4 Aug 2004 (Wed)

Opening remarks (9:00-9:05) (KEK) K. Kondo

Session 1 (9:05-11:05) EGS5 Chairperson: H. Hirayama

(1) New Electron Transport Physics in EGS5 (U Michigan) A.F.Bielajew (60')

(2) Optimizing the selection of step-size parameters (U Michigan) S. J. Wilderman (60')

Coffee Break (11:05-11:25)

Session 2 (11:25-12:30) EGS5 (Cont') Chairperson: H. Hirayama

(3) New Photon Transport Physics in EGS5 (KEK) Y. Namito (40')

(4) Benchmark Calculations for EGS5 (SLAC) J. Liu (25')

Session 3 (13:45-15:35) MC in general Chairperson S. Wilderman

(5) Trends in High Performance Computing and Grids (NII) K. Miura (60')

(6) The cross-section dividing method and the simultaneous distribution between the deflection angle and the spatial displacement for charged particles penetrating through matters (Okayama Shoka U) T. Nakatsuka

(7) Track tracing of charged particles with simultaneous distribution between the deflection angle and the spatial displacement (Okayama U) H. Okei

Coffee Break (15:35-15:55)

Session 4 (15:55-18:00) EGS related tools Chairperson: J. Liu

(8) Development of EGSWIN System Based on EGS4 (Tsinghua U) R. Qiu

(9) Interfacing EGS4 with Geant4 - An Example of Virtual Monte Carlo Approach (KEK) K. Murakami

(10) LSCAT-GISMO - an object-oriented Framework for Particle Simulation (Physics Inst) J.Giersch

(11) ROSI - A Monte Carlo simulation for x-ray tubes (Physics Inst) F. Sukowski

(12) Examination of the Program to Avoid Round-off Error (Nagoya U) Y. Shiota

5 Aug 2004 (Thu)

Session 5 (9:00-9:50) Numerical Technique Chairperson: K. Koshida

(13) Research for Deciding the Number and Each Width of Bins of the Energy Spectrum of the X-rays Used for Radiotherapy (Nagoya U) S. Kito

(14) Comparison Convolution Method with Monte Carlo Simulation by EGS4 (Nagoya U) T. Kusunoki

Coffee Break (9:50-10:10)

Session 6 (10:10-11:25) Radiation Detector Chairperson S. Ban

(15) Application of EGS4 to intensity monitor development for synchrotron radiation at SPring-8 (JASRI) N. Nariyama

(16) Development of Technology for Unfolding Radiation Energy Spectra using EGS4 Monte Carlo Code (Dae Bul U) GH. Yoo

(17) Verification for the Disagreement between Effective Point and Geometrical Center of Thimble Ionization Chamber (Nagoya U) K. Shimomura

Session 7 (13:00-14:50) Radiation Therapy: CREST project Chair person A. F. Bielajew

(18) Outline of the dose calculation system IMAGINE for radiotherapy (JAERI) K. Saito (10')

(19) Development of EGS4 user codes for IMAGINE (MRI) S. Takagi

(20) Optimal Parameters for Energy Spectral Calculations of Mega Voltage Photon Beam Using Monte Carlo Simulations (TMUHS) A. Myojoyama

(21) Soft Tissues in the Patient Digitization for the Monte Carlo Radiotherapy Treatment Planning (JAERI) M. Hirai

(22) Monte Carlo Simulations for Stereotactic Radiotherapy System with Various Kilo Voltage X-ray Energy (Keio U) HM. Deloar

Coffee Break (14:50-15:10)

Short Talks for Poster (15:10-16:30) Chairperson Y. Namito

Poster (16:30-18:00)

6 Aug 2004 (Fri)

Session 8 (9:00-10:15) Radiation Therapy Chairperson K. Tabushi

(23) Monte Carlo simulations of dose distributions for 4 and 10 MV photon beams from a Varian Clinac 2100C accelerator (Kumamoto U) F. Araki

(24) Monte Carlo Calculation of In-air Output Factors (Yang-Ming U) PI. Wang

(25) Monte Carlo calculations and GafChromic film measurements for Leksell Gamma Knife unit (Yang-Ming U) HW. Lee

Closing Remarks (10:15-10:30) (U Michigan) A.F. Bielajew

KEK Tour (10:40-11:40)