Voxel- and mesh-based Monte Carlo Methods for 3D Photon Transport Simulations
Friday, 10 September 2010: 15:30-16:15
Dr Qianqian Fang, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, MGH
Lecture Outline
- Introduction
- Pros and Cons of Monte Carlo Simulations
- MCX: a GPU-accelerated MC Software
- Algorithm Flowchart
- Boundary Reflections
- Atomic vs. Non-atomic Operations
- MMC: a Mesh-based MC Software
- Ray-tracing in the Plucker Coordinates
- Multi-threading with OpenMP
- Validations
- Website and Resources (http://mcx.sf.net)