Release notes - nrc-cnrc/EGSnrc GitHub Wiki
Listed below are the most notable changes introduced in EGSnrc
2023, released on 15
February 2023 (there was no release in 2022). You can also review the list of all pull requests merged for this release. More fine-grained information about modifications is provided by the commit
history (git log v2021..v2023) and the list of all file modifications since the previous release (git log --patch v2021..v2023).
| EGSnrc core |
|---|
| #958 Fix photonuclear cross section biasing when using cross section enhancement |
| #845 Fix serious bug in MCDF-XCOM photoelectric routine |
| #705 Fix wrong I-value for aluminum alloys |
| egs++ |
|---|
| #896 Use position/direction from base source for the radionuclide source |
| #887 Implement EGS_Mesh geometry for simulation inside CAD models |
| #836 Add generic fluence scoring ausgab object (AO) |
| #759 Fix egs++ 3ddose output and change getMass to getVolume |
| BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc |
|---|
| #906 Add 3ddose_tools as a third-party submodule |
| #895 Fix revert egsphant to egs_brachy encoding |
| #878 Fix BEAMnrc synchdmlc component module bugs |
- @mpayrits made their first contribution in #717
- @MartinMartinov made their first contribution in #759
(chronological order, full changelog: https://github.com/nrc-cnrc/EGSnrc/compare/v2021...v2023)
- Fix g bug: SEGFAULT when using spectrum by @mainegra in #714
- Fix buffer overflow from scoring bin rounding by @mxxo in #864
- Check that ir is not -1 for region dose scoring by @mxxo in #829
- Document NRC brems cross section option by @mxxo in #877
- Fix buffer overflow from scoring vacuum media dose by @mxxo in #861
- Fix serious bug in MCDF-XCOM PE routine by @mainegra in #845
- Increase the list of colours for the BEAMnrc gui by @rtownson in #713
- Add git hash, branch and compile time to egs++ output by @rtownson in #414
- Fix #573: wrong I-value for aluminum alloys by @ftessier in #705
- Guard against more than one track_scoring object in egsinp by @mxxo in #751
- Fix out-of-bounds read in
egs_viewby making region arrays the same size by @mxxo in #756 - Fix a mistake in the getting-started solutions by @rtownson in #787
- Document egs++ rng definition block by @mxxo in #794
- Fix #803 a quiksyncdef error from DYNJAWS in BEAMnrc GUI by @rtownson in #806
- Increase $MIN_GAP from 0.01 cm to 1e-5 cm by @blakewalters in #852
- Add SAD back to particle Z before DOSXYZnrc phsp scoring by @blakewalters in #854
- Fix a flurznrc bug reading the SLOTE parameter by @rtownson in #871
- Add check for maximum number of particles to addphsp by @blakewalters in #729
- Fix
ReadCT_DICOM()to work with slices of arbitrary size by @mpayrits in #717 - Update compiler flags to require c++14 standard by @ftessier in #703
- added -mcmodel=medium as a default compiler flag by @crcrewso in #725
- Fix BEAMnrc synchdmlc component module bugs by @blakewalters in #878
- Add the dirt density file used by icrm-hpge-example by @rtownson in #721
- Add checks for gcc version when setting the default c++ standard by @rtownson in #899
- Fix git branch logging and egs_home vs HEN_HOUSE code comparisons by @rtownson in #898
- Use position/direction sampling from base source for radionuclide sources by @ftessier in #896
- Fix #904: avoid gcc -mcmodel flag on macos systems by @ftessier in #905
- Option: output sparse binary dose file instead of 3ddose in DOSXYZnrc by @marenaud in #405
- Fix egs++ 3ddose output and change getMass to getVolume by @MartinMartinov in #759
- Fix mlce comment by @blakewalters in #931
- Fix logging of git hash and compile time for BEAMnrc by @rtownson in #915
- Add some minor documentation about input loops by @rtownson in #909
- Fix configure_c++ on macOS by @mchamberland in #908
- Fix #894: revert egsphant to egs_brachy encoding by @ftessier in #895
- Implement EGS_Mesh geometry for simulation inside CAD models by @mxxo in #887
- Add 3ddose_tools as a third-party submodule by @ftessier in #906
- Fix various small issues ahead of release by @ftessier in #893
- Fix #945, #804: egs_chamber examples don't run by default by @rtownson in #952
- Run astyle on egs++ before release by @ftessier in #954
- A generic fluence scoring ausgab object (AO) by @mainegra in #836
- Fix #949: compiler errors of egs_mesh on mac by @rtownson in #950
- Fix photonuclear cross section biasing when using cross section enhancement by @ftessier in #958
- Merge branch develop into master for 2023 release by @ftessier in #965
- Fix egs_cbct and egs_fac compilation errors for v2023 release by @ftessier in #968
Listed below are the most notable changes introduced in EGSnrc 2021, released on 18 April 2021. For the detailed list of changes, browse the corresponding commit history or use the terminal command git log v2020..v2021. You may also review the full list of preceding closed issues and closed pull requests.
