<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><font size="2">Hello everyone,</font></span></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px;"><font size="2"><br><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">I would like to perform the calculation of internal dosimetry with 131I. I took the example gate6.2_ex_preclinical_dosimetry as a guide and I had certain doubts.</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px;"><font size="2"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">1) To run the program I use:</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px;"><font size="2"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">/ Gate / application / noGlobalOutput</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">/ Gate / application / setTotalNumberOfPrimaries 20000</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">/ Gate / application / start</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px;"><font size="2"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">In this case, the program calculates for 1 second the interaction of these initial 20,000 particles?</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">I would calculate longer, considering the physical and biological decay, how I consider those?</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px;"><font size="2"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">2) When I define the source, I use a range translator, which define 1 where there is activity and 0 where not. Therefore, the initial particles (20000) are distributed in pixels having value 1, or from each pixel with value 1 are released the total number of particles (20000)?</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 12px;"><font size="2"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">These are some of my first questions...</font></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font size="2">Many thanks</font></span></p><div><font size="2"><br></font></div></div><div><font size="2">Belén</font></div><style id="ecxowaParaStyle"> .ExternalClass P { } </style> </div></body> </html>