DicomPrimaryGeneratorAction.cc

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#include "DicomPrimaryGeneratorAction.hh"

#include "G4Event.hh"
#include "G4ParticleGun.hh"
#include "G4ParticleTable.hh"
#include "DicomRegularDetectorConstruction.hh"
#include "G4ParticleDefinition.hh"
#include "G4SystemOfUnits.hh"
#include "Randomize.hh"
#include "CLHEP/Random/RandFlat.h"

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DicomPrimaryGeneratorAction::DicomPrimaryGeneratorAction()
{
  G4int nParticle = 1;
  fParticleGun  = new G4ParticleGun(nParticle);               
}

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DicomPrimaryGeneratorAction::~DicomPrimaryGeneratorAction()
{
  delete fParticleGun;
}

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void DicomPrimaryGeneratorAction::GeneratePrimaries(G4Event *anEvent)
{
  G4ParticleTable* particleTable = G4ParticleTable::GetParticleTable();
  G4String particleName;
  G4ParticleDefinition* particle
    = particleTable->FindParticle(particleName="e-");
  fParticleGun->SetParticleDefinition(particle);
  // put the e- in the x direction of the patient (z in the accelerator axs) to hit patient in the central slice of the phantom
  G4ThreeVector dir(0,0,1);
  //G4ThreeVector dir(2.*CLHEP::RandFlat::shoot()-1.,2.*CLHEP::RandFlat::shoot()-1.,-CLHEP::RandFlat::shoot());
  dir /= dir.mag();
  fParticleGun->SetParticleMomentumDirection(dir);       
  fParticleGun->SetParticleEnergy(10.*MeV);
  //put it at SAD = 1 m on xy plane of central slice
  fParticleGun->SetParticlePosition(G4ThreeVector(0.,0.,-0.1));
  //fParticleGun->SetParticlePosition(G4ThreeVector(0.,0.,-22.));
  fParticleGun->GeneratePrimaryVertex(anEvent);
}