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Multiple Sphere Source Distributions
This source simulates a Jaszczak cylindrical uniform source phantom [Data Spectrum,
Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina]. The sources must be define in an input file. The default
extension is *.inp. The routine first searches for a file named
input.inp where input is
the base name of the input smc file created by
CHANGE. If this does not exist, then
the routine attempt to open a default input file
jaszak.inp. If this is not found, then
SIMIND is terminated.
The input file: This file is an ASCII file where each row defines a sphere. Real values
separated by a comma are used. The values at the first three positions define the size
and shape of the source. This is actually the radius in x,y,z coordinates. The routine
then generates an ellipsoidal shape from these values. Thus, a spherical shape needs
that all values to be identical. Values at positions 4-6 are the location in the coordinate system for the center of the source. Note that this is not the center of gravity but rather the starting point for each of the axes that define the ellipsoid.
Value at position 7 is a measurement of the desired activity concentration. The program
normalize the decays in each source so that the number of photon histories per
projection can be simulated. However, Value 7 determine the activity concentration
relative to the other sources. If
some of these values are negative then these
values are treated as absolute activity concentration in units of
MBq/cc. The total activity [Index 25] is then recalculated to match
the sum of the activity for all spheres and if defined sum of the
back ground activity.
Value at position 8 determines if the source shape will be
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a sphere [0.0]
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a cylindrical horizontal rod [1.0]
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a rectangular horizontal rod [2.0]
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a hexagonal horizontal rod [3.0]
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a cylindrical vertical rod [4.0]
As an example, consider the following two lines in the input file.
1.0,1.0,1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,1.5,0.0
2.0,2.0,2.0,3.0,0.0,0.0,3.0,1.0
The first source is spherical with radius 1.0 cm and is centred at the origin. The relative
activity concentration is 1.5. The second source is a cylindrical in shape with a radius 2
cm and the source is shifted 3 cm towards the positive x-axis. The relative activity
concentration in this source is twice the first source.
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