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This document summarizes a GEANT4 example that converts DICOM files to ASCII files with Hounsfield numbers converted to materials and densities. It creates a GEANT4 geometry based on DICOM file information using the G4PhantomParameterisation class. Hounsfield units scale radiodensity measurements, with water defined as 0 HU and air as -1000 HU. DICOM is the universal standard for sharing medical imaging resources. The example includes data files for the DICOM conversion and visualization in GEANT4.

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Geant4 Example

This document summarizes a GEANT4 example that converts DICOM files to ASCII files with Hounsfield numbers converted to materials and densities. It creates a GEANT4 geometry based on DICOM file information using the G4PhantomParameterisation class. Hounsfield units scale radiodensity measurements, with water defined as 0 HU and air as -1000 HU. DICOM is the universal standard for sharing medical imaging resources. The example includes data files for the DICOM conversion and visualization in GEANT4.

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DICOM Example In Geant4

This example serves first to convert a DICOM file to a simple ASCII


file, where the Hounsfield numbers are converted to materials and
densities so that it can be used by GEANT4. It serves also to create
a GEANT4 geometry based on the DICOM file information using the
G4PhantomParameterisation class.
Hounsfield numbers
The Hounsfield unit (HU) scale is a linear transformation of the original linear
attenuation coefficient measurement into one in which the radiodensity of
distilled water at standard pressure and temperature (STP) is defined as zero
Hounsfield units (HU), while the radiodensity of air at STP is defined as -1000
HU. In a voxel with average linear attenuation coefficient .
CT Scan Image information
DICOM Digital Imaging and COmunication in Medicine

Computerized Tomography allows to reproduce the real 3D geometry of the patient

Acquisition of CT image 3D patient anatomy

file
Pixels
DICOM is the universal grey tone
standard for sharing proportional
resources between to material
heterogeneous and density
multi-vendor equipment
Example ofSIEMENS
DICOM images
TOSHIBA GE

Data Compression:
(0.78,0.78,10)[mm]
Data Compression: (15,15,15) [mm]
(0.6,0.6,1) [mm]
=> ( 2, 2, 2) [mm]
Data Files

Data.dat it contains the input information for reading DICOM files


dicom.cc main source code file
PhantomCT.jpg Image of the phantom used for CT calibration, that is the
same of the DICOM images
vis.mac macro file for visualization using OpenGL
Colourmap.dat it defines the color of the different DICOM materials
CT2Density.dat Calibration of HU into materials using the phantom used for
CT calibration. Also have the density conversion table.
run.mac macro for batch mode
.dcm files DICOM format data file from CT SCAN
.g4dcm A file containing the information of densities in form of Ascii codes
.g4 extensions Binary data
A some very helping information about DICOM type data file is given at this page
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354356/
Summary and Plans

I have tried to Understand the Example DICOM


I am studying the paper regarding to the measurement of DOI (Depth of
Interaction)

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