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Two high-current injectors were considered for ICS use, together with a short X-band linac. The first injector is based on the CompactLight technology, while the second is based on a design from CERN. The pulse energy of a 1 kW laser was increased by using a Fabry-Pérot cavity. To perform these studies, an ICS simulation module was developed within the particle tracking code RF-Track. A benchmark of flux and brilliance calculations against CAIN was performed. Runtime comparisons proved RF-Track to be orders of magnitude faster than CAIN. Given the two setups, the ICS simulations showed MeV x-rays with flux values in the order of 10^12 to 10^13 photons/sec. The resulting high intensity and high energy x-rays allow for various applications, including cancer therapy, tomography, and nuclear waste management.