A generalized simulation description language

Author

Harrison, Robert L. ; Kinahan, Paul E. ; Lewellen, Thomas K.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Washington Med. Center, Seattle

Volume

5

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007

Firstpage

4012

Lastpage

4014

Abstract

Our group supports two emission tomography simulation packages: SimSET, which is in the public domain, and ASIM, which we are planning to re-engineer and release as open- source software. Currently the inputs and outputs for the two programs, though conceptually similar, have very different formats. We are creating a common input meta-language for SimSET and ASIM. We plan to make this language general enough that it will be suitable for other emission tomography simulation packages. This language will make it easier for users to use multiple simulation packages and will facilitate definition of similar simulations for various packages.

Keywords

XML; medical diagnostic computing; positron emission tomography; public domain software; single photon emission computed tomography; ASIM; SimSET; emission tomography; generalized simulation description language; meta-language; open-source software; public domain; Analytical models; Electromagnetic scattering; Geometry; Imaging phantoms; Medical simulation; Packaging; Positron emission tomography; Protocols; Single photon emission computed tomography; Software packages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0922-8

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436993

Filename

4436993