MANTIS (Monte carlo x-rAy electroN opTical Imaging Simulation) is a tool for simulating imaging systems that tracks x-rays, electrons and optical photons in arbitrary materials and complex geometries. The code MANTIS is the intimate combination of two codes: PENELOPE (an x-ray/electron Monte Carlo transport code) and DETECT-II (an optical photon Monte Carlo transport code). It is intended for the study of problems involving indirect imaging sensors in which light is generated by the interaction of particles with matter in a transducer material. In MANTIS, the processes of energy transfer from secondary electrons to light is modeled event by event, according to an energy-dependent gain and with a particular model for the variations in the efficiency of that energy transfer..

The website from which the source code, executables and user guide may be obtained (without charge) is http://code.google.com/p/mantismc/  

Please address any questions or suggestions to Dr. Aldo Badano at 301-796-2534 or [email protected]

 

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