Workshop programme

SUNDAY 8th September 2002
10:00 - 17:00 Bus excursion: Waterland, Ransdorp, Enkhuizen, etc...
17:00 - 19:00 Registration: Cafe Maximiliaan
  
MONDAY 9th September 2002
8:30 - 9:00 Coffee and registration
   Opening session. Chair: Jan Visschers
9:00 - 9:05 Welcome to NIKHEF
Arjen van Rijn (NIKHEF Managing director)
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9:05 - 9:30 Welcome lecture:
"Semiconductor Detectors in the Low Countries"
Erik Heijne (Geneva)
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9:30 - 10:00 Opening lecture:
"A Personal Perspective on the Evolution of Radiation Detectors"
Glenn F. Knoll (Ann Arbor)
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10:00-10:30 Coffee break
   Session 1: Detector materials. Chair: Jens Ludwig
10:30 - 11:00 Keynote lecture:
"Inorganic scintillators in medical imaging detectors"
Carel van Eijk (Delft)
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11:00 - 11:20 "Performances of epitaxial GaAs detectors"
J.C. Bourgoin (Paris)
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11:20 - 11:40 "Graded-gap AlGaAs X-ray detector with collected charge multiplication"
K. Pozela (Vilnius)
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11:40 - 12:00 "GaAs radiation imaging detectors with active layer thickness up to 1 mm"
A.V. Tyazhev (Tomsk)
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12:00 - 12:20 "Influence of cooling on the working parameters of GaAs detectors"
S. Golovnia (Protvino)
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12:20 Lunch
   Session 1: Detector materials. Chair: Carel van Eijk
13:30 - 14:00 Keynote lecture:
"Advances in Germanium Detector Technology For Imaging"
Pat Sangsingkeow (Oak Ridge)
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14:00 - 14:20 "Performance investigation of detectors based on TlBr crystals grown by TMZ method"
V. Gostilo (Riga)
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14:20 - 14:40 "Charge collection in X-ray pixel detectors based on semi-insulating GaAs doped with Cr"
M. Bimatov (Tomsk)
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14:40 -15:00 "Luminiscent detectors of ionizing radiation"
I. Tale (Riga)
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15:00 - 15:20 "Semi-insulating GaN and its evaluation for alpha particle detection"
J. Vailtkus (Vilnius)
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15:20 - 15:50 Tea break
   Session 1: Detector materials. Chair: Vladimir Gostilo
15:50 - 16:10 "Charge drift in partially depleted epitaxial GaAs detectors"
P.J. Sellin (Guildford)
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16:10 - 16:30 "CdTe (CdZnTe) Mesa pixel detectors"
Domink Chren (Praha)
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16:30 -16:50 "Characterization of CdTe and (Cd,Zn)Te crystals grown by the vertical Bridgeman Method"
M. Fiederle (Freiburg)
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16:50 - 17:10 "Monte Carlo simulation of properties of a scintillator coated X-ray pixel detector"
M. Hjelm (Sundsvall)
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17:30 - 18:30 Walk around NIKHEF: Visit to the cleanrooms, workshops, etc...
18:30 - 20:00 Buffet at NIKHEF
The registration desk will be open the whole morning for late registration.
  
TUESDAY 10th September 2002
8:00 - 8:30 Coffee
   Session 2: Processing, Characterization, Reliability, Radiation Damage, Simulation. Chair: Ken Smith
8:30 - 9:00 Keynote lecture:
"Advances in semiconductor detectors for particle tracking in extreme radiation environments"
Cinzia Da Via' (Uxbridge)
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9:00 - 9:20 "Fabrication process validation for a double-sided Silicon pixel detector"
F. Quarati (Cagliari)
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9:20 - 9:40 "Formation of pn junctions in deep silicon pores"
X. Badel (Stockholm)
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9:40 - 10:00 "Fixed Pattern deviations in Si pixel detectors measured using the Medipix1 readout chip"
L. Tlustos (Geneva)
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10:00 - 10:20 "The temperature dependence performance of ultraviolet detectors"
T.V. Blank (St. Petersburg)
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10:20 - 10:50 Coffee break
   Session 2: Processing, Characterization, Reliability, Radiation Damage, Simulation. Chair: Cinzia da Via'
10:50 - 11:10 "The NA60 microstrip telescope readout electronics"
Andre David (Geneva)
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11:10 - 11:30 "Performance of irradiated bulk SiC detectors"
W. Cunningham (Glasgow)
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11:30 - 11:50 "Study of irradiated 3-D detectors"
P. Roy (Glasgow)
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11:50 - 13:00 Lunch
   Session 3: Frontend Electronics. Chair: Sture Petersson
13:00 - 13:30 Keynote lecture:
"Trends and Perspectives in deepsubmicron circuit design"
Bram Nauta (Univ. of Twente, The Netherlands)
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13:30 - 13:50 "First Test Measurements of a 64k pixel readout chip working in single photon counting mode"
M. Campbell (Geneva)
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13:50 - 14:10 "Submicron probing technique basing on AFM technology"
Michael Harz (Sacka)
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14:10 - 14:30 "Design of an interface board for the control and DAQ of the Medipix2 chip"
D. San Segundo Bello (Amsterdam)
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14:30 - 14:50 "Medipix2 parallel readout system"
Paolo Randaccio (Cagliari)
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14:50 - 15:05 Tea break
   Session 3: Frontend Electronics. Chair: Bram Nauta
15:05 - 15:35 Keynote lecture:
"Monolithic CMOS Pixel Detectors for Radiation Imaging"
Wojciech Dulinski (LEPSI, France)
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15:35 - 15:55 "Characterisation of a radiation hard front-end chip for LHCb at CERN"
N. van Bakel (Amsterdam)
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15:55 - 16:15 "Large dynamic range 64 channel ASICfor CZT or CdTe detectors"
F. Glasser (Grenoble)
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16:15 - 16:30 Tea break
   Session 4: High Density Interconnect Technology. Chair: Erik Heijne
16:30 - 17:00 Keynote lecture:
"Multilayer thin film technology, solving high-density interconnect and assembly problems"
Eric Beyne (Leuven)
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17:00 - 17:20 "Development of a vertically stacked readout substrate for high-bandwidth imager"
K. Kwiatkowski (Los Alamos)
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17:20 - 17:40 "High density bump interconnections for flip-chip hybridized pixel detectors"
Ilkka Suni (Helsinki)
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17:40 - 18:00 "A multi-chip board for X-ray imaging in build-up technology"
A. Fornaini (Amsterdam)
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19:15 - 20:00 Reception at the Amsterdam Historical Museum
20:00 Conference dinner.
Historical lecture: "New Frontiers in the Golden Age, the role of Amsterdam", by Lodewijk Wagenaar
  
