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A Novel “Monte Carlo” Simulator Aimed to Model High Energy Up-to-date Radiation Sources and Radiation Transport inside Matter



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G. Fazio, M. Giaconi and S. Vetruccio

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5348/2018.01.004

Electronic Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome 00133, Italy

We have faced the challenge of developing a tool devoted to simulate the transport of photons and accelerated particles (ionizing radiation entities) inside matter, where the choice of transporting medium shall be free for the user and non-homogeneities shall be modeled and managed. The solution has been a project that exploits fully statistical Monte Carlo approach, employing a digitalizing board to produce random samples. The system heredities many concepts from electronics devices simulators, but it finds different applications and we present one of them for effectiveness demonstration.

Monte Carlo, automatic simulator, radiation transport, radiotherapy, dose-depth analysis.