ToScA 2016
ToScA 2016
The 4th annual meeting addressing hard and soft tissue imaging, understanding materials in 3D, recent advances in hardware and software, and a broad range of applications in tomography. This international meeting consisted of keynote speakers, student talks, student poster presentations and an image competition. The meeting provided opportunities for open discussions, networking with researchers and commercial industry as well as a platform to engage in collaborations.
ToScA Membership
We are pleased to announce that there will now be a joint RMS | ToScA membership available. You can register for the 2016 meeting and apply for this membership at the same time. Joint RMS | ToScA membership gives you all the benefits of RMS membership with the additional benefits of a 10% discount on the ToScA meeting registration fees, being able to apply for ToScA bursaries and being able to attend the ToScA workshops for free.
Registration & Workshop Information
Registration for ToScA closed on Friday 26 August.
Registration fees were as follows:
Standard Delegate £190
Student: £150
Pre-Conference Workshops: £50 each
Standard Registration + RMS | ToScA membership £270*
Student Registration + RMS | ToScA membership £180*
*Once you have completed your registration to attend ToScA 2016, you will be sent further details on completing your membership application.
Workshops at ToScA
Pre- conference workshops will be held on 5th September 2016 at the University of Bath in Building 4 East, level 2, room 32.a and will cover Avizo, VGStudio Max and Drishti.
FEI Pore network modelling using Avizo (09:00-11:30)
VGStudio MAX 3.0 (12:00 - 14:30)
Drishti/Prayog (15:00 - 17:30)
The topics for the workshops will be as follows:
- Drishti - Drishti is an exploration and presentation tool for volumetric datasets. Access it here.
This workshop will cover recent developments in Drishti Paint - a manual segmentation tool. Drishti Paint offers techniques such as livewire, graphcut and fiber tracking for manual segmentation of data. 3D Viewer provides users with a 3D painting facility to aid and visualise segmentation. Participants are encouraged to bring their own datasets to try out the techniques.
- VGStudio MAX 3.0 - Workshop
This workshop will introduce CT data analysis and visualisation using VGStudio MAX. VG will present selected features of special interest for the scientific community for precise and fast analysis of voxel data:
•quantitative analysis options
•segmentation
•advanced visualization techniques
VGStudio MAX enables the effective extraction of information from data sets. During the workshop, you can use data provided by VG or your own tomography data, which may be acquired by laboratory X-ray CT, a synchrotron, with neutrons or another source. VG experts will be on-site to answer questions.
- Avizo - Workshop
Pore network modelling using Avizo
Participants will be offered the chance to try a new series of features for extending analyses performed on porous materials.
Avizo currently offers advanced quantification features for computing volumes on each porosity individually, including surfaces, shape characteristics, orientations, distance to the surface of the object, and distance to the nearest neighbour.
The software’s new features allow the study of the porous network as a whole. This extension simplifies the representation of the pores and the pore throats in the network. It enables filtering of the pores based on various criteria, along with the computation of measures such as permeability or tortuosity. During the workshop, participants will use Avizo to perform a full analysis of porous material.
Scientific Programme
Abstract Submission for Oral Presentations
If your abstract is selected for an Oral presentation you will be notified of the acceptance within two weeks of the abstract deadline date.
Submitted talks are allocated 15 minutes each within the programme, including time for questions, and we request that your presentation stays within its allotted time.
Submission deadline: 26th June 2016
Poster Competition
If your poster is accepted, you will be asked to print your poster and bring it to the symposium, where you will receive further instruction at the registration desk.
Posters must be A0 size (1189 x 841 mm / 46.8 x 33.1 in) and be in portrait orientation.
Finalists will present your poster at the symposium wine reception at the Assembly Rooms, Bath, where the competition winner will be announced. Finalists are therefore required to attend the symposium wine reception and gala dinner.
If you submit a poster, you will also be given the opportunity to present a ‘Lightning Talk’ giving a summary of your work in 90 seconds!
Your poster abstract can be up to 300 words.
Extended Submission deadline: 26th June 2016
To submit your abstract, please complete the form below. If you are unable to see the form, please click here.
About the competition
If your images are accepted, they will be displayed in the Assembly Rooms, Bath.
The competition winner will be announced before the gala dinner, finalists are therefore required to attend the wine reception and gala dinner.
There will be a prize for 1st place.
Submission deadline: 17th June 2016
Image size: less than 2500 x 2500 pixels. If your image(s) are accepted we will request a high resolution version of the image from you (ideally 300dpi and more than 2500 x 2500 pixels).
Accepted image formats: .png, .tiff , .jpg and .bmp
File size limit: 2MB
Copyright: ToScA has permission to reproduce the images submitted although the copyright will remain with the originator.
