<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> <div class="">Hello MIchal, <div class="">There was some discussion about the ion source option not too long ago on the Gate mailing list, search for the subject "<font face="Helvetica Neue" class="">SPECT with I-123 and In-111”. There you will find </font>Uwe Pietrzyk's answer on how to define an ion source, for example the energy should be set to 0 MeV. </div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Also, make sure that you have the Geant4 radioactive decay files, <a href="http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/support/download.shtml" class=""> http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/support/download.shtml</a></div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Best regards</div> <div class="">Jenny Nilsson</div> </div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <br class=""> <div> <blockquote type="cite" class=""> <div class="">25 jan 2015 kl. 19:50 skrev Michal Knap <<a href="mailto:michal.knap@gmail.com" class="">michal.knap@gmail.com</a>>:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <div class=""> <div dir="ltr" class=""> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Can You tell me if this is correct for AM-241 and Tc-m99? Mayby something is too much or something is missing? I still have empty root file and i dont know why...</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""> </div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""># <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Phisics</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess PhotoElectric</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processes/PhotoElectric/setModel StandardModel</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess Compton</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processes/Compton/setModel StandardModel</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess RayleighScattering</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processes/RayleighScattering/setModel PenelopeModel</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess ElectronIonisation</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processes/ElectronIonisation/setModel StandardModel e-</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processes/ElectronIonisation/setModel StandardModel e+</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess Bremsstrahlung</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processes/Bremsstrahlung/setModel StandardModel e-</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processes/Bremsstrahlung/setModel StandardModel e+</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess PositronAnnihilation</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess MultipleScattering e+</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess MultipleScattering e-</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">#</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">#<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>for ion source</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addPhysicsList emstandard</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/addProcess RadioactiveDecay</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processList Enabled</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/physics/processList Initialized</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">#</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""># <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">blurring</span></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/insert <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>blurring</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/blurring/setResolution <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>0.15</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/blurring/setEnergyOfReference <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>10. keV</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/insert <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>spblurring</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/spblurring/setSpresolution <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>2.0 mm</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/spblurring/verbose <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>0</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">#</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""># <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">thresholder</span></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/insert <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>thresholder</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/thresholder/setThreshold <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>1. keV</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/insert <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>upholder</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/digitizer/Singles/upholder/setUphold <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>15. keV</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/random/setEngineName <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>JamesRandom</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/random/setEngineSeed <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>default</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">/gate/random/verbose <span class="" style="white-space:pre"></span>1</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">#</font></div> <div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" class=""> <div class="gmail_default">#<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>S O U R C E - Gamma - Ameryk</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/addSource <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>AM-241</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/energytype <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mono </div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/particle<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ion</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/energy <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>59. keV</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/setActivity <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>100. Bq</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/angtype<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>iso</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/mintheta<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>90. deg</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/maxtheta <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>90. deg</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/minphi <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0. deg</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/maxphi <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>360. deg</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/list</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/confine <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>source_vol</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/output/verbose<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2</div> <div