GPU Monte Carlo
The research project aims to develop/port a Monte Carlo code on the hybrid
server, to study the radiation-matter interaction. Homemade codes were already
developed and are currently used by the research group to simulate the
acquisition systems of radiography applications and Nuclear Medicine.
In particular, we are going to work on the code EGSNRC++, developed at the
Ottawa National Research Council (Canada), which is used for the simulation
of the matter interaction with photons and electrons/positrons. The goal is to
reduce the time necessary to perform the Monte Carlo simulations of detection
systems for applications of medical interest, such as CT, PET, SPECT, which
need the generation of several tens of billions of particles to obtain a
realistic result.
Principal investigator: Giovanni Di Domenico didomenico@fe.infn.it
http://docente.unife.it/giovanni.di.domenico
Promoters: Mauro Gambaccini mauro.gambaccini@unife.it
http://docente.unife.it/mauro.gambaccini/
Principal investigator: Giovanni Di Domenico didomenico@fe.infn.it
http://docente.unife.it/giovanni.di.domenico
Promoters: Mauro Gambaccini mauro.gambaccini@unife.it
http://docente.unife.it/mauro.gambaccini/