<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:ns0="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hello all,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Some of my <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Manchester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> colleagues have been fortunate enough to get some computing time on Blue Joule – the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s largest supercomputer – and they are planning to run GATE simulations of proton and photon radiotherapy plans. Previously, we’ve been using a small cluster and have been using GATE for 18 months or so. The intention now is to get some high accuracy dose statistics for organs at risk that are far from the treatment volume. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> However, we are having some problems getting GATE compiled on this supercomputer. It is an IBM BlueGene/Q system which has compute nodes which use 64-bit PowerPC processors. According to various messageboards, ROOT cannot work on PowerPC architectures. So, I’m wondering, has anybody had any experience compiling GATE without ROOT? Is this even possible? Can we get away with using inputs and outputs which aren’t in ROOT format?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Would appreciate any help. Many thanks,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Chris<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Christopher Boylan<o:p></o:p> Research Physicist<o:p></o:p> Christie Medical Physics and Engineering (CMPE)<o:p></o:p> The Christie NHS Foundation Trust<o:p></o:p> <ns0:Street w:insAuthor="North Western Medical Physics" w:insDate="2012-11-28T14:17:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="North Western Medical Physics" w:endInsDate="2012-11-28T14:17:00Z"><ns0:address w:insAuthor="North Western Medical Physics" w:insDate="2012-11-28T14:17:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="North Western Medical Physics" w:endInsDate="2012-11-28T14:17:00Z"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Wilmslow Road</st1:address></st1:Street></ns0:address></ns0:Street><o:p></o:p> Withington<o:p></o:p> <ns0:City w:insAuthor="North Western Medical Physics" w:insDate="2012-11-28T14:17:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="North Western Medical Physics" w:endInsDate="2012-11-28T14:17:00Z"><ns0:place w:insAuthor="North Western Medical Physics" w:insDate="2012-11-28T14:17:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="North Western Medical Physics" w:endInsDate="2012-11-28T14:17:00Z"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Manchester</st1:place></st1:City></ns0:place></ns0:City><o:p></o:p> M20 4BX<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> To download our 20:20 Vision strategy, please visit http://www.christie.nhs.uk/2020 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error you should not disseminate, distribute or copy it. Please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system.</body> </html>