Following the successful OPTIMAX summer school
held in Salford, 2013 and Lisbon, 2014 we organized
OPTIMAX2015 summer school in Groningen. Fifty
three people participated, comprising PhD, MSc
and BSc students as well as tutors from the five
European partners. Professional mix was drawn
from engineering, medical physics/ physics and
radiography. This summer school was hosted by the
Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen in
the Netherlands. It was funded by the partners. Two
students from South Africa were invited by the Hanze
University and one additional student from the United
Kingdom who was funded by Nuffield. The summer
school comprised of lectures and group work in which
experimental research projects were conducted in five
teams. Team project focus varied, two concentrating
on CT reconstruction techniques and image quality,
one on image quality high and low noise levels on DR
systems, one on reliability and validity of detecting
low dose radiation when using radiation detection
applications and devices for smartphones. And one
about ultrasound validity and reliability measuring
rectus femoris muscle size. The summer school
culminated in a poster market and conference,
in which each team presented a poster and oral
presentation on the conference.
This book contains two parts, the first six chapters of
this book shows the structure of organizing a summer
school like OPTIMAX. The second part contains the
oral papers in written format, in journal article style,
and after editing they have been included within
this book. At the time editing this book, several of
the experimental papers has been commenced
development work in order to make them fit for
submission to conferences