| EGSnrc core |
|---|
| #628 Add a new set of egs-parallel scripts to launch jobs on a scheduler or a multi-core computer |
| #588 Add a uniform run control object to launch parallel jobs without a lock file |
| #499 Reduce lock file race condition with random delay between parallel jobs |
| egs++ |
|---|
| #683 Add a lattice geometry to effectively tile a region with a sub-geometry. |
| #645 Fix the dose normalization in egs++ 3ddose output |
#622 Add splitting variable in egs_chamber to avoid overloading latch for splitting |
| #610 Fix egs_kerma (forced-detection bug) and expand its capabilities |
| #600 Expand environment variables in egs++ strings |
| #592 Add an egs_circle_perpendicular shape to help model moving collimated sources |
| #583 Preload include files in egs++ inputs to fix references to included geometries |
| #492 Add the egs_phd application to compute pulse height distribution |
| BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc |
|---|
| #662 Fix DOSXYZnrc phase space output with photon splitting |
| #633 Allow up to 95 egsphant media in ctcreate and DOSXYZnrc, using ascii characters |
| #621 Add sub-threshold fluorescence to DOSRZnrc kerma |
| #587 Relax leaf cross section dimensions restrictions |
| #586 Fix CHAMBER component module dose zone numbering |
| Mortran applications |
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| #620 Fix bug in D/Dmax output of SPRRZnrc |
| #598 Upgrade the g application and provide documentation for it |
Listed below are the most notable changes introduced in EGSnrc 2020, released on 31 January 2020. For detailed information, browse the corresponding commit history or use the terminal command git log v2020. You may also review the list of preceding closed issues and closed pull requests.
| EGSnrc Core |
|---|
| #547 Increase array size defaults, decrease EPSEMFP and EPSGMFP to 1e-8 cm |
| #503 Fix erroneous medium definitions due to white space |
| #536 Fix an infinite loop that could occur (rarely) during annihilation |
| egs++ |
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| #550 Add kerma calculating application, egs_kerma |
| #103 Add new egs++ geometries and shapes (created originally for egs_brachy) |
| #557 Fix sampling bugs for the alias table and source collections |
| #531 Fix errors for prism and xyz geometries in a cd geometry |
| #525 Guard against floating-point errors in identity matrix test |
| #532, #559 Fix Windows PowerShell issue with .exe extension |
| BEAMnrc & DOSXYZnrc |
|---|
| #520 Fix check on WRAILBOT for TARGET leaves |
| #514 Allow odd number of TARGET/ISOCENTER leaves in SYNCHDMLC |
| #565 Fix compilation error when BEAMnrc is compiled with EEMF macros |
| #539 Fix string comparison for synchronized CM names |
| GUIs |
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| #568 Fix egs_view crash when viewing tracks in Windows |
| #545 Remove IPARALLEL and PARNUM options from dosxyz_gui |
| Miscellaneous |
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| #570 Add Slurm support in parallel job submission script |
Below is the change introduced in EGSnrc 2019a, released on 8 May 2019. This release reverts a bug introduced in EGSnrc 2019, which may cause spurious geometry errors inside egs++ conestack geometries. For detailed information, see the corresponding pull request.
| egs++ |
|---|
| #534 Revert "Avoid infinite loop in conestack geometry" |
Listed below are the most notable changes introduced in EGSnrc 2019, released on 11 April 2019. For detailed information, browse the corresponding commit history or use the terminal command git log v2019. You may also review the list of preceding closed issues and closed pull requests.
| EGSnrc Core |
|---|
| #415, #426 Limit vacuum step size in magnetic field |
| #211 Enhanced EM-field transport (disabled by default) |
| GUIs |
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| #417 Add Qt5 support to all Qt GUIs |
| #427, #476 Update the egs_view GUI |
| egs++ |
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| #472 Add radiative splitting ausgab object |
| #457, #352 Fix egs++ beam source bugs |
| #454 Fix tutor7pp ausgab and output bugs |
| #308 Add egs++ dynamic motion of beam source (EGS_DynamicSource) |
| #418 Add egs++ phase-space scoring, the egs_phsp_scoring ausgab object |
| #386, #496, #521 Radionuclide source improvements |
| #481 Add the egs_app template application |
| #462 Fix a number of geometry errors |
| BEAMnrc & DOSXYZnrc |
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| #455, #484, #519 Numerous SYNCHDMLC and DYNVMLC improvements |
| Miscellaneous |
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| #407 Add support for fish shell in linux |
#444 Add distribution tools to a new admin branch |
| #428 Add a getting-started manual |
| #432 Change -ffast-math to -mtune=native |
| #508 Fix parallel runs on Windows |
Listed below are the most notable changes introduced in EGSnrc 2018, released on 18 April 2018. For detailed information, browse the corresponding commit history or use the terminal command git log v2018. You may also review the list of preceding closed issues and closed pull requests.