To submit your image for the competition, please click here, and include the following information in your email:
Image Title:
Full Name:
Institute:
Contact Email:
Please attach a copy of your image in either .png, .tiff , .jpg and .bmp format no greater that 2MB.
Invited Speakers
Scientific Organisers
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Dr Farah Ahmed
ToScA Chair
Exponent
Dr Farah Ahmed is the founder and President of ToScA International. Farah holds the position of Senior consultant at Exponent International, and Scientific Associate at the Natural History Museum, London UK. After completing her PhD from the school of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Farah established a consultancy specialising in data analysis. Farah went on to join the Natural History Museum, where she progressed to Head of Imaging. More recently, Farah joined Exponent International as a senior consultant, focusing on Non-destructive Imaging techniques relevant to the industry sector. -
Dr Manuchehr Soleimani
Co-Chair
University of Bath
Invited Speakers
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Dr Jessie Maisano
ToScA North America Chair
University of Texas
Dr. Jessie Maisano is a research scientist at the University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility (UTCT) in Austin. She received her BA in geology at Kent State University in 1994 and her PhD in vertebrate paleontology at Yale University in 2000. She then moved to the University of Texas as a postdoc on the then-nascent Digital Library of Morphology (DigiMorph.org). Jessie held a subsequent postdoctoral position on the Deep Scaly project (Assembling the Tree of Life) before being hired as full-time staff by UTCT, where she is now facility manager. She is also the primary operator of UTCT’s Zeiss MicroXCT-400 and caretaker of DigiMorph.org. Jessie’s main research interests lie in squamate (lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians) osteology as revealed by CT, especially cranial anatomy and ‘extraskeletal’ systems such as osteoderms. However, her collaborations via UTCT have resulted in publications on topics as diverse as carbon sequestration, diamond formation, and Ediacaran fauna. -
Manjit Dosanjh
Medical Applications Advisor, CERN
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Cedric Dubois
Nestle
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Nick Hansell
Dyson
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Leah Lavery
Zeiss
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Dr Michael McCarthy
National Physics Laboratory​
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Gerhard Prenner
Kew
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Andrew Ramsay
Nikon
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Carola Bibiane Schönlieb
University of Cambridge
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Adam Truman
GSK
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Cornelia Vacar
FEI
Sponsors
ToScA In Affiliation with
ToScA Associates
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SSI
Sponsors
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Bruker
For almost 50 years Bruker has been driven by a single goal: to provide the best technological solution for each analytical task. Today, worldwide, more than 4,000 employees in over 90 locations on all continents work towards this enduring vision.
Bruker’s drive to develop state-of-the-art technologies and innovative solutions for today’s analytical questions remains constant, evidenced by the many product lines that lead their respective markets. With one of the world’s most comprehensive ranges of scientific instrumentation available under one brand, the Bruker name is synonymous with excellence, innovation and quality.Find out more about Bruker
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DEBEN UK Ltd
Deben are a UK precision engineering company specialising in the field of in-situ tensile testing, motion control and specimen cooling for microscopy applications. Established in 1986 and named after a Suffolk river, Deben now operate from a large, modern business unit in Woolpit near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. The product groups are motor control systems, in-situ micro-tensile stages, Peltier heating & cooling stages, detectors for SEMs and electro-static beam blankers. The company also makes custom and OEM versions of these products to specifically meet customer requirements.
Deben provide consultancy, design and prototype manufacturing services. In house facilities include SolidWorks and SolidEdge 3D CAD and COSMOS finite element analysis software, CNC machining, electronics design and manufacture and software design using Visual C++, Microsoft.net and DirectX. Utilising these resources and experience, Deben manufacture products for OEMs and end users in the UK and overseas.
Deben UK Ltd. is a subsidiary company of UK based Judges Scientific plc. For details on Deben and all its products & solutions, visit www.deben.co.uk.
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FEI
See beyond with FEI's leading edge SEM, TEM, ESEM and DualBeam™ solutions. Our 60 year history of pushing the boundaries of microscope innovation has resulted in instruments delivering sub-nm SEM and sub-Å TEM resolution. Whatever your application in materials or life sciences, FEI delivers the highest performance solution, and puts you at the center of a global community of leading researchers and scientists.
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Nikon UK Ltd
Nikon Instruments is a leading manufacturer in light microscopy and metrology solutions. With over 100 years’ experience in optical design and a strong core technology group, Nikon has become a truly iconic brand for all types of imaging.
Nikon’s philosophy is to meet needs and exceed expectations. We specialise in the development of optical products, building an unbeatable reputation for lens technology and precision optics. We pride ourselves on providing high contrast, high definition, and aberration free images.
Find out more about Nikon UK Ltd
www.nikon.co.uk and www.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com
