PARaDIM: A PHITS-Based Monte Carlo Tool for Internal Dosimetry with Tetrahedral Mesh Computational Phantoms.

ABSTRACT: Mesh-type and voxel-based computational phantoms comprise the current state of the art for internal dose assessment via Monte Carlo simulations but excel in different aspects, with mesh-type phantoms offering advantages over their voxel counterparts in terms of their flexibility and realistic representation of detailed patient- or subject-specific anatomy. We have developed PARaDIM (pronounced "paradigm": Particle and Heavy Ion Transport Code System-Based Application for Radionuclide Dosimetry in Meshes), a freeware application for implementing tetrahedral mesh-type phantoms in absorbed dose calculations. It considers all medically relevant radionuclides, including α, β, γ, positron, and Auger/conversion electron emitters, and handles calculation of mean dose to individual regions, as well

SUBMITTER: Carter LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6894378 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature