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. 2017 Jan 11;16:14. doi: 10.1186/s12938-016-0310-y

Table 2.

Specifications and parameters of the source and the detector utilised in GAMOS simulation

Parameters/specifications Source—SMA fibre cable Detector—cosine corrector
Experimental equipment Thorlabs, M28L01 Thorlabs CCSA1
Diameter of core fibre (mm) 0.4 4.0
Numerical aperture 0.39 1.0
Materials Pure silica (core), TECS hard (cladding) PTFE or Teflon (core)
Refractive index 1.47 1.315
Implement Geant4 Material Database function (based on core materials) G4_SILICON DIOXIDE G4_TEFLON
Angle to the normal skin surface +45° −45°