Model construction and software design of computed tomography radiation system based on visualization.
10.7507/1001-5515.202201053
- Author:
Ying LIU
1
;
Ting MENG
1
;
Haowei ZHANG
1
;
Heqing LU
2
Author Information
1. School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
2. Department of Medical Equipment, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Computed tomography radiation system geometric model;
Constructive solid geometry;
Monte Carlo N-Particle;
Radiation dose;
Visual modeling
- MeSH:
Radiation Dosage;
Software Design;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods*;
Software;
Algorithms;
Phantoms, Imaging;
Monte Carlo Method
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2023;40(5):989-995
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) is often used to calculate the radiation dose during computed tomography (CT) scans. However, the physical calculation process of the model is complicated, the input file structure of the program is complex, and the three-dimensional (3D) display of the geometric model is not supported, so that the researchers cannot establish an accurate CT radiation system model, which affects the accuracy of the dose calculation results. Aiming at these two problems, this study designed a software that visualized CT modeling and automatically generated input files. In terms of model calculation, the theoretical basis was based on the integration of CT modeling improvement schemes of major researchers. For 3D model visualization, LabVIEW was used as the new development platform, constructive solid geometry (CSG) was used as the algorithm principle, and the introduction of editing of MCNP input files was used to visualize CT geometry modeling. Compared with a CT model established by a recent study, the root mean square error between the results simulated by this visual CT modeling software and the actual measurement was smaller. In conclusion, the proposed CT visualization modeling software can not only help researchers to obtain an accurate CT radiation system model, but also provide a new research idea for the geometric modeling visualization method of MCNP.
