Scientific program

Friday 20.09.2013
Scientific meeting
(Collegium Maius, Michal Bobrzynski Conference Hall)
Guided tour through Collegium Maius (after lunch)
Saturday 21.09.2013
Scientific meeting
(Collegium Maius, Michal Bobrzynski Conference Hall)
Conference Dinner in Wesele Restaurant
Sunday 22.09.2013
Morning: Scientific meeting
(Collegium Maius, Michal Bobrzynski Conference Hall)
Afternoon: Concert
(Collegium Maius)

Detailed program

Friday 20.09.2013
9:30 Welcome coffee
10:15 OPENING - Prof. Andrzej Warczak (Dean of the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science)
Session I

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Piotr Salabura (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
10:30 - 11:00 Jerzy Jastrzębski (Heavy Ion Laboratory, Warsaw University, Poland)
"Medical Radioisotopes from the Heavy Ion Laboratory of the University of Warsaw: Present status and future plans"
11:00 - 11:30 Paulo Fonte (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particles Physics, Lisboa, Portugal)
"RPC-PET: Positron emission tomograph based on resistive plate chambers" (PDF)
11:30 – 12:00 Wojciech Wiślicki (Świerk Computing Centre, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
"Potential of Świerk Computing Centre for advanced medical imaging in Poland"
12:00 – 12:30 Aleksandra Biegun (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
"Tumor motion in proton therapy. Studies of TOF-PET imaging modality"
12:30 – 13:40 Lunch in Collegium Novum
13:40 – 14:50 Guided tour through Collegium Maius
Session II

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Zbigniew Rudy (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
15:00 - 15:30 Zbigniew Karkuszewski (Photon Institute, Poland)
"Presentation of Photon Institute"
15:30 - 16:00 Piotr Pracuch (Silvermedia, Poland)
"Presentation of Silvermedia"
16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
Session III

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Zbigniew Rudy (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
16:30 - 17:00 Jerzy Smyrski (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Application of WLS fibers for position determination in PET based on plastic scintillators" (PDF)
17:00 - 17:30 Weronika Wolszczak (Warsaw University, Poland)
"3D event positioning in monolithic BGO base PET detector using light response function and temperature gradient" (PDF)
17:30 - 18:00 Tomasz Szczęśniak (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
"Optimization of detectors for time-of-flight PET" (PDF)
Saturday 21.09.2013
Session IV

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Eryk Czerwiński (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
9:00 – 9:40 Paweł Moskal (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"General description of the J-PET tomograph and introduction of  a method for hit-position determination based on simultaneous sampling in domains of voltage and fraction of amplitude"
9:40 – 10:20 Szymon Niedźwiecki (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Status of the laboratory studies of J-PET prototype: Light signal velocities, single photoelectron signals  and measurement campaigns" (PDF)
10:20 – 10:40 Tomasz Bednarski (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Determination of the effective light attenuation in plastic scintillator strips"
10:40 – 11:10 COFFEE BREAK
Session V

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Marek Pałka (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
11:10 – 11:40 Zbigniew Rudy, Artur Słomski (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"3D PET Image reconstruction based on MLEM algorithm" (PDF)
11:40 – 12:10 Piotr Białas, Jakub Kowal, Adam Strzelecki (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"List mode reconstruction in 2D strip PET" (PDF)
12:10 – 12:40 Lech Raczyński (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland)
"Signal reconstruction in a long scintillator strips" (PDF)
12:40 – 13:10 Natalia Zoń (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Hit position reconstruction using Hausdorff metric" (PDF)
13:10 – 14:40 Lunch in Collegium Novum
Session VI

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Michał Silarski (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
14:40 – 15:10 Marek Pałka (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"A novel method of measurement of time and amplitude of analog signals based solely on FPGA units" (PDF)
15:10 – 15:40 Grzegorz Korcyl (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Trigger-less and reconfigurable data acquisition system for Positron Emission Tomography" (PDF)
15:40 – 16:00 Marcin Kajetanowicz (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"FPGA based data processing unit for J-PET data acquisition systems" (PDF)
16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
Session VII

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Lech Raczyński (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Poland)
16:30 – 16:50 Wojciech Krzemień (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Fast Monte-Carlo simulations for J-PET" (PDF)
16:50 – 17:20 Paweł Kowalski (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland)
"Simulation of J-PET detector response with the GATE package" (PDF)
17:20 – 17:40 Eryk Czerwiński, Marcin Zieliński (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"J-PET data base and data structure" (PDF)
17:40 – 18:00 W. Krzemień,  M. Silarski, K. Stoła, D. Trybek (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Status of the J-PET analysis framework" (PDF)
18:00 – 18:30 Łukasz Kapłon (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Polymer scintillator production using bulk polymerization method" (PDF)
19:30 Conference Dinner in Wesele Restaurant (Rynek Główny 10)
Sunday 22.09.2013
Session VIII

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Wojciech Krzemień (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
9:00 – 9:30 A. Hubalewska-Dydejczyk,  M. Trofimiuk-Müldner (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Clinical PET in oncology: current applications and future perspectives" (PDF)
9:30 – 10:00 P. Jamka (Silvermedia, Poland)
"J-PET  Image visualization" (PDF)
10:00 – 10:30 Michał Silarski (Jagiellonian Univeristy, Poland)
"A novel method for calibration and monitoring of time synchronization of TOF-PET scanners by means of the cosmic rays" (PDF)
10:00 – 10:30 Paweł Moskal (Jagiellonian Univeristy, Poland)
"A novel method for simultaneous functional, anatomical and morphometric imaging based on the annihilation of positronium"
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
Session IX

(Michał Bobrzyński Conference Hall)

Chairperson: Marcin Zieliński (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
11:30 – 11:50 K. Giergiel, P. Witkowski (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Simulations of the evolution of light signals in the scintillator strips" (PDF)
11:50 – 12:10 K. Szymański (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Simulation of multiple scattering of annihilation quanta in a strip of organic scintillator" (PDF)
12:10 – 12:30 I. Moskal (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Determination of the beam profile of the annihilation quanta from the 68Ge" (PDF)
12:30 – 12:50 K. Stoła, D. Trybek, W. Krzemień (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Event Display for a single strip detector" (PDF)
12:50 – 13:10 M. Bała, W. Krzemień (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Simple image reconstruction with TOF" (PDF)
13:10 Lunch in Collegium Novum
17:00 Reception in Collegium Maius
19:00 Baroque Concert in Assembly Hall of Collegium Maius