<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"> Hi Tasneem, <div><br> </div> <div>1) Gate can also be installed on Mac OS X. You can also download a virtual machine that runs Ubuntu which has Gate installed, so Ubuntu is a good choice.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>2) It depends on SO many factors that I cannot give you any estimate. Of course it depends on computer configuration. Running a simulation on a single core processor is fifty times slower than running on a 50-core cluster (if the all processors are the same, obviously). </div> <div><br> </div> <div>3) Yes, Gate outputs sinogram data.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>4) No, Gate does not reconstruct images. You'll have to do that yourself using your own tools (Matlab, for example).</div> <div><br> </div> <div>5) I don't know what you mean. You can create your own scanner, if that's what you mean, adjusting everything from the dimensions and materials to the dead time, spatial blurring, etc.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> <div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <div>Marc</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>__________________________</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Marc Chamberland, MSc</div> PhD candidate<br> Department of Physics<br> Carleton University<br> Ottawa (ON)</div> </span></div> <br> <div> <div>On Oct 24, 2013, at 2:52, Tasneem Rahman <<a href="mailto:Tasneem.Rahman@student.adfa.edu.au">Tasneem.Rahman@student.adfa.edu.au</a>> wrote:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"> <div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> <div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Hi All,<o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p> </o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> I am planning to use GATE for SPECT simulation. I don’t have any prior knowledge about this software.<br> So I perhaps have some silly questions in my mind as follows. Please feel free to answer my questions and correct me from your view.<o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p> </o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> <span>1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>GATE can only be operated in Linux. So which linux is good? RedHat? SuSe? Or are there any other you are using comfortably?<o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> <span>2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>How long it takes for SPECT simulation usually? And does it depend on computer configuration? If yes then what sort of configuration I should go for?<o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> <span>3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Can i get and save Sinogram data?<o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> <span>4.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Is GATE able to produce reconstruction image too for SPECT? If yes then what type of reconstruction algorithm are there to use?<o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> <span>5.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Finally can I make my model independently? Or each time i need to choose only the conventional one?<br> <br> <o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> I know these questions may bother you a bit. But for a beginner hope you understand my perspective of being silly<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>.<br> <br> I appreciate in advance for your co-operations.<o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p> </o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Cheers,<o:p></o:p></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Tasneem<o:p></o:p></div> </div> _______________________________________________<br> Gate-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/listinfo/gate-users" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/listinfo/gate-users</a></div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </body> </html>