Monoenergetic photon pencil beam
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=== <span style="color:#000080"> Text files </span> === | === <span style="color:#000080"> Text files </span> === | ||
- | This is output from '''DoseFile.txt''' with physics process '''emstandard_opt0''' and incident photon energy of '''20 MeV'''. | + | This is output from '''DoseFile.txt''' with physics process '''emstandard_opt0''' and incident photon energy of '''20 MeV'''. Use your favorite editor '''pico''', '''vi''', '''emacs''' etc to open text files. For example, use editor pico: |
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+ | <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> | ||
+ | pico DoseFile.txt | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
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- | This is '''PlotDose.txt'''. These values can be | + | This is '''PlotDose.txt'''. These values can be analyzed with MATLAB and ROOT . |
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http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/RadiotherapyWorkbook/skins/common/images/PhotonPB/Edep_PhotonB.png | http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/RadiotherapyWorkbook/skins/common/images/PhotonPB/Edep_PhotonB.png | ||
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+ | To exit the ROOT terminal type | ||
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+ | <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> | ||
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You can plot the dose deposition along the depth of the absorber ('''PlotDose.txt''') using script '''PlotSimulation.C''' from folder '''PhotonPB_source'''. Copy this script to your current '''PhotonPB_build''' directory: | You can plot the dose deposition along the depth of the absorber ('''PlotDose.txt''') using script '''PlotSimulation.C''' from folder '''PhotonPB_source'''. Copy this script to your current '''PhotonPB_build''' directory: | ||
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.x PlotSimulation.C | .x PlotSimulation.C | ||
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You can change the physics process, incident photon energy, phantom material, number of slices etc. by | You can change the physics process, incident photon energy, phantom material, number of slices etc. by | ||
- | modifying the macro gamma.mac. | + | modifying the macro gamma.mac. Open the macro with editor pico: |
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