MiND-IBCT Workshop (Micro- and Nano-Dosimetry for Ion Beam Cancer Therapy)

The workshop took place on 07-09 May 2014 at MedAustron in Wiener Neustadt.

In the table below you can see a schedule of the workshop. In case the authors gave permission to publish their presentation the slides can be downloaded by clicking on the title of the presentation.

R. Mayer	Welcome to MedAustron
H. Rabus	The role of microdosimetry and nanodosimetry for biologically relevant radiation quantities
Chair: R.Schulte	Session 1: Introducing Micro- & Nanodosimetry in clinical practice
G. Magrin	Radiation quality measurements of ion beams: clinical feasibility and possible implementations
E. Scifoni	Dose modifiers with particle beams from track structure to treatment planning
Chair: H.Rabus	Session 2: Biophysical models and biological aspects
G. Cabal	The dependency of the alpha and beta parameters from the LQ model on LET: a bayesian model selection perspective
T. Friedrich	RBE for Therapy: Development of the Local Effect Model and uncertainty assessment based on the PIDE data base
K.M. Prise	Understanding spatial and temporal track structure effects with clinically relevant ion beam studies in biological systems
F. Ballarini	A biophysical model linking DNA damage, chromosome aberrations and cell death
Chair: G. Magrin	Session 3: Track structure calculations
W. Friedland	Track structure and initial DNA-damage simulation for ion energies around the Bragg- Peak
M. Davídková	Carbon ion beam quality: LET spectra calculated by Geant4 at different positions along and around ion beam
M. Bug	Simulation of electron tracks in water and DNA medium
C. Villagrasa	Track structure calculations with the Geant4-DNA toolkit and ongoing developments
R. Schulte	A novel approach to particle therapy radiation metrology based on nanodosimetry - concepts and first results
Discussion: Biophysical models linking track structure and biological effects
B. Heide	A Percolation Model for Calculating SSB- and DSB- yield
Chair: H. Palmans	Session 4: Experimental Micro- and Nanodosimetry
P. Colautti	Microdosimetry of therapeutic hadron beams
S. Chiriotti	Critical assessment of physical data to calibrate microdosimetric spectra
S. Galer	Micro-calorimeters directly measuring lineal energy
S. Agosteo	Experimental microdosimetry at nanometric level
G. Hilgers	Challenges in track structure nanodosimetry
V. Conte	Experimental nanodosimetry of carbon ions

Additional information:

Book of Abstracts Workshop-photo Participants