Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Division of Radiation Protection and Safety Control, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan.
J Radiat Res. 2022 May 18;63(3):385-392. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrac010.
The Monte Carlo (MC) method is a powerful tool for modeling nuclear radiation interaction with matter. A variety of MC software packages has been developed, especially for applications in radiation therapy. Most widely used MC packages require users to write their own input scripts for their systems, which can be a time consuming and error prone process and requires extensive user experience. In the present work, we have developed a graphical user interface (GUI) bundled with a custom-made 3D OpenGL visualizer for PHITS MC package. The current version focuses on modeling proton induced positron emitting radioisotopes, which in turn can be used for verification of proton ranges in proton therapy. The developed GUI program does not require extensive user experience. The present open-source program is distributed under GPLv3 license that allows users to freely download, modify, recompile and redistribute the program.
蒙特卡罗（MC）方法是一种用于模拟核辐射与物质相互作用的强大工具。已经开发了各种 MC 软件包，特别是用于放射治疗应用。最广泛使用的 MC 软件包要求用户为其系统编写自己的输入脚本，这可能是一个耗时且容易出错的过程，并需要广泛的用户经验。在本工作中，我们为 PHITS MC 软件包开发了一个带有定制的 3D OpenGL 可视化器的图形用户界面（GUI）。当前版本侧重于模拟质子引发的正电子发射放射性同位素，这反过来又可用于验证质子治疗中的质子射程。所开发的 GUI 程序不需要广泛的用户经验。这个开源程序是根据 GPLv3 许可证分发的，允许用户自由下载、修改、重新编译和重新分发该程序。
