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VoxelMages: a general-purpose graphical interface for designing geometries and processing DICOM images for PENELOPE

Facundo BallesterJavier VijandeJavier VijandeV. Gimenez-alventosa

subject

Structure (mathematical logic)RadiationTheoretical computer sciencebusiness.industryComputer scienceMonte Carlo methodProcess (computing)BenchmarkingField (computer science)030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging03 medical and health sciencesDICOM0302 clinical medicineSoftware030220 oncology & carcinogenesisComputer graphics (images)businessGraphical user interface

description

The design and construction of geometries for Monte Carlo calculations is an error-prone, time-consuming, and complex step in simulations describing particle interactions and transport in the field of medical physics. The software VoxelMages has been developed to help the user in this task. It allows to design complex geometries and to process DICOM image files for simulations with the general-purpose Monte Carlo code PENELOPE in an easy and straightforward way. VoxelMages also allows to import DICOM-RT structure contour information as delivered by a treatment planning system. Its main characteristics, usage and performance benchmarking are described in detail.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-01-28Applied Radiation and Isotopes
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.09.021