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Professor Phil Butler
Physics and Astronomy
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 6541
Office: Rutherford 806
Fields of Research
Algebraic and group theoretic methods for solving eigenvalue problems arising in quantum mechanics
Calculation of 3 jm and 6 j coefficients for various compact groups
Clifford algebras
Design of copper vapour and carbon dioxide lasers
Development of computer controlled scanning systems in a clinical environment
Feynman scattering
Improvements to the treatment of portwine stain lesions
Properties of electromagnetic solutions of the Dirac equation
Radiotherapy and imaging in medical physics
The structure of space-time
Researcher Summary
Applications and developments in physics and mathematics, ranging from the philosphical and mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics and electromagnetism, to the use of modern technologies in medical imaging.
Subject Area: Disciplines
Physics:
Medical Physics
; Theoretical Physics
Research Projects
MARS-CT: Medipix All Resolution System - CT
Research Groups
Clifford Algebra Research Group
Affiliations
New Zealand Institute of Physics (NZIP)
(Professional Organisation): Fellow (FNZIP)
Publications
Aamir, R., Walsh, M.F., Lansley, S.P., Doesburg, R.M., Zainon, R., de Ruiter, N.J.A., Butler, P.H. and Butler, A.P.H. (2012) Characterization of CdTe X-Ray Sensor Layer on Medipix Detector Chips.
Materials Science Forum
700: 170-173.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.700.170
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(Journal Article)
Zainon, R., Ronaldson, J.P., Janmale, T., Scott, N.J., Buckenham, T.M., Butler, A.P.H., Butler, A.P.H., Doesburg, R.M., Gieseg, S.P., Roake, J.A. and Anderson, N.G. (2012) Spectral CT of carotid atherosclerotic plaque: comparison with histology.
European Radiology
22(12): 2581-2588.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-012-2538-7
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(Journal Article)
Hurrell, M.A., Butler, A.P.H., Cook, N.J., Butler, P.H., Ronaldson, J.P. and Zainon, R. (2012) Spectral Hounsfield units: A new radiological concept.
European Radiology
22(5): 1008-1013.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-011-2348-3
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(Journal Article)
Ronaldson, J.P., Zainon, R., Scott, N.J.A., Gieseg, S.P., Butler, A.P., Butler, P.H. and Anderson, N.G. (2012) Toward quantifying the composition of soft issues by spectral CT with Medipix3.
Medical Physics
39(11): 6847-6857.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4760773
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(Journal Article)
Ronaldson, J.P., Zainon, R., Scott, N.J.A., Gieseg, S.P., Butler, A.P., Butler, P.H. and Anderson, N.G. (2012) Toward quantifying the composition of soft tissues by spectral CT with Medipix3.
Medical Physics
39(1): 6847-6857.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4760773
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(Journal Article)
Ronaldson, J.P., Walsh, M., Nik, S.J., Donaldson, J., Doesburg, R.M.N., van Leeuwen, D., Ballabriga, R., Clyne, M.N., Butler, A.P.H. and Butler, P.H. (2011) Characterization of Medipix3 with the MARS readout and software.
Journal of Instrumentation
6(1): C01056.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/6/01/C01056
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Charged particle multiplicities in pp interactions at √s = 0.9, 2.36, and 7 TeV.
Journal of High Energy Physics
2011(1): 79.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2011)079
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(Journal Article)
Ball, A., Bell, A., Butler, A., Butler, P., Hall-Wilton, R., Hegeman, J., Lansley, S., Keen, G., Krofcheck, D., Mueller, S., Macpherson, A., Pfeiffer, D., Pospisil, S., Silverwood, H., Tsesmelis, E. and Vykydal, Z. (2011) Design, implementation and first measurements with the Medipix2-MXR detector at the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment.
Journal of Instrumentation
6(1): P08005.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/6/08/P08005
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV.
Physical Review Letters
106(12): 122003.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.122003
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(Journal Article)
Walsh, M.F., Opie, A.M.T., Ronaldson, J.P., Doesburg, R.M.N., Nik, S.J., Mohr, J.L., Ballabriga, R., Butler, A.P.H. and Butler, P.H. (2011) First CT using Medipix3 and the MARS-CT-3 spectral scanner.
Journal of Instrumentation
6(1): C01095.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/6/01/C01095
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) First measurement of the underlying event activity at the LHC with √s = 0.9 TeV.
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
70(3): 555-572.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1453-9
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Inclusive b-hadron production cross section with muons in pp collisions at √s=7TeV.
Journal of High Energy Physics
2011(3): 6.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2011)090
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Measurement of BB angular correlations based on secondary vertex reconstruction at √s=7TeV.
Journal of High Energy Physics
2011(3): 136.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2011)136
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Measurement of the B+ Production Cross Section in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV.
Physical Review Letters
106(11): 112001.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.112001
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Measurement of the Isolated Prompt Photon Production Cross Section in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV.
Physical Review Letters
106(8): 082001.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.082001
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Measurements of inclusive W and Z cross sections in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV.
Journal of High Energy Physics
2011(1): 80.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2011)080
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(Journal Article)
Aamir, R., Lansley, S.P., Zainon, R., Fiederle, M., Fauler, A., Greiffenberg, D., Butler, P.H. and Butler, A.P.H. (2011)
Pixel sensitivity variation in a CdTe-Medipix2 detector using poly-energetic x-rays.
Cambridge, UK: 12th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors (iWoRID 12), 11-15 Jul 2010. In Journal of Instrumentation 6 C01059.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/6/01/C01059
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(Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Search for a heavy gauge boson W' in the final state with an electron and large missing transverse energy in pp collisions at √s = 07 TeV.
Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics
698(1): 21-39.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.02.048
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Search for heavy stable charged particles in pp collisions at √s=7TeV.
Journal of High Energy Physics
2011(3): 24.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2011)024
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Search for microscopic black hole signatures at the Large Hadron Collider.
Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics
697(5): 434-453.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.02.032
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Search for Stopped Gluinos in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV.
Physical Review Letters
106(01): 011801.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.011801
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2011) Search for supersymmetry in pp collisions at 7 TeV in events with jets and missing transverse energy.
Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics
698(3): 196-218.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.03.021
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Aligning the CMS muon chambers with the muon alignment system during an extended cosmic ray run.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03019.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03019
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Alignment of the CMS muon system with cosmic-ray and beam-halo muons.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03020.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03020
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Alignment of the CMS Silicon Tracker during Commissioning with Cosmic Rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03009.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03009
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Calibration of the CMS drift tube chambers and measurement of the drift velocity with cosmic rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03016.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03016
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) CMS Data Processing Workflows during an Extended Cosmic Ray Run.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03006.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03006
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) CMS tracking performance results from early LHC operation.
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
70(4): 1165-1192.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1491-3
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Commissioning and Performance of the CMS Pixel Tracker with Cosmic Ray Muons.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03007.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03007
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Commissioning and Performance of the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker with Cosmic Ray Muons.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03008.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03008
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Commissioning of the CMS Experiment and the Cosmic Run at Four Tesla.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03001.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03001
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Commissioning of the CMS High-Level Trigger with Cosmic Rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03005.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03005
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(Journal Article)
Bainbridge-Smith, A., Bones, P.J., Butler, A., Green, R., Gough, P.T., Hann, C.E., Hayes, M.P., Millane, R.P., Mukundan, R., Watts, R. and Weddell, S.J. (2010)
Computational Image Processing at the University of Canterbury.
Queenstown, New Zealand: 25th International Conference of Image and Vision Computing New Zealand, 8-9 Nov 2010.
(Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
Zainon, R., Butler, A.P.H., Cook, N.J., Butzer, J.S., Schleich, N., de Ruiter, N., Tlustos, L., Clark, M.J., Heinz, R. and Butler, P.H. (2010) Construction and Operation of the MARS-CT Scanner.
Internetworking Indonesia Journal
2(1): 3-10.
(Journal Article)
Lansley, S.P., Meyer, J., Butler, P.H., Fiederle, M., Williams, O.A. and Hall-Wilton, R.J. (2010)
Diamond-on-Medipix x-ray detector.
Cambridge, UK: 12th International Conference on Radiation Imaging Detectors (iWoRID 12), 11-15 Jul 2010.
(Conference Contribution - Abstract)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Fine Synchronization of the CMS Muon Drift-Tube Local Trigger using Cosmic Rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03004.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03004
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) First Measurement of Bose-Einstein Correlations in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt(s)=0.9 and 2.36 TeV at the LHC.
Physical Review Letters
105(3): 032001.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.032001
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(Journal Article)
Almalki, M., Majid, S.A., Butler, P.H. and Reinisch, L. (2010) Gadolinium concentration analysis in brain phantom by X-ray fluorescence.
Australasian Physical & Engineering Science in Medicine
33(2): 185-191.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13246-010-0020-x
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(Journal Article)
Zainon, R., Cook, N., Butler, A.P., Gieseg, S.P., Anderson, N.G., Buckenham, T.M., Shelkov, G., Tlustos, L., Roake, J.A. and Butler, P. (2010)
High resolution multi-energy CT imaging of atherosclerotic plaque.
Christchurch, New Zealand: Health Research Society of Canterbury Seminar Series, 16 Jul 2010. In The New Zealand Medical Journal 123(1319) 97-98.
(Conference Contribution - Abstract)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Identification and Filtering of Uncharacteristic Noise in the CMS Hadron Calorimeter.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03014.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03014
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Measurement of the charge ratio of atmospheric muons with the CMS detector.
Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics
692(2): 83-104.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.07.033
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Measurement of the Muon Stopping Power of Lead Tungstate.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: P03007.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/P03007
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in proton-proton collisions at the LHC.
Journal of High Energy Physics
9(91)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2010)091
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance and Operation of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03010.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03010
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance of CMS hadron calorimeter timing and synchronization using test beam, cosmic ray, and LHC beam data.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03013.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03013
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance of CMS muon reconstruction in cosmic-ray events.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03022.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03022
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance of the CMS Cathode Strip Chambers with Cosmic Rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03018.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03018
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance of the CMS drift tube chambers with cosmic rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T030015.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03015
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance of the CMS drift-tube chamber local trigger with cosmic rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03003.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03003
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance of the CMS hadron calorimeter with cosmic ray muons and LHC beam data.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03012.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03012
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance of the CMS Level-1 Trigger during Commissioning with Cosmic Ray Muons and LHC beams.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03002.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03002
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Performance Study of the CMS Barrel Resistive Plate Chambers with Cosmic Rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03017.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03017
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(Journal Article)
Scott, N.J., Butler, A.P., Butler, A.P., Berg, K.B., Carr, J.M., Butler, P.H., Cook, N.J., Clark, M.J. and Anderson, N.G. (2010)
Pilot study to confirm that ovine fat and liver can be distinguished by spectroscopic tissue response on a Medipix-All-Resolution-System-CT (MARS-CT).
Kyoto, Japan: 14th International Congress of Endocrinology (ICE2010), 26-30 Mar 2010. In Endocrinology Journal 57(Supplement 2) S421-S422.
(Conference Contribution - Abstract)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Precise Mapping of the Magnetic Field in the CMS Barrel Yoke using Cosmic Rays.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03021.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03021
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Search for Dijet Resonances in 7 TeV pp Collisions at CMS.
Physical Review Letters
105(21): 211801.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.211801
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Search for Quark Compositeness with the Dijet Centrality Ratio in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV.
Physical Review Letters
105(26): 262001.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.262001
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(Journal Article)
Anderson, N.G., Butler, A.P., Scott, N.J.A., Cook, N.J., Butzer, J.S., Schleich, N., Firsching, M., Grasset, R., de Ruiter, N., Campbell, M. and Butler, P.H. (2010) Spectroscopic (multi-energy) CT distinguishes iodine and barium contrast material in MICE.
European Radiology
20(9): 2126-2134.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-010-1768-9
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Time Reconstruction and Performance of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter.
Journal of Instrumentation
5: T03011.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/5/03/T03011
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Transverse-Momentum and Pseudorapidity Distributions of Charged Hadrons in pp Collisions at √s=7 TeV.
Physical Review Letters
105(2): 022002.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.022002
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(Journal Article)
CMS Collaboration. (2010) Transverse-momentum and pseudorapidity distributions of charged hadrons in pp collisions at Ös = 0.9s=09 and 2.36 TeV.
