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== Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 14th November 2018 (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL) ==
== Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 9th January 2019 (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL) ==


=== Present ===
=== Present ===


'''Simon Jolly''', '''Raffaella Radogna''', '''Laurent Kelleter''', '''Jeremy Ocampo''',  '''Saad Shaikh''', '''Fernando Franco Felix''', '''James Golbourn'''
'''Simon Jolly''', '''Raffaella Radogna''', '''Laurent Kelleter''', '''Jeremy Ocampo''',  '''Saad Shaikh''', '''Fernando Franco Felix''', '''James Golbourn''', '''Ohie Mayenin''', '''Matthieu Hentz'''


'''RR''':
'''SJ''', '''RR''' and '''MH''' need to register for [https://ptcog58.org PTCOG].
* Working through preliminary documents for patent application for '''Vassilios Albanis'''.
* Started testing new PCIe Thunderbolt enclosure for CameraLink card.
* Designed a logo!
* '''To Do''':
** Organise equipment in new boxes.
** Get PCIe enclosure working.
** Start learning analysis with Laurent.


'''LK'''
'''JO''':
* Working on stuff.
* Group placement coming up with '''Valtech''' working on NHS patient data.
* Heidelberg data stored on plus1 and relevant parts sent to '''Lennart Volz'''.
* Two HEP exams in January.
* Started looking into Heidelberg data:
* Enrolled on '''Simon Arridge's''' '''Inverse Problems''' course.
** Rough reconstruction of SOBP.
* Working through CERN Geant4 examples.
** Seeing droop due to high quenching of light.
* '''To Do''':
* '''To Do''':
** PTCOG abstracts and registration.
** Contact '''Adam Gibson''' and arrange meeting to discuss Birmingham scintillator measurements.
** Detailed data analysis for Heidelberg data.
** Ask Adam about building scintillator simulations in Geant4.
** Prepare for school talk on 4/11/18.
** Workshop on paper writing 7/11/18.
** Start writing paper on proton calorimetry results.
** Analyse Heidelberg beam mixing data.


'''JO''':
'''OM''':
* Been reading background on particle-matter interactions and Monte Carlo simulations.
* Managed to run Clatterbridge simulation in Geant4:
* Spoken to '''Adam Gibson''' about importing more sophisticated geometries and input beam distributions.
** Not sure if it finished properly...
* Still going through reading list provided by '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson'''.
** '''MH''' suggests using smaller number of particles.
* '''To Do''':
* Need to start working on BDSIM with CAD model:
** Build Geant4 simulations of Cherenkov emission in water and scintillation light output from scintillator block.
** Have already run 1 tutorial.
** Clarify meaning of phase space in radiotherapy.
** Will contact '''James Chappell''' to get contact details for '''Laurie Nevay'''.


'''JG'''
'''FFF''':
* Written project outline for '''SJ''' to review.
* Collated data for photodiodes: will put together presentation.
* Waiting on '''SJ''' to make contact with UCLH QA experts.
* Need to find out input specs of DDC1128.
* '''To Do''':
** Search for more information on QA techniques..
** Follow up references from PSI paper.


'''SS''':
'''SS''':
* Made progress on reconstructing energy spectra from LeCroy waveform data from [[Proton_Calorimetry/Experimental_Runs/2018/Oct25-6|Birmingham experimental runs]]:
* Analysed all data from [[Proton_Calorimetry/Experimental_Runs/2018/Oct25-6|Birmingham experimental runs]]:
** Modified baseline subtraction now finds peak of pulse.
** Eyepatch data gives excellent match with Caen spectra.
** Resulting spectra look very similar to Caen ADC spectra.
** Working on matching Caen and Lecroy spectra by minimising a chi^2.
* '''To Do''':
* '''To Do''':
** Check total number of protons in each peak for eyepatch data.
** Do binning manually in 4D histogram.
** Send spectra to '''Tony Price'''.
** Scale spectra data for chi^2 fitting.
** Retrieve tracker data from '''Tony Price'''.
** Retrieve tracker data from '''Tony Price'''.


'''MH''':
'''LK'''
* Improvements to Geant4 simulations.
* Analysed some of the [http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/wikiData/presentations/2019/LK20190109_MixedBeamsAnalysis.pdf mixed beam data from Heidelberg].
* Reconstruction much faster due to analytical reconstruction algorithm: helps to prototype simulations.
* Full reconstruction now working: simple phantom gives very accurate reconstruction with fan beam.
* Looked into labelling individual protons: ROOT truncates strings...
* '''To Do''':
* '''To Do''':
** Transfer report almost finished: due Friday...
** Plan next Heidelberg test.
** Set up large scale simulations on plus1.
** Contact '''Simon Rit''' and '''Niels Krah''' to convert ITK images to DICOM.
** Contact '''Jamie McClelland''' for DICOM image conversion and reconstruction tools.
** Assign ID to each proton to speed up pre and post matching.

Latest revision as of 16:31, 9 January 2019

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 9th January 2019 (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Simon Jolly, Raffaella Radogna, Laurent Kelleter, Jeremy Ocampo, Saad Shaikh, Fernando Franco Felix, James Golbourn, Ohie Mayenin, Matthieu Hentz

SJ, RR and MH need to register for PTCOG.

JO:

  • Group placement coming up with Valtech working on NHS patient data.
  • Two HEP exams in January.
  • Enrolled on Simon Arridge's Inverse Problems course.
  • Working through CERN Geant4 examples.
  • To Do:
    • Contact Adam Gibson and arrange meeting to discuss Birmingham scintillator measurements.
    • Ask Adam about building scintillator simulations in Geant4.

OM:

  • Managed to run Clatterbridge simulation in Geant4:
    • Not sure if it finished properly...
    • MH suggests using smaller number of particles.
  • Need to start working on BDSIM with CAD model:
    • Have already run 1 tutorial.
    • Will contact James Chappell to get contact details for Laurie Nevay.

FFF:

  • Collated data for photodiodes: will put together presentation.
  • Need to find out input specs of DDC1128.

SS:

  • Analysed all data from Birmingham experimental runs:
    • Eyepatch data gives excellent match with Caen spectra.
    • Working on matching Caen and Lecroy spectra by minimising a chi^2.
  • To Do:
    • Do binning manually in 4D histogram.
    • Scale spectra data for chi^2 fitting.
    • Retrieve tracker data from Tony Price.

LK

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