Saturday, July 30, 2011

Cloud computing in medical physics*: A snapshot - July 2011

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These days if you do almost anything with a computer hooked up to the internet, you’ve probably heard the term “cloud computing”. Well I...
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Friday, July 1, 2011

Antiproton Radiotherapy Experiments at CERN

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In this moment we have a week of antiproton beam at CERN for radiobiology and dosimetry experiments. The main experiment is to measure the r...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Monte Carlo Race 2011

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We saw earlier how different cars (and a box of Lego) could fit the description of various Monte Carlo particle transport codes. Every year...
Monday, March 21, 2011

The "ideal" Monte Carlo user interface

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If you have read many of our posts, you probably know that radiation Monte Carlo software plays a large role in both Niels' and my resea...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

How to Produce Antiprotons

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Both Roy and I work on the AD-4/ACE project at CERN where we investigate antiprotons as candidate particles for use in cancer therapy. We...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Notes from the 2011 Geant4 Winter Course Tutorial

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In January I traveled to Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, USA to attend the Geant4 Winter Course Tutorial to brush up on m...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Making Bubbles: The Particle Way

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BTI BubbleTech Industries manufacture neutron detectors intended for personal dosimetry. Theses devices contain a polymer gel holding very ...