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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2020.14.5.529

Verification of Dose Evaluation of Human Phantom using Geant4 Code  

Jang, Eun-Sung (Department of Radiation Oncology Kosin University Gospel Hospital)
Choi, Ji-Hoon (Department of Radiation Oncology Kosin University Gospel Hospital)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.14, no.5, 2020 , pp. 529-535 More about this Journal
Abstract
Geant4 is compatible with the Windows operating system in C++ language use, enabling interface functions that link DICOM or software. It was simulated to address the basic structure of the simulation using Geant4/Gate code and to specifically verify the density composition and lung cancer process in the human phantom. It was visualized using the Gate Graphic System, i.e. openGL, Ray Tracer: Ray Tracing by Geant4 Tracing, and using Geant4/Gate code, lung cancer is modeled in the human phantom area in 3D, 4D to verify the simulation progress. Therefore, as a large number of new functions are added to the Gate Code, it is easy to implement accurate human structure and moving organs.
Keywords
Geant4/Gate; Human Phantom; DICOM; Volume rendering technique;
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