Heart simulation with surface equations for using on MCNP code

Journal Article · Mon Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3663123· OSTI ID:21612457

Rezaei-Ochbelagh, D; Salman-Nezhad, S ^[1]; Asadi, A ^[2]; Rahimi, A ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
2. Department of biology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, P.O. Box 179, Ardabil (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
3. Razi Hospital, Rasht (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

External photon beam radiotherapy is carried out in a way to achieve an 'as low as possible' a dose in healthy tissues surrounding the target. One of these surroundings can be heart as a vital organ of body. As it is impossible to directly determine the absorbed dose by heart, using phantoms is one way to acquire information around it. The other way is Monte Carlo method. In this work we have presented a simulation of heart geometry by introducing of different surfaces in MCNP code. We used 14 surface equations in order to determine human heart modeling. Those surfaces are borders of heart walls and contents.

• OSTI ID: 21612457
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1400, Issue 1; Conference: International congress on advances in applied physics and materials science, Antalya (Turkey), 12-15 May 2011; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3663123; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
HEART
M CODES
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PHANTOMS
PHOTON BEAMS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOTHERAPY
SURFACES
BEAMS
BODY
CALCULATION METHODS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COMPUTER CODES
DOSES
MEDICINE
MOCKUP
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
RADIOLOGY
SIMULATION
STRUCTURAL MODELS
THERAPY