<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Dear Luc,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I had the same problem and finally, we decided to create a C++ code to convert IAEA files to .root files.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Z value is read by Gate (not in the header, but in the phsp file) and your particles will be at Z = 24 if you attach your PSF to this volume. 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I found an old email on this topic on GATE users list from Stathis but it didn't help me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br> I finally fixed this problem and would like to share my solution (that is maybe not a robust one but it works for me)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">For a reason I don't understand, in GateIAEARecord.cc when Gate starts to read particles :<br> <br> <i><span style="font-style:italic">if( fread(&ctmp, sizeof(char), 1, p_file) != 1)</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br> the p_file pointer was not at the begining of the IAEAphsp file (but at byte 37). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">I added the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">// set the pointer at the beginning of the file<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic">fseek(p_file,0,SEEK_SET);</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br> just before the fread line and now it works!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">I don't know if it is a bug or a newbee error... but maybe it could help someone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Now a small question:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">My phase space doesn't contains Z coordinates. It is a planar phase space and the z value is constant and stored in the .IAEAheader file:<br> $RECORD_CONSTANT:<br> 24.0 // Constant Z<br> 1.0000 // Constant Weight<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">My question is: Is this z value in the header read and used by gate (I suppose no)<br> <br> And if "yes" where should I attach this phase space ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br> I mean if I create a box named PhS_Plane at Z = 0<br> <br> and use:<br> /gate/source/MyBeam/attachTo PhS_Plane<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">what is the Z value : 0 or 24 ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you for any help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">Luc SIMON<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><br clear="all"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><br> -- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">___________________<br> <br> SIMON Luc, Physicien Médical, PhD<br> Département d'Ingénierie et de Physique Médicale - IUCT-Oncopole - Toulouse, FRANCE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">INSERM UMR 1037 (CRCT) - Equipe 15 - Toulouse, FRANCE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>