Quimera: a simulation platform based on the code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy
This work describes the development and validation of a simulation platform, called Quimera, based on the Monte Carlo (MC) code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy. Quimera consists of two MC applications (qMATphantoms and qNCTphantoms) for dose evaluation from a phase-space and a graphical u...
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| author | Alex Cristóvão Holanda de Oliveira Jose Wilson Vieira Fernando Roberto de Andrade Lima |
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| description | This work describes the development and validation of a simulation platform, called Quimera, based on the Monte Carlo (MC) code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy. Quimera consists of two MC applications (qMATphantoms and qNCTphantoms) for dose evaluation from a phase-space and a graphical user interface (qGUI). qMATphantoms is aimed for modeling of physical phantoms used in quality control. NCT phantoms are built from computed tomography (CT) images of patient or physical phantom using a conversion method of CT numbers (NCT). qGUI has the function of creating or editing input files, running the MC applications and ana-lyzing results. MC applications were validated by comparison of dose distributions, whose results were in agreement with the quality assurance standards. qGUI is a differential concerning other Geant4 applications for radiotherapy and can be used for dose distribution analysis from other MC applications. Quimera can be used for research, simple treatment planning and quality assurance in photon beam radiotherapy |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9dfeebaef13f4edc9a65b24e77d4acc12025-07-17T23:59:44ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122018-10-016310.15392/bjrs.v6i3.816641Quimera: a simulation platform based on the code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapyAlex Cristóvão Holanda de Oliveira0Jose Wilson VieiraFernando Roberto de Andrade LimaFederal University of PernambucoThis work describes the development and validation of a simulation platform, called Quimera, based on the Monte Carlo (MC) code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy. Quimera consists of two MC applications (qMATphantoms and qNCTphantoms) for dose evaluation from a phase-space and a graphical user interface (qGUI). qMATphantoms is aimed for modeling of physical phantoms used in quality control. NCT phantoms are built from computed tomography (CT) images of patient or physical phantom using a conversion method of CT numbers (NCT). qGUI has the function of creating or editing input files, running the MC applications and ana-lyzing results. MC applications were validated by comparison of dose distributions, whose results were in agreement with the quality assurance standards. qGUI is a differential concerning other Geant4 applications for radiotherapy and can be used for dose distribution analysis from other MC applications. Quimera can be used for research, simple treatment planning and quality assurance in photon beam radiotherapyhttps://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/816radiotherapyquality assuranceradiation dosagecomputer simulation. |
| spellingShingle | Alex Cristóvão Holanda de Oliveira Jose Wilson Vieira Fernando Roberto de Andrade Lima Quimera: a simulation platform based on the code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences radiotherapy quality assurance radiation dosage computer simulation. |
| title | Quimera: a simulation platform based on the code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy |
| title_full | Quimera: a simulation platform based on the code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy |
| title_fullStr | Quimera: a simulation platform based on the code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quimera: a simulation platform based on the code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy |
| title_short | Quimera: a simulation platform based on the code Geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy |
| title_sort | quimera a simulation platform based on the code geant4 for dose evaluation in radiotherapy |
| topic | radiotherapy quality assurance radiation dosage computer simulation. |
| url | https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/816 |
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