<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [Gate-users] dose output file format</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Hi Karol, Plain Text Document does not mean anything; I believe it is just a matter of file extension.  So you have a binary file and it contains zeroes.  Send your macro file. Richard On 3/28/07 1:41 AM, "Karl" <kw_brzezinski@yahoo.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Hello Richard,         I mean the file is of type Plain Text Document. In Linux it opens automaticaly in a text editor and shows up as points (dots) in this editor. When I read the file with Matlab it reads zeros. As a phantom I'm just using a cube of water with 1mm voxels. I have this problem for every phantom size that I try: 8*8*8 to 128*128*128.         Karol         Richard Taschereau <RTaschereau@mednet.ucla.edu> wrote:    <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi Karol, No I have not experienced anything like that before.  When you say plain text, do you mean dose values are being written in ascii or is that garbage, unrelated text ? Is the text in the binary file or on the screen ?  How big is your phantom in terms of voxels ? Richard On 3/24/07 8:03 AM, "Karl" <kw_brzezinski@yahoo.com> wrote:    <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi Richard,         Thank you for your reply. I have done everything that you described. The problem is that sometimes the output comes in the correct format and sometimes as plain text. This happens even if I do two consecutive runs without changing anything. Have you ever experienced this before?    Thank you for your help,         Regards,    Karol Richard Taschereau <RTaschereau@mednet.ucla.edu> wrote:       <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi Karol, The output file is in binary format (4 bytes floats) with the dose in cGy.  Did you use the attachVoxelPhantomSD command (and not attachPhantomSD) ?  Did you add an ouput module to collect dose ?       <BLOCKQUOTE>/gate/.../attachVoxelPhantomSD /gate/... /addOutput yourOutputModuleName </BLOCKQUOTE> Then you have the option of setting the file name and saving the uncertainty file as well:       <BLOCKQUOTE>/gate/output/yourOutputModuleName /setFileName yourFileName /gate/output/yourOutputModuleName /saveUncertainty [true|false] </BLOCKQUOTE> If you used the right commands, did you look for any error message ?  The voxellized phantom is described in the User’s Guide (pp.84-87). Regards, Richard On 3/22/07 7:54 AM, "Karl" <kw_brzezinski@yahoo.com> wrote:       <BLOCKQUOTE>Hello,         When I try to collect dose deposited in a voxellized phantom, the output file I obtain is in Plain Text format and therefore I cannot do any analysis on it. Has anyone had a similar problem? I would greatly appreciate some help if someone knows why this is happening.         Thanks in advance,              Karol Brzezinski              <HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="1" WIDTH="100%">   It's here! Your new message! Get  new email alerts <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49938/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/>  with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49938/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> -- Richard Taschereau, Ph.D. CRUMP Institute for Molecular Imaging University of California Los Angeles 700 Westwood Plaza A222 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1770 Phone: (310) 825-0697 Fax:     (310) 206-8975 email: RTaschereau@mednet.ucla.edu ---------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT WARNING: This email (and any attachments) is only intended for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. You, the recipient, are obligated to maintain it in a safe, secure and confidential manner. Unauthorized redisclosure or failure to maintain confidentiality may subject you to federal and state penalties. If you are not the recipient, please immediately notify us by return email, and delete this message from your computer. ----------------------------------------------------------</BODY> </HTML>