SHIELD-HIT12A is a Monte Carlo particle transport program which is modified for proton and heavy ion particle therapy reserach. It was forked from SHIELD-HIT in 2008 with the aim to modernize and implement new features, increasing the applicability for medical physics.
19th April 2024: Release v1.1.0
Highlights:
- Added phase-space scorer. #51
- Bugfix: proper setting of average flag in .bdo file. #413
- Bugfix: hangs on Windows11. #421
- Bugfix: proper scoring of variance, when requested #431
- Bugfix: segfault on Ubuntu systems. #438
- Bugfix: rare case wrong z when scoring secondary particles. #439
See the ChangeLog for details.
Current Developers
- Niels Bassler
- Leszek Grzanka
- Nikolai Sobolevsky
Previous Contributors
- David C. Hansen
- Armin Lühr
- Toke Printz
- Vicki Trier Taasti
- Bjarne Thomsen
Acknowledgments
This work was partially supported by funds from the Danish Cancer Society and NovoNordisk Fonden.