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FORTHCOMING TALK

28 Feb 2012 Geneva ICTR-PHE 2012


TEAM PRODUCE

Monte Carlo code development

FLUKA Version 2011
A fully-integrated particle physics Monte Carlo simulation code

Radiotherapy bunker design

Radiotherapy capacity in the built environment 2006
Confidential report to the UK Department of Health as contracted by the Estates & Facilities Division

Computed Tomography (CT)

Conversion of CT numbers into tissue parameters for Monte Carlo dose calculations: a multi-centre study
Phys Med Biol 2007 52 3 539 Vanderstraeten B et al


LEAD-AUTHOR WORK

Monte Carlo from scratch
Seminar, University of Surrey 26 July 2011 Guildford
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Carbon therapy & heavy ion transport

Sample Histories from Carbon Therapy of a Human Brain
T Am Nucl Soc 2011 105 55
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Filtering exit photons for treatment monitoring of carbon therapy
FLUKA Collaboration Meeting 4 July 2011 Milano
Carbon stories in calcium
1st FLUKA Advanced Course & Workshop 2010 Ericeira
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Spallation neutron sources

Perturbation of phase space downstream by parameters upstream
10th SATIF (Task Force on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets & Irradiation Facilities) 2010 Geneva
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Proton and neutron penetration of candidate target materials for the European Spallation Source
10th ICANS (International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources) Meeting 2010 Grindelwald
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Preliminary formulation of a nuclear data roadmap for designing the ESS
EFNUDAT (European Facilities for Nuclear Data Measurements) Workshop 2009, Budapest
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Energy deposition by doughnut beams bombarding a (p,xn) target
T Am Nucl Soc 2010 103 40
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Neutronic considerations in designing the European Spallation Source (ESS)
T Am Nucl Soc 2009 101 102
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Nuclear data processing

From ENDF to PENDF: NJOY and PREPRO
ND2010: Nuclear Data for Science & Technology 2010 Jeju Island
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Positron emission tomography (PET)

Variation of 3γ-to-2γ ratio from 18F in haematological components measured using the GAMMASPHERE
Nucl Instrum Meth A 2009 604 1-2 331
Monte Carlo investigation of positron annihilation in medical positron emission tomography
Nucl Instrum Meth A 2007 580 1 484
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Three-quanta positron annihilation in blood samples of different oxygenation levels
T Am Nucl Soc 2008 99 55
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Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)

A detailed Monte Carlo accounting of radiation transport in the brain during BNCT
Appl Radiat Isot 2009 67 7-8 Suppl 164
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Monitoring of gamma emission and neutron transmission during boron neutron capture treatment delivery
J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2009 281 1 149

Anthropomorphic phantoms

Definition by radiation properties: a proposal for next-generation anthropomorphic phantoms
T Am Nucl Soc 2009 100 43
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Anthropomorphic voxel phantoms: beyond organ shapes and sizes
T Am Nucl Soc 2008 99 65
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Event-by-event Monte Carlo simulations

Event-by-event Monte Carlo tracking of neutron-nucleus collisions in neutron detectors
T Am Nucl Soc 2007 97 288
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Non-convergence of Geant4 hadronic models for 10 and 30MeV protons in 18O and 14N
Appl Radiat Isot 2009 67 3 406
EGSnrc and GEANT4 simulation of electron nanosteps in gold
T Am Nucl Soc 2008 99 70

Radiotherapy bunker design & shielding

An evaluation of current recommendations on high-energy radiotherapy accelerator shielding
T Am Nucl Soc 2007 97 265
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Neutron contamination in a radiotherapy maze
MSc Dissertation (pdf 2.5M) 1999 University of Surrey

Grid & cluster computing

An embarrassingly parallel framework for running EGSnrc/BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc, FLUKA, MCNP/MCNPX, GEANT4 and PENELOPE on grid and cluster computers
15th Int Conf Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy 2007 Toronto (Novotel Digital) ed. Bissonnette J University of Toronto 93-97
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Implementation of BEAMnrc Monte Carlo simulations on the Grid
14th Int Conf Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy 2004 Seoul ed Yi BY(Jeong Publishing)
Grid and cluster computing for radiotherapy
Scientific Computing 2006 March 27-31
article (pdf 328k)
My activities as NGS user since April 2004
3rd UK National Grid Service User Forum 2007 Oxford
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Radiotherapy verification & portal dosimetry

Correction for dose-response variations in a scanning liquid ion chamber EPID as a function of linac gantry angle
Phys Med Biol 2004 49 8 N93
Monte Carlo simulation of portal dosimetry on a rectilinear voxel geometry: a variable gantry angle solution
Phys Med Biol 2003 48 16 N231
Monte Carlo portal dosimetry
Med Phys 2007 32 3228
A Monte Carlo solution for external beam photon radiotherapy verification
The Monte Carlo Method: Versatility Unbounded in a Dynamic Computing World 2005 Chattanooga (American Nuclear Society)
paper (pdf 238k)
Monte Carlo portal dosimetry
PhD thesis (pdf 6.3M) 2005 University of Wales


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research), Geneva Jul 2010 - present
Lund University, European Spallation Source, Lund (but based at CERN) May 2009 - June 2010
University of Surrey, Guildford Jan 2007 - May 2009
Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford Jan 2009 - May 2009
Cardiff University (based at Velindre NHS Trust), Cardiff Jul 2005 - Jan 2007
Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital, Penang Nov 1999 - Mar 2002
Malaysia Online, Penang 1997 - Sep 1998


MOST GRATEFUL FOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Association of Commonwealth Universities1998-1999
Cancer Research Wales2002-2005

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