22nd Geant4 Collaboration Meeting

Session

Parallel 8B - Status of biasing

29 Sept 2017, 09:00

Description

• Generic biasing
• Importance geometry biasing
• Relation with biasing in other packages : EM, radioactive decay

105. Introduction

Alexander Howard (Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich (CH)), Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

29/09/2017, 09:00

106. Independent geometrical biasing of multiple particle types : the case of electrons in radiotherapy

Daren Sawkey

29/09/2017, 09:05

In radiotherapy, biasing of bremsstrahlung photons can lead to large speed-up. But electrons sometimes hit the patient, with large weights compared to the photon ones. A geometrical biasing may alleviate the effect, but this could not be done so far.

107. Interaction forcing for reverse gamma

Laurent Desorgher

29/09/2017, 09:25

The implementation of interaction forcing for reverse gamma will be discussed as well as other ideas.

108. Channeling process interface to generic biasing : pending issues

Enrico Bagli (Universita di Ferrara & INFN (IT))

29/09/2017, 09:45

109. Status of generic biasing

Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

29/09/2017, 09:55

110. Discussion

29/09/2017, 10:15