Journal of High Energy Physics
2010(2): 41.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2010)041
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(Journal Article)
Zeller, H., Dufreneix, S., Clark, M.J., Butler, A.P.H., Butler, P.H., Cook, N.J. and Tlustos, L. (2009)
Charge sharing between pixels in the spectral Medipix2 x-ray detector.
Wellington, New Zealand: Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2009), 23-25 Nov 2009.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IVCNZ.2009.5378381
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(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
Zainon, R., Butler, A.P.H., Cook, N.J., Butzer, J.S., Schleich, N., De Ruiter, N., Tlustos, L., Clark, M.J., Heinz, R. and Butler, P.H. (2009)
Construction and Operation of the MARS-CT Scanner.
Bandung, Indonesia: International Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation (ICA 2009), 20-22 Oct 2009.
(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
Doesburg, R.M.N., Clyne, M.N., van Leeuwen, D.A., Cook, N.J., Butler, P.H. and Butler. A.P. (2009)
Fast Ethernet Readout for Medipix Arrays with MARS-CT.
Orlando, FL, USA: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Medical Imaging Conference, 25-31 Oct 2009.
(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
Butler, A.P.H., Anderson, N.G., Hurrell, M.A., Cook, N.J., Scott, N.J. and Butler, P.H. (2009)
Multiple contrast agent imaging using MARS-CT, a spectroscopic (multi-energy) photon counting microCT scanner.
Chicago, IL, USA: 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2009), 29 Dec-4 Nov 2009.
http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3128
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(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
Bones, P., Wu, B., Vafadar, B., Butler, A. and Watts, R. (2009)
On improved temporal resolution for magnetic resonance angiography.
San Jose, CA, USA: Signal Recovery and Synthesis (SRS) Topical Meeting and Tabletop Exhibit, 13-14 Oct 2009.
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=SRS-2009-STuA3
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(Conference Contribution - Abstract)
Berg, K.B., Carr, J.M., Clark, M.J., Cook, N.J., Anderson, N.G., Butler, A.P.M., Butler, P.H. and Butler , A.P.H. (2009)
Pilot Study to Confirm that Fat and Liver can be Distinguished by Spectroscopic Tissue Response on a Medipix-All-Resolution System-CT (MARS-CT).
Dunedin, New Zealand: 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN-4), 8-12 Feb 2009.
(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
Butler, A.P.H., Cook, N.J., Schleich, N., Butzer, J.S., Bones, P.J., Anderson, N.G. and Butler, P.H. (2009)
Processing of Spectral X-ray Data Using Principal Components Analysis.
Prague, Czech Republic: 11th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors (iWoRiD 2009), 28 Jun-2 Jul 2009.
(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
Butler, A.P.H. and Butler, P.H. (2009)
The Christchurch MARS-CT Project.
Auckland, New Zealand: NZBIO Conference 2009: Creating a Sustainable Bioeconomy in New Zealand, 9-11 Mar 2009.
(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
Butler, A.P.H., Anderson, N.G., Tipples, R., Cook, N., Watts, R., Meyer, J., Bell, A.J., Melzer, T.R. and Butler, P.H. (2008) Bio-medical X-ray imaging with spectroscopic pixel detectors.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
591(1): 141-146.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.039
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(Journal Article)
Schleich, N., Butler, A.P.H., Cook, N.J., Butzer, J.S., van Leeuwen, D., Bones, P. and Butler, P.H. (2008)
Calibration and operation of the 3D spectroscopic "MARS" scanner.
Christchurch, New Zealand: Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference, 16-20 Nov 2008.
(Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
Butzer, J.S., Butler, A.P., Butler, P.H., Cook, N.J., Schleich, N., Firsching, M., Scott, N., Anderson, N., Bones, P.J., Ross, F., Watts, R., Meyer, J., van Leeuwen, D. and Selkirk, J. (2008)
Contrast-agent imaging with "MARS".
Christchurch, New Zealand: Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference (epsm abec 2008), 16-20 Nov 2008.
(Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
Reinisch, L. Butler. and P. (2008)
Creation of a Medical Physics Training Programme in New Zealand.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: International Symposium on the Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology in the GCC Countries, 3-5 Nov 2008. 5pp.
http://www.kau.edu.sa/files/320/researches/47400_18861.pdf
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(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
Selkirk, J., Schleich, N., Cook, N., Butzer, J., Butler, A. and Butler, P. (2008)
Energy calibration of the Medipix-2 Quad MXR detector.
