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The GEANT4 is a C++ computational tool that samples from known probability distributions to determine the average behavior of a system. It is used in brachytherapy to improve our understanding of the production, transport and the ultimate fate of therapeutic radiation. Here we present the effect of the voxelization and the number of events on the dose distribution. We calculate the dose distribution of GammaMedplus HDR 192 Ir in a water phantom and compare it with the measured dose by Gafchromic film EBT2. Our Monte Carlo results are validated by a comparison with dose data measured.
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Zerfaoui, M., Rrhioua, A., Moussa, A., Didi, S., Tayalati, Y., Hamal, M. (2016). GEANT4 Simulation of 192 Ir Source to Study Voxelization and Number of Event Effect on the Dose Distribution. In: El Oualkadi, A., Choubani, F., El Moussati, A. (eds) Proceedings of the Mediterranean Conference on Information & Communication Technologies 2015. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 381. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30298-0_60
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