ESF Exploratory Workshop on

Advanced Instrumentation for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

23-26 September 2008 Oxford

Tuesday 23.09.08 Morning Plenary Session
(1) ESF Introduction Malgorzata Tkatchenko and Vladimir Bencko

(2)

Toward a UK Charged Particle Research Facility

Bleddyn Jones

(3)

Spot Scanning Proton Radiation Therapy: Paul Scherrer Institut Experience

Carmen Ares

Tuesday 23.09.08 Afternoon Plenary Session

(4)

The Advantages of Particle Therapy and the status of the Heidelberg Iontherapy Center

Thomas Haberer

(5) Treatment delivery from the patient perspective: potential indication, set-up and organ motion issues at CNAO Piero Fossati

(6)

Current plans for research in heavy-ion therapy at GSI

Marco Durante

Wednesday 24.09.08 Morning Plenary Session

(7)

(a) Activities in Torino on hadrontherapy (b) Development of a Treatment Planning System

Vincenzo Monaco

Wednesday 24.09.08 Afternoon Plenary Session

(8)

Latest developments in spectroscopic X-ray imaging: characteristics, performance, remaining challenges and anticipated benefits

Lukas Tlustos

(9)

AQUA: Advanced QUality Assurance for CNAO

Fabio Sauli

(10) European Network for Light Ion Therapy ENLIGHT Manjit Dosanjh
Thursday 25.09.08 Morning Plenary Session

(11)

Future directions and current challenges of proton therapy Tony Lomax
Thursday 25.09.08 Afternoon Parallel Session
(12)

Monitoring the Bragg peak location by means of prompt g measurements

Nicolas Freud

(13)

Diamond detectors for radiation therapy dosimetry

Monika Rebisz-Pomorska

Friday 26.09.08 Morning Parallel Session

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