Software/Geant4

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Introduction

This is a tutorial about applications of GEANT4 to medical physics. GEANT4 is installed on the HEP Linux cluster at UCL. You will need an account on that cluster to be able to use this software, run example tutorials and create your own applications.

Accounts

  • Getting a computing account

Apply for a computing account on the HEP Linux cluster by sending e-mail to UCL HEP Computing Support. In your e-mail you have to state the reason for your application (e.g. medical physics student who will use GEANT4 on the HEP cluster).

You will receive an e-mail from the HEP computing support with your username and password. Now you can log in to the HEP cluster plus1 via ssh username@plus1.hep.ucl.ac.uk. Your personal area on plus1 cluster will be at /home/username/.

The basics of GEANT4

GEANT4 is a toolkit for simulating the passage of particles through matter. You can use GEANT4 by creating your own simulation applications using the available GEANT4 tools.

Data Analysis Software

These tutorials use ROOT to analyse data. Useful links:

Similarly, data can be analysed using MATLAB. This is a link to interactive introduction to MATLAB:

Tutorials

There are two sets of tutorials available to help you getting started in running simulations with Geant4:

Basic

There are several basic tutorials that introduce the rudiments of Geant4 simulations for proton therapy:

Advanced

There are two more advanced tutorials available:

Installing GEANT4 locally