The Software with a Graphical User Interface for GAMOS: Basic Training and an Educational Tool for Medical Physicists

• Autorzy: Kandemir Recep , Özsoykal İsmail , Akgüngör Kadir

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DOI

10.2478/pjmpe-2023-0005

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Introduction: It is necessary to have special experience to perform the Monte Carlo calculation, commonly used in medical physics and accepted as the gold standard. In this study, we developed software to teach basic steps to medical physicists who were inexperienced in the medical linear accelerator Monte Carlo simulation. Material and methods: For the design interface, a software called GamosLinacGUI was developed using Gnome Builder, Python, and GTK. The user, who wants to learn the basics of GAMOS and simulate a linear accelerator, can enter the values in the software, select some options and quickly create geometry and physics files. Results: For proof that the software generates the correct inputs for GAMOS simulation in the same conditions for the measurements and calculations. Required files for GAMOS have been created and tested and run the simulation accordingly. This software was tested with Centos Linux. Conclusions: GamosLinacGUI has been successfully developed, which creates the geometry and physics files required for the simulation with GAMOS as a training and learning tool.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

educational software; graphical user interface; Monte Carlo simulation; GAMOS

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyki Medycznej ; De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 29, Iss. 1
• Strony: 42--49
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 15 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kandemir Recep

• Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0979-7354

autor

Özsoykal İsmail

• Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-9347

autor

Akgüngör Kadir

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1071-4405

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).