<div><div dir="auto">Hi Alexandre</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Look like 0.1 cm is the equivalent distance for your tissue (here is important that you follow the tissue composition that describe the AAPM 43), if you set this distance for photons in the setcutregion option, it means that after this equivalent energy (as you wrote 5keV) the simulation is not going to create any new secondary particle, and the photon will interact directly and deposit his last 5keV.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am not sure if you need this energy filter, if you fix it in 5keV, you probably are losing this energy, I mean last 5keV of each photon that will deposit directly.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Geant4 energy deposit algorithm is made to deposit all the energy, but it avoit the secondary production after this energy to prevent divergence.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I hope someone else say something to be sure about, otherwise you can also ask on the Geant4 mail-list.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards</div></div><div dir="auto">Maikol</div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>El El lun, 7 may 2018 a las 21:55, <<a href="mailto:xela.errac@gmail.com" target="_blank">xela.errac@gmail.com</a>> escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Thank you for you reply Maikol, But that's exactly one of my questions about choosing the right method in Gate.</div><div>Do I have to adjust for each material, the distance (SetCutInRegion) to always get this cut in energy of 5 keV or used an energy filter ?</div><div><br></div><div>The energy cut-off is defined as follows :</div><div>“The energy cutoff, is intended to exclude low-energy or contaminant photons (e.g., characteristic x-rays originating in the outer layers of steel or titanium source cladding) that increase air Kerma rate without contributing significantly to dose at distances greater than 0.1 cm in tis- sue. The value of the energy cuttoff is typically 5 keV for low-energy photon”</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Alexandre</div></div><div dir="auto"><div><br>Le 7 mai 2018 à 14:47, Maikol Salas Ramirez <<a href="mailto:mmsalas@gmail.com" target="_blank">mmsalas@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Hi Alexandre<div><br></div><div>I think the cut off is represented by the in Gate by the Production threshold, in Geant4 intead of energy you have to specify a distance for the particle that you are interested.</div><div><a href="http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide:Cut_and_Variance_Reduction_Technics" target="_blank">http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide:Cut_and_Variance_Reduction_Technics</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Otherwise you can play with a energy killer.</div><div><br></div><div>It depends of the your definition of cut-off.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div>Maikol</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-05-07 14:23 GMT+02:00 Alexandre CARRÉ <span><<a href="mailto:xela.errac@gmail.com" target="_blank">xela.errac@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>In the AAPM 43, they specified a cut off in energy at 5 keV. How can i reproduce this cut off in Gate ?<div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Alexandre</div></div>
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