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MABDOSE. I: Characterization of a general purpose dose estimation code
Author(s) -
Johnson Timothy K.,
McClure David,
McCourt Steven
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.598636
Subject(s) - dosimetry , computer science , software , radiation transport , characterization (materials science) , internal dosimetry , voxel , radiation , code (set theory) , medical physics , computational science , physics , nuclear medicine , nuclear physics , mathematics , optics , artificial intelligence , programming language , monte carlo method , medicine , statistics , set (abstract data type)
The MABDOSE software represents a general tool to perform internal radiation dosimetry. It uses a three‐dimensional lattice in which to conduct radiation transport, scoring energy deposition in discrete voxels. The dosimetry system currently relies on the same algorithm used by the MIRD committee for photon transport, and assumes local deposition of particulate energy. A mathematical description of the dosimetry system's implementation is given. Additionally, a characterization of the system with respect to memory requirements, data libraries used, and simulation timing benchmarks, is presented. Validation of the software is presented in a companion manuscript.