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== Introduction == This tutorial will based on the DICOM GEANT4 example originally developed by Louis Archambault, Luc Beaulieu and Vincent Hubert-Tremblay. In this example a list of DICOM files (.dcm) are converted to ASCII files (.g4dcm) and binary (.g4bin) that can be read by GEANT4. Then, these files are used by GEANT4 to construct patient geometry. The geometry is constructed by voxelizing computed tomography data. Four navigation algorithms are available to create the voxel geometry: G4SmartVoxel, G4VNestedParameterisation, G4PhantomParameterisation and G4Replica. In this tutorial we investigate the efficiency of the different geometry implementations. A simple monenergetic electron beam is simulated inside the patient. The output of the example is a text file with dose deposited in several voxels. http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/RadiotherapyWorkbook/skins/common/images/DICOM/dicom.png This is one of the DICOM files that will be used in this tutorial. == Setting up the environment == ; Connect to HEP cluster and create folder DICOMFolder in your area <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> ssh -X username@plus1.hep.ucl.ac.uk password: type your password here cd /home/username/ mkdir DICOMFolder cd DICOMFolder </pre> ; Setup your environment <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> source /unix/pbt/software/dev/bin/pbt-dev.sh </pre> == <span style="color:#000080"> How to get the code </span> == ; Copy the code to your working directory and rename it <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> cp -r /unix/pbt/tutorials/basic/DICOM . mv DICOM DICOM_source </pre> == <span style="color:#000080"> How to run the code </span> == ; Inside /home/username/DICOMFolder/ create a directory <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> mkdir DICOM_build </pre> ; To compile the code enter this directory and run cmake and make <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> cd DICOM_build cmake -DGeant4_DIR=/unix/pbt/software/dev /home/username/DICOMFolder/DICOM_source make </pre> ; Run macro run.mac. <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> ./DICOM run.mac </pre> == <span style="color:#000080"> How to analyze data </span> == This is a [http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/UserDocumentation/Doxygen/examples_doc/html/ExampleDICOM.html link] to the official DICOM explanation notes. We recommend to read it before proceeding with this tutorial.
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