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<p>Hi Gate users,</p>
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<p>I'm trying to simulate the response of Gafchromic film to protons. I've done this previously using a rectangular volume with the material properties of EBT-3 and essentially produce a 2D voxelised dose output. However, in experiment, I've used a piece of
film that looks almost D-shaped. To replicate this in Gate, I have produced 3 volumes; central rectangular volume that is a box, flanked by two wedges. I've tilted them at 1 degree to the x-axis and I think I've aligned them. Now, I'm struggling to get a sensible
output!</p>
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<p>If I attach a dose actor to each volume, then I see dose being deposited in the film. The central region is fine, but the two wedge regions confuse me slightly. I've used /gate/actor/[actorname]/setResolution to define the resolution but I'm not sure how
this works with the wedge-shapes. The whole dose matrix is full and there isn't any hint of structure. Should I expect that my dose volume is entirely contained within the film volume? This would mean that the voxels are different sizes.</p>
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<p>Is there a better way of getting a dose actor to read out the film? I tried attatching an actor to the world volume and locating it at the same position as the active layer of the film but got no output!</p>
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<p>Please let me know if I'm doing anything stupid!</p>
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<p>Sam Manger<br>
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