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PIANOFORTE training course on "MESH phantom development and implementation for radiation physics calculations", 30 September – 4 October 2024, CIEMAT, Spain

24 April '24
funded by PIANOFORTE
MESH phantoms

Purpose

The PIANOFORTE training course on "MESH phantom development and implementation for radiation physics calculations" is organised by EURADOS Working Group 6 “Computational Dosimetry” and will be held from 30 September – 4 October 2024 at CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain. The school will give general and practical information on MESH phantoms, their development and implementation into several Monte Carlo code packages, as well as selected applications. The school will be composed of lectures, tutorials and practical exercises given by experts in the field.

Topics to be covered

  • General information on MESH phantoms
  • Steps needed to go from image data to a MESH phantom
  • ICRP 145 Adult mesh-type reference computational phantoms
  • Animation of MESH phantoms
  • Implementation in different Monte Carlo codes (prospectively: MCNP family, Geant4, PHITS)
  • Dosimetric calculations with MESH phantoms

Organizing  committee

  • Christelle Huet (chair), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, France
  • Montse Moraleda (deputy), Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Spain
  • Jon Eakins, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, United Kingdom
  • José-María Gómez-Ros, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Spain
  • Kerstin Hürkamp, EURADOS

Important dates

  • Second (final) announcement:  20 June 2024
  • Registration deadline:  26 August 2024
  • Payment of registration fee: 2 September 2024
  • School: 30 September - 4 October 2024

Registration

The registration fee will cover lunches, coffee breaks and a social dinner of the 4.5 d training course (Monday afternoon to Friday).

Registration fee :
Regular fee: 200 €
Reduced fee: 180 € for participants from EURADOS sponsors 

The maximum number of participants is 35. Registrations will be accepted on first come – first serve basis.

For registration, please fill in the registration form:

Registration for the PIANOFORTE Training Course on "Mesh phantom development and implementation for radiation physics calculations"

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The participation fee is 200 EUR. 
For EURADOS sponsors the fee is 180 EUR.

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