ~~Held Skype meeting~~ with '''~~Tony Price~~''':		* Two potential ideas for Masters project:
	** Possible visit to ~~Birmingham cyclotron 25/26 October~~.		** Complete range calorimeter simulations.
	** '''TP''' to advise on possibility of visit and cyclotron availability.		** Front end electronics design and readout.
	** ~~Measure energy spectrum of beam~~.		* Will contact '''Ruben Saakyan''' to discuss options and find out more about light detection options.
	** ~~'''TP''' will make Bragg peak measurement before we start~~.
	* ~~'''To Do''':~~
	** Literature review due in 22nd October.
	** Speak to '''Ruben Saakyan''' and ~~'''Anastasia Basharina-Freshville'''~~ about ~~setting up PMT, particularly self-trigger threshold.~~
	** Chase up LeCroy about PMT trigger dead time.

	~~'''JO''':~~
	* Attending HEP lectures: HEP Monday and Tuesday, CDT Thursday.
	* Will send laptop specs to '''SJ'''.
	* '''To Do''':
	** Chase up Medical Physics/CDT courses: '''MH''' sure that ''Numerical Optimisation'' course is a great foundation for ''Inverse Problems''.
	** Meeting arranged with '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson''' on 18th October.

	'''RR''':		'''RR''':
			* Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss patent issues:
			**
	* Looking into patent application process.		* Looking into patent application process.
	* '''To Do''':		* '''To Do''':

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== Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 24th October 2018 (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL) ==

=== Present ===

'''Simon Jolly''', '''Raffaella Radogna''', '''Laurent Kelleter''', '''Jeremy Ocampo''', '''Saad Shaikh''', '''Fernando Franco Felix'''

'''JO''':
* Attending HEP lectures: HEP Monday and Tuesday, CDT Thursday.
* Going through Geant4 simulations: cannot view graphics on Windows laptop...
* Laptop has been ordered by '''SJ''' and '''Tony Hoare'''.
* Met with '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson''' on 18th October: have been provided with reading list.
* '''To Do''':
** Chase up Medical Physics/CDT courses: '''MH''' sure that ''Numerical Optimisation'' course is a great foundation for ''Inverse Problems''.
** Try analysing Geant4 simulation results in Python.

'''FFF''':
* Introduced himself to everybody.

'''MH''':
* Off sick with the man flu.
* Managed to run a reconstruction using data from Geant4 simulation.
* Currently investigating how similar the images are to the reconstructions obtained using Gate.
* Working on implementing a multi-threaded run manager in my simulation.

'''OM''':
* Working on Literature Review.
* '''To Do''':
** Will send draft to '''SJ''' 18/10/18.
** Literature review due in 22nd October.

'''SS''':
* Working on Literature Review.
* Draft copy sent to '''SJ''' for review: '''SJ''' promises he will send back comments today...
* Held Skype meeting with '''Tony Price''':
** Possible visit to Birmingham cyclotron 25/26 October.
** '''TP''' to advise on possibility of visit and cyclotron availability.
** Measure energy spectrum of beam.
** '''TP''' will make Bragg peak measurement before we start.
* '''To Do''':
** Literature review due in 22nd October.
** Speak to '''Ruben Saakyan''' and '''Anastasia Basharina-Freshville''' about setting up PMT, particularly self-trigger threshold.
** Chase up LeCroy about PMT trigger dead time.

'''JO''':
* Attending HEP lectures: HEP Monday and Tuesday, CDT Thursday.
* Will send laptop specs to '''SJ'''.
* '''To Do''':
** Chase up Medical Physics/CDT courses: '''MH''' sure that ''Numerical Optimisation'' course is a great foundation for ''Inverse Problems''.
** Meeting arranged with '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson''' on 18th October.

'''RR''':
* Looking into patent application process.
* '''To Do''':
** Contact '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' for more detail about patent applications.

'''LK''':
* Organising Heidelberg trip.
* Working on build-up simulation paper.
* Rerunning Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
* '''To Do''':
** Measure height of scintillator stack.