Christchurch, New Zealand: Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference, 16-20 Nov 2008.
(Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
BABAR Collaboration. (2008) Exclusive Branching-Fraction Measurements of Semileptonic τ Decays into Three Charged Hadrons, into φπ-ντ, and into φK-ντ.
Physical Review Letters
100(1): 011801.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.011801
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(Journal Article)
Graham, R.D., Hurst, R.B., Thirkettle, R.J., Rowe, C.H. and Butler, P.H. (2008) Experiment to detect frame dragging in a lead superconductor.
Physica C: Superconductivity
468(5): 383-387.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2007.11.011
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(Journal Article)
Butler, A.P.H., Anderson, N., Cook, N. and Butler, P. (2008)
Identifying Clinical applications of Spectroscopic x-ray imaging.
Christchurch, New Zealand: Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference, 16-20 Nov 2008.
(Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
Butzer, J.S., Butler, A.P., Cook, N.J., Butler, P.H., Ross, F., Schleich, N., Selkirk, J., Watts, R., Meyer, J., Scott, N., Bones, P.J., van Leeuwen, D., Hemmingsen, S., Melzer, T.P. and Anderson, N. (2008)
MARS: a 3D Spectroscopic X-Ray Imaging Device Based on Medipix.
Dresden, Germany: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 19-25 Oct 2008.
(Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
Butzer, J.S., Butler, A.P.H., Butler, P.H., Cook, N.J., Schleich, N., Firsching, M., Scott, N., N. Anderson5, P.J., Ross F., Watts., R., Meyer., J., van Leeuwen., D., Selkirk. and J.. (2008)
Spectroscopic Contrast-agent imaging with the Medipix CT-Scanner "MARS".
Christchurch, New Zealand: Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference 2008 (epsm abec 2008), 16-20 Nov 2008.
(Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
CMS Collaboration. (2008) The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC.
Journal of Instrumentation
3(S08004)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/3/08/S08004
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(Journal Article)
Reinisch, L., Chen, T., Alhabden, M.A., Butler, P., Alzaidi, S., Sorell, G. and Bird, M. (2007)
Optical Fluorescence Background in Optical Fibre Scintillator Dosimeters.
Fremantle, Australia: Engineering & Physical Sciences in Medicine - The Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference 2007 (EPSM-ABEC 2007), 14-18 Oct 2007. In Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine 30(4) 382.
(Conference Contribution - Abstract)
Gresnigt, N.G., Renaud, P.F. and Butler, P.H. (2007) The stabilized Poincare-Heisenberg algebra: A Clifford algebra viewpoint.
International Journal of Modern Physics D: Gravitation; Astrophysics and Cosmology
16(9): 1515-1529.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218271807010857
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(Journal Article)
Butler, P.H. (2006)
Brian Wybourne: his life at Canterbury.
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland: Professor Brian G Wybourne Commemorative Meeting, 12-14 Jun 2005. In Symmetry, Spectroscopy and SCHUR: Proceedings of the Professor Brian G. Wybourne Commemorative Meeting, Torun, Poland 3-10.
(Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
Butler, P.H., Gillard, A.B., Gresnigt, N.G., Joyce, W.P., Martin, B.M. and Renaud, P.F. (2006)
Physics with a real Clifford algebra.
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland: Professor Brian G Wybourne Commemorative Meeting, 12-14 Jun 2005. In Symmetry, Spectroscopy and SCHUR: Proceedings of the Professor Brian G. Wybourne Commemorative Meeting, Torun, Poland 39-48.
(Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
CMS Collaboration. (2005)
CMS: The computing project technical design report.
CERN-LHCC-2005-023. 166 pp.
(Report for External Body)
Cahyadi, V. and Butler, P.H. (2005)
Introducing discipline-specific education research: A professional development course for teaching assistants.
Sydney, Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Annual Conference: Higher Education in a Changing World, 3-6 Jul 2005. In Research and Development in Higher Education: Proceedings of the 2005 HERDSA 28 79-85.
http://conference.herdsa.org.au/2005/abstracts/abstract112.cfm
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(Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
Cahyadi, V., Butler, P.H. and Reid, M. (2005)
Introducing physics education research: A professional development course for teaching assistants.
Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Institute of Physics Conference, 13-15 Jul 2005.
http://nzip.rsnz.org/NZIP2005/ConferenceTimetable.xls
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(Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
Butler, P. (2005) Physics at the University of Canterbury.
New Zealand Science Review
62(1-2): 20-23.
(Journal Article)
Butler, P.H., King, R.C. and Smentek, L. (2004) Brian Garner Wybourne - Obituaries.
Physics Today
57(5): 77-77.
(Journal Article)
Cahyadi, M.V. and Butler, P.H. (2004) Undergraduate Student's Understanding of Falling Bodies in Idealized and Real-World Situations.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
41(6): 569-583.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tea.20018
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(Journal Article)
Turner, R.M., Hudson, I.L., Butler, P.H. and Joyce, P.R. (2003) Brain function and personality in normal males: a SPECT study using statistical parametric mapping.
NeuroImage
19(3): 1145-1162.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00171-X
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(Journal Article)
Butler, P.H., Joyce, W.P., McAven, L.F. and Searle, B.G. (2003) Recursive calculation of nonprimitive coupling and recoupling brakets.
Canadian Journal of Physics
81(8): 1051-1066.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/p03-074
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(Journal Article)
Joyce, W.P. and Butler, P.H. (2002) The Geometric Associative Algebras of Euclidean Space.
Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras
12(2): 195-233.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03161247
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(Journal Article)
Duan, C., Joyce, W., Butler, P.H. and Reid, M.F. (2002) The power of symmetry.
Marsden Fund Update
21: 2.
(Journal Article)
Joyce, W.P., Butler, P.H. and Ross, H.J. (2002) The Racah Wigner category.
Canadian Journal of Physics
80(6): 613-632.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/p02-020
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(Journal Article)
Shinagawa, K., McAven, L.F., Ross, H.J. and Butler, P.H. (1999) A note on the Faraday rotation in Bi 3+ substituted magnetic garnets..
IEEE Trans. Magn.
35(5): 3163-3138.
(Journal Article)
McAven, L.F. and Butler, P. H. (1999) Split-standard transformation coefficients: the block-selective conjecture.
Journal of Physics A-Mathematical & General
32(43): 7509-7522.
(Journal Article)
McAven, L. F., Ross, H. J., Shinagawa, K. and Butler, P. H. (1999) The Kerr magnetooptic effect in ferromagnetic CrBr3.
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
32: 563-576.
(Journal Article)
Fan, P.D., Chen, J.Q., McAven, L.F. and Butler, P. (1999) Unique euler angles and self-consistent multiplication tables for double point groups.
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
75(1): 1-- 9.
(Journal Article)
Longbottom, J. E. and Butler, P. (1999) Why teach science? Setting rational goals for science education.
Science Education
83: 473-494.
(Journal Article)
Joyce, W. and Butler, P. H. (1998)
A Category Theory Formulation of the Racah-Wigner Calculus.
Singapore: Proceedings of the XXII international colloquium on group theoretical methods in physics, 1998. 131-133.
(Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
McAven, L.F. and Butler, P. H. (1998)
Space: The antiEuclidean metric from the structure of rotations.
Singapore: Proceedings of the XXII international colloquium on group theoretical methods in physics, 1998. 494-498.
(Conference Contribution - Other)
McAven, L.F., Hamel, A.M. and Butler, P. H. (1998) Split bases and multiplicity separations in symmetric group transformation coefficients.
Journal of Physics A-Mathematical & General
32(41): 8363-8372.
(Journal Article)
McAven, L. F. and Butler, P. H. (1998)
The block selective conjecture for calculating a class of symmetric group transformation coefficients.
Singapore: Proceedings of the XXII international colloquium on group theoretical methods in physics, 1998. 139-141.
(Conference Contribution - Other)
Mehrtens, N.W., Smithies, D.J., Walker, E.P. and Butler, P. H. (1997) The blanching process due to copper vapour laser treatment of port-wine stains.
Phys. Med. Biol.
42(6): 997-1007.
(Journal Article)