| Changes and corresponding commits |
|---|
| Fix electron rest mass bug 1c1cdb2 |
| Implement magnetic field scaling and a source for Fano testing under magnetic fields 3b6b16c |
| Fix charged particle fluence calculation in cavity 2d35318 |
| Fix energy deposition artifact in the lowest energy bin in FLURZnrc bdcd55f |
| Fix EADL atomic relaxations inconsistencies, and improve sub-threshold energy deposition 71c6585, 94ce4b5, c2d8672, ba288e0, 6d487e7, af4a48a |
| Fix photoelectric cross sections for elements 88 and 90 d6dd633 |
Fix uncertainty correlations in the g application with multiple energiesbabf4de |
| Resolve infinite values when running EDKnrc with a spectrum source e763851 |
| Implement a new egs++ source to model radionuclides directly from ENSDF data files 9c3cacf |
| Fix arrays and latch in egs++ iaea_phsp_source bab2e86 |
| Add "renormalized" photoelectric cross sections and ICRU90 recommended values for key data (Changes default transport parameters) fca7801 |
| Fix rest mass and energy in DOSXYZnrc source 20 ca35d90 |
| Fix angular sampling in egs++ isotropic sources ef7b54c |
| Fix density for RW-1 material 494daf9 |
| Add .3ddose output to egs++ dose scoring object 7e5bf07 |
| Improve cavity fluence calculation de1717c |
| Fix egs++ particle tracks crash on Windows 10 dc5c53c |
Listed below are the most notable changes introduced in EGSnrc 2017, released on 31 January 2017. For detailed information, browse the corresponding commit history or use the terminal command git log v2017. You may also review the list of preceding closed issues and closed pull requests.
| Changes and corresponding commits |
|---|
| Fix clockwise rotation around y-axis (egs++ transformations) 0cf6670 Requires a change to egs++ input files |
Add particle track clipping in egs_view ac9661a |
Improveegs_view efficiency 7df6720, 3b5d808, 1f98861 |
Improveegs_view interface 5148293, 6f68950 |
| Update electron rest mass 1eaf898 |
| Fix multiple scattering coefficients a93c726 |
| Fix kerma calculation in g and DOSRZnrc 5ce91b4 |
| Fix error in fluence in DOSXYZnrc ae360a8 |
| Fix gas pressure input 5e5bb60, 0520ca4 |
| Add an egs++ rounded rectangle cylinder geometry b99e3b5 |
| Implement floating-point tolerance in egs++ geometry library 104bdf3 |
| Add elementary examples for egs++ geometries and sources 881924d, c952bce |
| Add region labels to egs_chamber and egs_dose_scoring f5a73d3 |
| Fix egs++ geometry bugs cb71367, 0cf6670, 9ef97f1, 23763c2, 7c5007d, 2d2d41d, c96b43d, 23e4657 |
| Fix IAEA phase space file bugs 214bf92, 6fc6704, 15b2286, 7aba526, d70e11d, cf8b24d |
| Fix bugs in EGSnrc graphical user interfaces 1824675, c2cb50e, 47e2057, edad0d7 |
| Fix and improve pegs4 and pegsless input 1d0f21a, 4ba117b, 94f66d6, b9d473e, 20ff345 |
Listed below are the most notable changes introduced in EGSnrc 2016, released on 21 January 2016. For detailed information, browse the corresponding commit history or use the terminal command git log v2016. You may also review the list of preceding closed issues and closed pull requests.
The commit history of this release only goes back to June 2015, when EGSnrc was ported to the git revision control system.
| Change | More information |
|---|---|
| Licence EGSnrc under AGPL 3.0 | AGPL licence |
Port to git revision control system, and github |
http://nrc-cnrc.github.io/EGSnrc/ |
| Integrate BEAMnrc into EGSnrc | no separate BEAMnrc installer |
| Add pegsless mode to define materials by input | Chapter 7 in the EGSnrc manual |
| Allow electromagnetic field definition by input | Section 3.14.1 in the EGSnrc manual |
Add parallel processing to sprrznrc
|
Commit bddd5de |
Allow scientific notation for ncase in egs++ input |
Commit 962f2b5 |
| Implement a style standard for egs++ source code | Commit 574f13e |
Improve egs_view rendering speed |
Commit e954105 |
| Update Qt GUIs to Qt4 | |
| Simplify the configuration GUI | |
| Update the configuration scripts |