class="gmail_default">/run/verbose<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 0</div> <div class="gmail_default">/event/verbose <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0</div> <div class="gmail_default">/tracking/verbose <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0</div> <div class="gmail_default">#</div> <div class="gmail_default">#<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Source shape</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/type <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Volume </div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/shape<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cylinder</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/radius<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 cm</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/halfz<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1 mm</div> <div class="gmail_default">/gate/source/AM-241/gps/centre <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>11.2 0. 0. cm</div> <div class="gmail_default"><br class=""> </div> <div class="gmail_default">Best regards</div> <div class="gmail_default">Michał Knap</div> </font></div> </div> </div> <div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""> <div class=""> <div class="gmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="verdana,sans-serif" class="">Z wyrazami szacunku<br class=""> Michał Knap</font></div> </div> </div> <br class=""> <div class="gmail_quote">2015-01-20 12:33 GMT+01:00 Jenny Nilsson <span dir="ltr" class=""> <<a href="mailto:jenny.nilsson@radfys.gu.se" target="_blank" class="">jenny.nilsson@radfys.gu.se</a>></span>:<br class=""> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">Dear Michal, <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">If you are also locking at the energy of the alpha particles, this might be of interest</div> <div class=""><a href="http://hypernews.slac.stanford.edu/HyperNews/geant4/get/hadronprocess/1415.html" target="_blank" class="">http://hypernews.slac.stanford.edu/HyperNews/geant4/get/hadronprocess/1415.html</a></div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Apparently, the energy of the alpha particles in the radioactive decay are calculated incorrectly. Though, I haven’t simulated Am-241 using the radioactive decay function so I can’t tell if this is true for Am-241 or not. A heads-up, just in case. </div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Best regards</div> <div class="">Jenny Nilsson</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class=""><br class=""> <div class=""> <blockquote type="cite" class=""> <div class="">20 jan 2015 kl. 10:13 skrev Pietrzyk, Uwe <<a href="mailto:u.pietrzyk@fz-juelich.de" target="_blank" class="">u.pietrzyk@fz-juelich.de</a>>:</div> <div class=""> <div class="h5"><br class=""> <div class=""> <div style="word-wrap:break-word" class=""> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Dear Michal,</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">to use an “ion” source in Gate 7, where the use of “PhysicsList"</div> <div class="">is recommended, you need to add the extra instruction for the</div> <div class="">radioactive decay as you can see in the following two lines:</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class=""> <div class=""># <span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""></span>P H Y S I C S</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">/gate/physics/addPhysicsList emstandard</div> <div class="">/gate/physics/addProcess RadioactiveDecay</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> </div> <div class="">This is how I succeeded to use radio nuclides of different kind</div> <div class="">in the EduGATE/Spectro example.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> I hope this helps! <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Kind regards,</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Uwe Pietrzyk</div> <div class=""><br class=""> <div class=""> <div class=""><span class="">/----------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div> <div class="">Prof. Dr. Uwe Pietrzyk<br class=""> Diplom-Physiker<br class=""> Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin / INM-4<br class=""> Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH<br class=""> 52425 Jülich<br class=""> Tel: +49-2461-61 4763<br class=""> Fax: +49-2461-61 2820<br class=""> Mobil: +49-162-103-4871<br class=""> eMail: <a href="mailto:U.Pietrzyk@fz-juelich.de" target="_blank" class="">U.Pietrzyk@fz-juelich.de</a><br class=""> <a href="http://www.fz-juelich.de/inm/inm-4/DE/Home/home_node.html" target="_blank" class="">http://www.fz-juelich.de/inm/inm-4/DE/Home/home_node.html</a><br class=""> &<br class=""> Bergische Universität Wuppertal<br class=""> Fachbereich C - Physik / D.08.01<br class=""> Gaußstr. 20<br class=""> 42097 Wuppertal<br class=""> Tel: +49-(0)202-439-3523<br class=""> Fax: +49-(0)202-439-2811<br class=""> eMail: <a href="mailto:Uwe.Pietrzyk@physik.uni-wuppertal.de" target="_blank" class="">Uwe.Pietrzyk@physik.uni-wuppertal.de</a><br class=""> <a href="http://www.medizinphysik.uni-wuppertal.de/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.medizinphysik.uni-wuppertal.de</a><br class=""> ----------------------------------------------------------------------/</div> </div> <br class=""> <div class=""> <div class="">On 19 Jan 2015, at 18:58, Michal Knap <<a href="mailto:michal.knap@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">michal.knap@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div> <br class=""> <blockquote type="cite" class=""> <div class=""> <div dir="ltr" class=""> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi All,</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Does anybody know how to add a point source AM-241 (59keV) in Gate7? </div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I'll be very thankfull.</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""> </div> <div class=""> <div class=""> <div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="verdana,sans-serif" class=""> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"> Regards</div> <br class=""> Michał Knap</font></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> _______________________________________________<br class=""> Gate-users mailing list<br class=""> <a href="mailto:Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org" target="_blank" class="">Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org</a><br class=""> <a href="http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/listinfo/gate-users" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/listinfo/gate-users</a></blockquote> </div> <br class=""> </div> <br class=""> <font face="Arial" size="1" class=""><br class=""> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""> Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH<br class=""> 52425 Juelich<br class=""> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich<br class=""> Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. 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