<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Lorena,<div> </div><div> As Pietrzyk says, there is an example that I refer to this paper </div><div> "Validation of a GATE Model of Lu Intrinsic Radioactivity in LSO PET Systems "</div><div> </div><div> FYI</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> #####################################</span></div><div># Lu-176 source of LSO</div><div>#####################################</div><div>/gate/source/addSource SourceConfinement</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/type Volume</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/shape Cylinder</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/radius 9.3 cm</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/halfz 6.25 cm</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/centre 0.0 0.0 0.0 cm</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/particle ion</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/setActivity 159552. Bq</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/ion 71 176 0 0</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/energy 0. keV</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/setForcedUnstableFlag true</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/setForcedHalfLife 1192060800000000000 s</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/number 1</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/confine crystal</div><div><br></div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/angtype iso</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/mintheta 0. deg</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/maxtheta 180. deg</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/minphi 0. deg</div><div>/gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/maxphi 360. deg</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>hope this helps<br><br><div><div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3">Hsin-Hon Lin</font></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3">Postdoctoral research fellow <br></font><div><font face="Calibri" size="3">Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences</font></div></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3">National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan</font></div></div></div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: u.pietrzyk@fz-juelich.de<br>To: lorena.vazquez@usal.es<br>Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:11:52 +0000<br>CC: gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org<br>Subject: Re: [Gate-users] INTRINSIC RADIATION-LUTETIUM<br><br> <div><br> </div> Hi Lorena, <div><br> </div> <div>yes, you can indeed use GATE to simulate the Lu-176 Background</div> <div>in LSO crystals. You have to place the Lu-176 defined as ion source</div> <div>in a volume that covers the crystals and then confine the source</div> <div>to the crystal volume.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Hope this helps!</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Kind regards, </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Uwe Pietrzyk <br> <div> <div><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;">/----------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div> <div style="orphans:2;widows:2;">Prof. Dr. Uwe Pietrzyk<br> Diplom-Physiker<br> Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin / INM-4<br> Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH<br> 52425 Jülich<br> Tel: +49-2461-61 4763<br> Fax: +49-2461-61 2820<br> Mobil: +49-162-103-4871<br> eMail: <a href="mailto:U.Pietrzyk@fz-juelich.de">U.Pietrzyk@fz-juelich.de</a><br> <a href="http://www.fz-juelich.de/inm/inm-4/DE/Home/home_node.html" target="_blank">http://www.fz-juelich.de/inm/inm-4/DE/Home/home_node.html</a><br> &<br> Bergische Universität Wuppertal<br> Fachbereich C - Physik / D.08.01<br> Gaußstr. 20<br> 42097 Wuppertal<br> Tel: +49-(0)202-439-3523<br> Fax: +49-(0)202-439-2811<br> eMail: <a href="mailto:Uwe.Pietrzyk@physik.uni-wuppertal.de">Uwe.Pietrzyk@physik.uni-wuppertal.de</a><br> <a href="http://www.medizinphysik.uni-wuppertal.de/" target="_blank">http://www.medizinphysik.uni-wuppertal.de</a><br> ----------------------------------------------------------------------/</div> </div> <br> <div> <div>On 19 Mar 2015, at 15:35, LORENA VAZQUEZ CANELAS <<a href="mailto:lorena.vazquez@usal.es">lorena.vazquez@usal.es</a>> wrote:</div> <br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="ecxgmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;"> Dear Gaters!<br> <br> I'm doing simulations with a PET made with LSO crystals.<br> My question is if there is any way, using GATE, to simulate the intrinsic radiation lutetium ?<br> Perhaps with a source of Lu or something else?<br> <br> Thanks you all,<br> <br> Lorena<br> <br clear="all"> </div> <br> -- <br> <div class="ecxgmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <pre>LORENA VÁZQUEZ CANELAS<br>-- <br>LRI - Datación (Despacho Técnicos)<br>Calle Espejo, s/n, 37008 - Salamanca (Spain)<br>TEL: +34 923 294930 ext:4932 email: <a href="mailto:lorena.vazquez@usal.es" target="_blank">lorena.vazquez@usal.es</a><br>web: <a href="http://campus.usal.es/~lri/" target="_blank">http://campus.usal.es/~lri/</a></pre> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> _______________________________________________<br> Gate-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org">Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org</a><br> http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/listinfo/gate-users</blockquote> </div> <br> </div> <br> <font face="Arial" color="Black" size="1"><br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH<br> 52425 Juelich<br> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich<br> Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. 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