BrachyDetectorConstruction Class Reference

#include <BrachyDetectorConstruction.hh>

Inheritance diagram for BrachyDetectorConstruction:

Public Member Functions
	BrachyDetectorConstruction ()
	~BrachyDetectorConstruction ()
G4VPhysicalVolume *	Construct ()
void	SwitchBrachytherapicSeed ()
void	SelectBrachytherapicSeed (G4String val)
void	ConstructPhantom ()
void	PrintDetectorParameters ()
void	SetPhantomMaterial (G4String)
Public Member Functions inherited from G4VUserDetectorConstruction
	G4VUserDetectorConstruction ()
virtual	~G4VUserDetectorConstruction ()
virtual void	ConstructSDandField ()
virtual void	CloneSD ()
virtual void	CloneF ()
void	RegisterParallelWorld (G4VUserParallelWorld *)
G4int	ConstructParallelGeometries ()
void	ConstructParallelSD ()
G4int	GetNumberOfParallelWorld () const
G4VUserParallelWorld *	GetParallelWorld (G4int i) const

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from G4VUserDetectorConstruction
void	SetSensitiveDetector (const G4String &logVolName, G4VSensitiveDetector *aSD, G4bool multi=false)
void	SetSensitiveDetector (G4LogicalVolume *logVol, G4VSensitiveDetector *aSD)

Detailed Description

Definition at line 49 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.hh.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BrachyDetectorConstruction::BrachyDetectorConstruction

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)

Definition at line 62 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc.

References python.hepunit::cm, and python.hepunit::m.

                                                      : 
  detectorChoice(0), factory(0),
  World(0), WorldLog(0), WorldPhys(0),
  Phantom(0), PhantomLog(0), PhantomPhys(0),
  phantomAbsorberMaterial(0)
{
 // Define half size of the phantom along the x, y, z axis
 phantomSizeX = 15.*cm;
 phantomSizeY = 15.*cm;
 phantomSizeZ = 15.*cm;
 
 // Define the sizes of the World volume containing the phantom
 worldSizeX = 4.0*m;
 worldSizeY = 4.0*m;
 worldSizeZ = 4.0*m;

 // Define the messenger of the Detector component
 // It is possible to modify geometrical parameters through UI
 detectorMessenger = new BrachyDetectorMessenger(this);

  // Define the Iridium source as default source modelled in the geometry
 factory = new BrachyFactoryIr();

  // BrachyMaterial defined the all the materials necessary
  // for the experimental set-up 
 pMaterial = new BrachyMaterial();
}

BrachyDetectorConstruction::~BrachyDetectorConstruction

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)

Definition at line 90 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc.

{ 
  delete pMaterial;
  delete factory;
  delete detectorMessenger;
}

Member Function Documentation

G4VPhysicalVolume * BrachyDetectorConstruction::Construct ( void  )

virtual

Implements G4VUserDetectorConstruction.

Definition at line 97 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc.

References ConstructPhantom().

{
 pMaterial -> DefineMaterials();

 // Model the phantom (water box)
 ConstructPhantom();

 // Model the source in the phantom
 factory -> CreateSource(PhantomPhys);

 return WorldPhys;
}

void BrachyDetectorConstruction::ConstructPhantom

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)

Definition at line 154 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc.

References G4VisAttributes::Invisible.

Referenced by Construct().

{
  // Model the water phantom 

  // Define the light blue color
  G4Colour  lblue   (0.0, 0.0, .75);
  
  G4Material* air = pMaterial -> GetMat("Air") ;
  G4Material* water = pMaterial -> GetMat("Water");

  // World volume
  World = new G4Box("World",worldSizeX,worldSizeY,worldSizeZ);
  WorldLog = new G4LogicalVolume(World,air,"WorldLog",0,0,0);
  WorldPhys = new G4PVPlacement(0,G4ThreeVector(),"WorldPhys",WorldLog,0,false,0);

