Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Korean Nuclear Society (한국원자력학회)
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Development of an open-source GUI computer program for modelling irradiation of multi-segmented phantoms using grid-based system for PHITS

  • Hiroshi Watabe (Division of Radiation Protection and Safety Control, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University) ;
  • Kwan Ngok Yu (Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong) ;
  • Nursel Safakatti (Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University) ;
  • Mehrdad Shahmohammadi Beni (Division of Radiation Protection and Safety Control, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University)
  • Received : 2022.08.01
  • Accepted : 2022.08.30
  • Published : 2023.01.25
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Abstract

The Monte Carlo (MC) method has become an indispensable part of the nuclear radiation research field. Several widely used and well-known MC packages were developed for simulation of radiation transport and interaction with matter. All these MC packages require users to prepare an input script. The input script can become lengthy for complex models. The process of preparing these input scripts is time-consuming and error-prone. In the present work, we have developed an open-source GUI computer program for modelling radiation transport and interaction in multi-segmented slab phantoms using grid-based system for the widely used PHITS MC package. The developed tools would be useful for future users of PHITS MC package and particularly inexperienced users. The present program is distributed under GPL license and all users can freely download, modify and redistribute the program without any restrictions.

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Acknowledgement

The present work was supported by the Special Grant for the Development of Virtual Teaching and Learning (VTL) no. 6430120 from the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong and also by the JSPS KAKENHI grant number 21F21103.

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