  
WEDNESDAY 11th September 2002
8:00 - 8:30 Coffee
   Session 5: Applications in Life Sciences. Chair: Paul van der Stelt
8:30 - 9:00 Keynote lecture:
"Nuclear Imaging in the Realm of Medical Imaging"
Frank Deconinck (Brussels)
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9:00 - 9:20 "Design and simulation of micro-SPECT small animal molecular imaging"
Freek Beekman (Utrecht)
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9:20 - 9:40 "Pixel detectors for use in retina neurophysiology studies"
W. Cunningham (Glasgow)
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9:40 - 10:00 "Computed tomography using the Medipix1 chip"
C. Bert (Erlangen)
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10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
   Session 5: Applications in Life Sciences. Chair: Christer Frojdh
10:30 - 11:00 Keynote lecture:
"The clinical value of X-ray images of the teeth and jaws"
Laetitia Brocklebank (Glasgow)
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11:00 - 11:30 Keynote lecture:
"Intra-oral and extra-oral digital imaging: an overview of factors relevant to detector design"
Gerard C.H. Sanderink (Amsterdam)
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11:30 - 11:50 "A silicon microstrip sensor for use in dental digital radiography"
P.F. van der Stelt (Amsterdam)
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11:50 - 12:10 "A new tissue equivalent proportional counter design"
M. Farahmand (Delft)
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12:10 - 12:30 "GaAs detectors for medical imaging"
G.I. Ayzenshtat (Tomsk)
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12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and exhibition
   Session 5: Applications in Life Sciences. Chair: Mario Caria
13:30 - 14:00 Keynote lecture:
"Detectors for imaging biological macro-molecules at atomic resolution"
prof. Dr. J.P. Abrahams (Leiden)
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14:30 - 15:00 Keynote lecture:
"Flat X-ray Detectors for Medical Imaging"
Dr. Michael Overdick (Aachen)
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15:00 - 15:20 "Design of semiconductor detectors for digital mammography"
Marzia Novelli (Pisa)
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15:00 - 15:30 Tea break
   Session 6: Industrial Applications. Chair: Seppo Nenonen
15:30 - 16:00 Keynote lecture:
"Applying X-rays in Material Analysis"
Dr. Vladimir Kogan (Almelo)
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16:00 - 16:20 "Resolution and stability tests of Medipix1 pixel detector for XRDD"
Jan Jakubek (Praha)
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16:20 - 16:40 "Multi-anode linear silicon drift detectors for soft X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy"
J. Sonsky (Delft)
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   Session 2 continued. Chair: Michael Campbell
16:40 - 17:00 "Threshold characterisation of the Medipix1 chip"
D. Niederloehner (Erlangen)
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17:00 - 17:20 "Limitations to Flat-field correction methods when used with an X-ray spectrum"
D. Davidson (Glasgow)
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17:20 - 17:40 "ROSI: an object-oriented and parallel computing Monte Carlo for X-ray imaging"
J. Giersch (Erlangen)
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19:00-20:30 Canal boat trip
20:30-22:30 Buffet at the "Amsterdam" ship in the Amsterdam Maritime museum.
Includes: "The Dutch Golden Age: Songs from the Sea" by Collegium Amisfurtense
  
THURSDAY 12th September 2002
8:00 - 8:30 Coffee
   Session 7: Other Applications. Chair: Stanislav Pospisil
8:30 - 9:00 Keynote lecture:
"X-ray imaging spectrometers in present and future satellite missions"
Peter Lechner (Munchen)
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9:00 - 9:20 "X-ray imaging with a silicon microstrip detector coupled to the RX64 ASIC"
L. Ramello (Alessandria)
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9:20 - 9:40 "Design of a compact gamma camera with semiconductor hybrid pixel detectors"
G. Mettivier (Napoli)
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9:40 - 10:00 "Visualization of neutron and proton induced particle in a CMOS image sensor"
A. Sipos (Debrecen)
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10:00 - 10:20 "1 mm position resolution for neutrons using a GEM"
T.L. van Vuure (Delft)
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10:20 - 10:50 Coffee break
   Session 7: Other Applications. Chair: Sandra Muijs
10:50 - 11:10 "Silicon strip detectors for two-dimensional soft X-ray imaging at normal incidence"
P. Rato Mendes (Lisbon)
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11:10 - 11:30 "Large-scale X-ray images taken with the Medipix1 chip"
Karl-Friedrich Pfeiffer (Erlangen)
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   Closing session. Chair: I. Tale
11:30 - 12:00 Workshop summary talk
Mario Caria (Clermont-Ferrand)
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12:00 - 12:10 Concluding remarks
Jan Visschers (Amsterdam)
12:10 - 13:30 Lunch
Between 11:00 and 15:00, a shuttle service to Schiphol airport will be organized for people that must catch their planes.

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