Title :
gMocren: High-quality volume visualization tool for Geant4 simulation
Author :
Saitoh, Ayumu ; Kimura, Akinori ; Tanaka, Satoshi ; Sasaki, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Hyogo, Himeji
fDate :
Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007
Abstract :
The Geant4 toolkit contains polygon-based visualization drivers that render simulated geometric definitions of matter and particle trajectories. However, since this toolkit does not have a function of volume rendering, it cannot be used to display patient data. Furthermore, this toolkit does not display the simulated dose distribution. In order to resolve these problems, a novel visualization tool, called "gMocren" is developed. gMocren can simultaneously display both the volume data for a patient and the simulated dose distribution. As well, gMocren helps the user intuitively and easily confirm the simulation results.
Keywords :
cancer; computational geometry; data visualisation; dosimetry; medical computing; radiation therapy; rendering (computer graphics); tumours; Geant4 toolkit; cancer treatment; dose distribution; gMocren; particle trajectories; polygon-based visualization drivers; radiotherapy; volume rendering; volume visualization tool; Biological system modeling; Biomedical imaging; Cancer; DICOM; Data visualization; Displays; Histograms; Medical simulation; Rendering (computer graphics); Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0922-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436470