Simulation by Geant4 of hadrontherapy beam line

Fatima Zohra Chemınguı; Fatima Benrachı

doi:10.17776/csj.362623

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Simulation by Geant4 of hadrontherapy beam line

Abstract

Hadrontherapy represents a pioneer technique, and only few centers worldwide can provide this advanced and specialized cancer treatment. Geant4 (GEometry ANd Tracking 4) is a C++, free and open toolkit that used to simulate the interaction of particles in matter. It is employed in various fields from high-energy physics, nuclear physics to medicine. By means of Monte Carlo simulation tool Geant4, we have simulated the hadrontherapy beam line typical of a proton-therapy line modeled in the category of the advanced examples with all its elements: the diffusers, range shifters, collimators and detectors. This Simulation has permited the calculation of dose and Linear Energy Transfer (LET). In this context, this study reports the first results of our simulation realized by means of Geant4 10.2 version and their comparizon with those obteined by Cironne.

Keywords

Monte Carlo simulation,Hadrontherapy,GEANT4

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Fatima Zohra Chemınguı ^*
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Fatima Benrachı
Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et physique subatomique University Frères Mentouri Constatine
Algeria

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March 16, 2018

Submission Date

December 5, 2017

Acceptance Date

January 31, 2018

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Year 2018 Volume: 39 Number: 1

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https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.362623

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https://izlik.org/JA75PZ47JS

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Chemınguı, F. Z., & Benrachı, F. (2018). Simulation by Geant4 of hadrontherapy beam line. Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 39(1), 162-168. https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.362623

Simulation by Geant4 of hadrontherapy beam line

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Simulation by Geant4 of hadrontherapy beam line

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