Geant4-Based Monte Carlo Simulator for Fan-and Cone-Beam X-ray CT

Author

Zou, Ing ; Hu, Zhanli ; Gui, Jianbao ; Rong, Junyan ; Li, Yanming ; Zheng, Hairong

Author_Institution

Paul C. Lauterbur Res. Center for Biomed. Imaging, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shenzhen, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An X-ray computed tomography (CT) simulator based on Geant4 toolkit was developed for simulation of both fan- and cone-beam CT scanners. There major components X-ray tube, phantom and detector are simulated. Different to analytical simulation, this simulation is accordance with imaging physics by adopting the Geant4 toolkit. Compared with ordinary statistical simulation, acceleration investigation and parameters optimization are considered. Also,experiments on beam-hardening and scatter are simulated. As expected, this simulator is not only a tool for acquiring scanning data, but also a tool for evaluating dose, the effect of physical, geometrical and potential artifacts and corresponding correction schemes in CT system.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; computerised tomography; optimisation; phantoms; CT system; Geant4 toolkit; Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulator; X-ray computed tomography; X-ray tube; beam-hardening; cone-beam CT scanners; cone-beam X-ray CT; optimization; phantom; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computed tomography; Image analysis; Imaging phantoms; Monte Carlo methods; Optical imaging; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5514746

Filename

5514746