  // Water Box
  Phantom = new G4Box("Phantom",phantomSizeX,phantomSizeY,phantomSizeZ);

  // Logical volume
  PhantomLog = new G4LogicalVolume(Phantom,water,"PhantomLog",0,0,0);

  // Physical volume
  PhantomPhys = new G4PVPlacement(0,G4ThreeVector(), // Position: rotation and translation
                                  "PhantomPhys", // Name
                                  PhantomLog, // Associated logical volume
                                  WorldPhys, // Mother volume
                                  false,0);
  WorldLog -> SetVisAttributes (G4VisAttributes::Invisible);

  // Visualization attributes of the phantom
  G4VisAttributes* simpleBoxVisAtt = new G4VisAttributes(lblue);
  simpleBoxVisAtt -> SetVisibility(true);
  simpleBoxVisAtt -> SetForceWireframe(true);
  PhantomLog -> SetVisAttributes(simpleBoxVisAtt);
}

void BrachyDetectorConstruction::PrintDetectorParameters

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)

Definition at line 190 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc.

References python.hepunit::cm, G4cout, and G4endl.

Referenced by SetPhantomMaterial().

{
  G4cout << "----------------" << G4endl
         << "the phantom is a water box whose size is: " << G4endl
         << phantomSizeX *2./cm
         << " cm * "
         << phantomSizeY *2./cm
         << " cm * "
         << phantomSizeZ *2./cm
         << " cm" << G4endl
         << "The phantom is made of "
         << phantomAbsorberMaterial -> GetName() <<G4endl
         << "the source is at the center of the phantom" << G4endl
         << "----------------"
         << G4endl;
}

void BrachyDetectorConstruction::SelectBrachytherapicSeed

(

G4String

val

)

Definition at line 141 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc.

References G4cout, and G4endl.

{
  if (val == "Iodium") detectorChoice = 1;
  else{
       if(val=="Leipzig") detectorChoice = 2;
       else{
            if(val=="Iridium") detectorChoice = 3;
             else G4cout << val <<  "is not available!!!!"  <<G4endl;              
            }
       }
 G4cout << "Now the source is " << val << G4endl;
}

void BrachyDetectorConstruction::SetPhantomMaterial

(

G4String

materialChoice

)

Definition at line 207 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc.

References G4cout, G4endl, G4Material::GetMaterial(), PrintDetectorParameters(), and EmPlot::SetMaterial().

{
  // It is possible to change the material of the phantom
  // interactively

  // Search the material by its name
  G4Material* pttoMaterial = G4Material::GetMaterial(materialChoice);

  if (pttoMaterial)
  {
    phantomAbsorberMaterial = pttoMaterial;
    PhantomLog -> SetMaterial(pttoMaterial);
    PrintDetectorParameters();
  } else 
    { G4cout << "WARNING: material '" << materialChoice << "' not available!" << G4endl;}
}

void BrachyDetectorConstruction::SwitchBrachytherapicSeed

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)

Definition at line 110 of file BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc.

References G4cout, G4endl, and G4RunManager::GetRunManager().

{
  // Change the source in the water phantom
  factory -> CleanSource();
  G4cout << "Old Source is deleted ..." << G4endl;
  delete factory;

  switch(detectorChoice)
  { 
   case 1:
      factory = new BrachyFactoryI();
      break;
   case 2:
      factory = new BrachyFactoryLeipzig();
      break;
   case 3:
      factory = new BrachyFactoryIr();
      break;
   default:
      factory = new BrachyFactoryIr();
      break;
   }

  factory -> CreateSource(PhantomPhys);
  G4cout << "... New source is created ..." << G4endl;

  // Notify run manager that the new geometry has been built
  G4RunManager::GetRunManager() -> GeometryHasBeenModified();
  G4cout << "... Geometry is notified .... THAT'S IT!!!!!" << G4endl;
}

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• BrachyDetectorConstruction.hh
• BrachyDetectorConstruction.cc