IMGRAD4

from Wednesday, 4 August 2021 (08:00) to Thursday, 5 August 2021 (18:00)
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation SOC Ltd. (Necsa) (Necsa Visitor Center (NVC))

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
4 Aug 2021
5 Aug 2021
AM
08:30
Sponsors Advert (Volume Graphics & Nikon) (until 09:00) ()
09:00
Order arrangements - Robert Nshimirimana (NECSA) (until 09:20) (Necsa Visitor Center (NVC))
09:00
Welcome and Opening - Robert Nshimirimana (NECSA) Dr Jan Rijn Zeevaart (Necsa) (until 09:20) (Necsa Visitor Center (NVC))
09:20
The computer tomographic scanner: How solving a mathematical algorithm won a nobel prize in medicine (Key note speaker) -Prof. Christopher L Vaughan (Caperay /University of Cape Town / Stellenbosch University) (until 10:20) ()
10:20
Analysis and visualization of scientific tomography data with VGSTUDIO MAX (Sponsor: Volume Graphics) - Holger Bohn (Volume Graphics GmbH) (until 11:00) ()
11:00 --- SHORT BREAK (SPONSOR advert: Volume graphics & Nikon) ---
11:10
An overview of the Stellenbosch CT facility – latest capabilities, applications and advances - Anton du Plessis (Stellenbosch University) (until 11:40) ()
11:40
3D imaging at the Unisa-Mintek X-ray microscopy facility -Dr Deshenthree Chetty (Mintek) (until 12:10) ()
08:30
Sponsors Advert (Volume Graphics & Nikon) (until 09:00) ()
09:00
Guess Speaker -Dr Frikkie De Beer (Necsa) (until 09:10) ()
09:10
Applications and scattering effects in Neutron Imaging (Key note speaker) -Dr Burkhard Schillinger (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)) (until 10:10) ()
10:10
Nikon Metrology’s new 225 kV microfocus X-ray CT (Sponsor: Nikon) -Mr Christopher Price (Nikon) (until 10:40) ()
10:40
Noise approximation from Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) scans using a new computer-assisted method based on automatic landmarking -Dr Alison Ridel (until 11:00) ()
11:00 --- SHORT BREAK (SPONSOR advert: Volume graphics & Nikon) ---
11:10
Filling the Olson’s Gap? A re-appraisal of Raranimus dashankouensis (Synapsida, Therapsida) using CT scanning technologies -Ms Aliénor Duhamel (until 11:30) ()
11:30
Computed tomography reconstruction for the reduction of the effects of metallic inclusions - Gideon Chinamatira (University of the Witwatersrand) (until 11:50) ()
11:50
65 years of using X-rays to study tooth replacement in Therapsida -Dr Luke Norton (Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand) (until 12:10) ()
PM
12:10 --- BREAK: LUNCH (SPONSOR advert: Volume Graphics & Nikon) ---
12:40
Status of imaging with radiation at Necsa - Robert Nshimirimana (NECSA) (until 13:00) ()
13:00
The introduction of a new beamline (BM18) at the European Synchrotron and Radiation Facility and its implications for material sciences, natural and cultural heritage, and biomedical research fields - Kathleen Dollman (European Synchrotron and Radiation Facility) (until 13:30) ()
13:30
Radiation shielding design for a neutron radiography facility at a research reactor - Johann Van Rooyen (North-West University) (until 14:00) ()
14:00
Non-destructive microtomography of Early Triassic vertebrate coprolites from South Africa. - Chandelé Montgomery (University of the Witwatersrand - Evolutionary Studies Intitute) (until 14:20) ()
14:20
The inner ear lateral semicircular canal and head posture in ungulate mammals -Dr Julien Benoit (until 14:40) ()
14:40
Comparison of two scanning modalities for ancestry estimation using the mid-facial skeleton. - Pearl Nomshado Bothma (until 15:00) ()
15:00
An investigation into the complementary capabilities of the X-ray computed tomography and hyperspectral imaging of drill core in geometallurgy - Dineo Lucia Mashaba (University of Cape Town) (until 15:20) ()
12:10
Did Australopithecines and Homo taxas suffered from alveolar bone loss, which may have affected masticatory functions? -Prof. Ugo Ripamonti (Bone Research Laboratory, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) (until 12:30) ()
12:30 --- BREAK: LUNCH (SPONSOR advert: Volume Graphics & Nikon) ---
13:00
Microfossil evaluation using X-ray computed tomography for petroleum exploration - Muofhe Tshibalanganda (Stellenbosch CT scanner favility) (until 13:20) ()
13:20
Characterizing the unusual 3D morphology of calcite minerals found in coal: a case study - Carlyn Wells (Stellenbosch University) (until 13:40) ()
13:40
Positron Emission Imaging - Graham Daniels (Necsa) (until 14:00) ()
14:00
Scales, lips or venom? A survey of the trigeminal canals in Tyrannosaurus rex using X-ray computed tomography -Dr Julien Benoit (until 14:20) ()
14:20
Bakeng se Afrika – a digital skeletal repository, for Africa, by Africa - Clarisa van der Merwe (University of Pretoria) (until 14:40) ()
14:40
Online Vision Assistant Optimization of Neutron Radiography Detector System Optical Parameters -Mr Evens Tebogo Moraba (Necsa Radtom) (until 15:00) ()
15:00
CONCLUSION, STUDENT PRIZE PRESENTATION & PROSPECT OF THE NEXT CONFERENCE - Robert Nshimirimana (NECSA) (until 15:30) ()