TY - GEN
T1 - Comparison of Geant4 version 9.3 simulations with experimental results from a prototype proton CT scanner
AU - Milhoretto, Edney
AU - Schelin, Hugo R.
AU - Evseev, Ivan
AU - Paschuk, Sergei A.
AU - Setti, João A.
AU - Junior, Sebastião R.
AU - Silva, Fabrício L.
AU - Lourenso, José C.
AU - Denyak, Valeriy
AU - de Assis, Joaquim
AU - Yevseyeva, Olga
AU - Lopes, Ricardo
AU - Hurley, Ford
AU - Schulte, Reinhard W
N1 - Charged particle interactions with matter have been continuously studied by simulations based on the Monte Carlo method. In particular, the Geant4 toolkit
PY - 2013/7/8
Y1 - 2013/7/8
N2 - Charged particle interactions with matter have been continuously studied by simulations based on the Monte Carlo method. In particular, the Geant4 toolkit allows to develop and test new technologies by computer simulations. A proton computed tomography (pCT) prototype has been developed at the Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), California, in collaboration with Northern Illinois University and the UC Santa Cruz. In order to evaluate the performance of the Geant4 version 9.3 configured to simulate this prototype, two polyethylene phantoms (PEAD) with 150 mm diameter and acrylic core were constructed. Each phantom was imaged with 10 projections by rotating the phantom in steps of 36, using a 200 MeV proton cone beam. The characteristics of the prototype and phantoms were modeled in Geant4. A comparison of the experimental data and simulated projections were performed and will be presented. © 2012 IEEE.
AB - Charged particle interactions with matter have been continuously studied by simulations based on the Monte Carlo method. In particular, the Geant4 toolkit allows to develop and test new technologies by computer simulations. A proton computed tomography (pCT) prototype has been developed at the Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), California, in collaboration with Northern Illinois University and the UC Santa Cruz. In order to evaluate the performance of the Geant4 version 9.3 configured to simulate this prototype, two polyethylene phantoms (PEAD) with 150 mm diameter and acrylic core were constructed. Each phantom was imaged with 10 projections by rotating the phantom in steps of 36, using a 200 MeV proton cone beam. The characteristics of the prototype and phantoms were modeled in Geant4. A comparison of the experimental data and simulated projections were performed and will be presented. © 2012 IEEE.
UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel7/6531926/6551044/06551257.pdf
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e6fb0b2d-7205-36b0-b486-ceed3b870cf8/
U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551257
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551257
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781467320306
T3 - Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
SP - 1000
EP - 1002
BT - 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record (NSS/MIC)
T2 - 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2012
Y2 - 29 October 2012 through 3 November 2012
ER -