title: Preliminary results of 3D dose calculations with MCNP-4B code from a SPECT image.
abstract: Interface software was developed to generate the input file to run Monte Carlo MCNP-4B code from medical image in Interfile format version 3.3. The software was tested using a spherical phantom of tomography slides with known cumulated activity distribution in Interfile format generated with IMAGAMMA medical image processing system. The 3D dose calculation obtained with Monte Carlo MCNP-4B code was compared with the voxel S factor method. The results show a relative error between both methods less than 1 %.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Superior de Ciencias y Tecnologías Nucleares, Ciudad Habana, Cuba. mrgual@yahoo.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Gual
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sospedra Alfonso
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González González
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calderón Marín
mesh_terms: D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012984:Software; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon