宇宙線、高エネルギー、原子核実験関係の皆さま 今年のIEEE Nuclear Science Symposium は、初めて北アメリカ大陸を離れて、 欧州はフランスのリヨン市にて開かれます。そのため参加者はかなり多くなり、 レベルの高い講演や活発な議論が期待されます。シンポジウム主催者からは、 日本からの活発な参加を期待しているとのメッセージを受けました。 シンポジウムは秋ですが、Paperの申込み締切りは4月30日ですのでご注意く ださい。 添付の概要はWeb pageからのコピーです。詳しくは     http://NSS2000.in2p3.fr/ をご覧ください。                 Steering Committee 日本メンバー                     岩崎博行(KEK)、近藤敬比古(KEK) ------------------------------------------------------------ Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Lyon, France October 15-20, 2000 Overview of the Conference The Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS ) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) is an annual international event that brings together the scientific communities designing and utilizing radiation detector systems for fundamental physics research and advanced medical imaging. Ever since its founding in 1948 this congress has been held in North America under the patronage of the IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), the world's largest professional engineering association, consisting of some 300,000 members. For the first time in its history the IEEE Society responsible for this congress, (NPSS, the Nuclear and Plasma Physics Society,) has entrusted the organization of the year 2000 edition to Europe. The two congresses will take place in France, at the Lyon Convention Centre, from 15 - 20 October 2000. The event is being held under the auspices of major European national and international organisations: Europe: CERN, EFOMP, ESA and ESO France: CEA, CNRS and the IN2P3 for France, Germany: DESY, FZ Julich Italy: INFN, INFM United Kingdom: CLRC Daresbury and Rutherford The scope of the two congresses will, together, cover a wide range of applications, from radiation detection and new detector materials, electronics and image reconstruction algorithms to complex radiation detection systems for physical science and advanced imaging systems for biological and medical research. Emphasis will be put on the interdisciplinary issues of the topics and on the transfer of technology between fundamental physics research, medical and biological imaging science and industrial applications. Interaction between MIC and NSS will be encouraged by means of short daily plenary sessions and parallel sessions on fundamental detector technologies that will be of interest to both communities. Consequently we encourage participation in the complete NSS-MIC program. List of Topics 1 Fundamental Technologies (NSS and MIC) 1 Semiconductor Detectors 2 Other Solid State Detectors 3 Gaseous Detectors 4 Scintillators 5 Photodectors 6 Novel Detector Technologies 7 Neutron detection 8 Read-out Electronics and Signal Processing 9 Control systems 2 NSS Instrumentation Systems 1 Vertex Detectors 2 Tracking Systems 3 Particle Identification 4 Cherenkov and Transition Radiation Detectors 5 Time of Flight Systems 6 Calorimeters, dE/dx 7 Jet Energy Measurement 8 Muon Tracking 9 Trigger and Data Acquisition 10 Software for Experiments 11 Radiation hardness 3 MIC Instrumentation Systems and Medical Imaging Techniques 1 Emission Tomography, PET, SPECT Instrumentation 2 Multi-modality Imaging Devices 3 Imaging geometry and Collimator design 4 Attenuation and Scatter Correction Techniques 5 Image Reconstruction Algorithms and Sequence Pocessing 6 Simulation tools and Instrumentation Modelling 7 Quantative and Parametric Imaging Techniques 8 Intra-operative Probes and Small Imaging Devices 9 X-ray CT and Digital Radiography 10 Radiation Therapy Imaging 11 Micro-tomography Imaging 12 Electronic Portal Imaging Application Areas 1 High Energy Physics 2 Nuclear Physics 3 Astrophysics and Astroparticle 4 Synchrotron Radiation 5 Neutron scattering 6 Structure of Matter 7 Plasma Physics 8 Fusion Control 9 Nuclear Power 10 Molecular Biology 11 Radiotherapy 12 Neutron and hadron therapy 13 Radio protection and dosimetry ------------------------------------------------------------