<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hello Sofiia Forostenko,</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">despite the cuts have to be entered in “mm”, they are actually</div><div class="">internally converted to “energy” inside the GEANT4-part.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Kind regards,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Uwe Pietrzyk</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 9. Nov 2018, at 17:06, Sofiia <<a href="mailto:s.i.forostenko@gmail.com" class="">s.i.forostenko@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear Prof. Dr. Uwe Pietrzyk,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you very much for your reply!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I use GATE version 8.0.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am trying to repeat the simulation from the article (pdf in the attachment) <i class=""><span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Segoe UI Symbol', STIXGeneral, 'Cambria Math', 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">Brunner S.E., </span><span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Segoe UI Symbol', STIXGeneral, 'Cambria Math', 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">et al. 2014, </span></i><i style="font-weight: bolder; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Segoe UI Symbol', STIXGeneral, 'Cambria Math', 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">Studies on the Cherenkov effect for improved time resolution of TOF-PET.</i></div><div class=""><div class="">That is why I would like to calculate amount of Cherenkov photons created in crystal 3x3x3 mm^3. </div><div class="">Does Cut 10 mm work for such small crystal?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With best regards,</div><div class="">Sofiia Forostenko</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">пт, 9 нояб. 2018 г. в 12:45, Uwe.Pietrzyk <<a href="mailto:Uwe.Pietrzyk@web.de" class="">Uwe.Pietrzyk@web.de</a>>:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class="">Hello Sofiia Forostenko,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">could you let us know, which version of GATE you are using,</div><div class="">since it is easier then for our developers and users to help you.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I remember, that I had to set the cuts like shown below</div><div class="">in physics.mac in order to find useful results for Cherenkov radiation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">#</div><div class=""># C U T S</div><div class="">#</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/gate/physics/displayCuts</div><div class="">/gate/physics/Gamma/SetCutInRegion world 10 mm</div><div class="">/gate/physics/Electron/SetCutInRegion world 10 mm</div><div class="">/gate/physics/Positron/SetCutInRegion world 10 mm</div><div class="">/gate/physics/Proton/SetCutInRegion world 10 mm</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope this is helpful!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards and best wishes,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Uwe Pietrzyk</div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">---------------------------------------</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Prof. Dr. Uwe Pietrzyk<br class="">Diplom-Physiker<br class="">Am Anger 18<br class="">50374 Erftstadt<br class="">Tel: +49-2235-922038<br class="">Fax: +49-2235-922039<br class="">Mobil: +49-172-213-2155<br class="">eMail: <a href="mailto:Uwe.Pietrzyk@web.de" class="">Uwe.Pietrzyk@web.de</a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">---------------------------------------</div></div></div><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 9. Nov 2018, at 12:07, Sofiia <<a href="mailto:s.i.forostenko@gmail.com" class="">s.i.forostenko@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear GATE users,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am working currently on simple simulation of crystal to determine the mean amount of Cherenkov produced per photoelectric interaction.</div><div class="">I found that the amount of Cherenkov from GATE I obtained is much less than calculated one from the formula. </div><div class="">So I decided to switch to Geant4. I've obtained from Geant4 simulation reasonable amount (compatible with formula) of Cherenkov while electron multiple scattering and electron <span class="gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr-alert gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_spell gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-multiReplace gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_ gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_1736" id="gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-1736" style="display: inline; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">ionisation processes were "ON" only for PostStep option, but "OFF" for AlongStep. </span></div><div class=""><span class="gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr-alert gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_spell gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-multiReplace gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_ gmail-m_-8475904150632294842m_1860376242117309019gmail-gr_1736" style="display: inline; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="">Could someone give me please tips on how to implement these options in my GATE simulation? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With best regards,</div><div class="">Sofiia Forostenko</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Gate-users mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org" class="">Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/listinfo/gate-users" class="">http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/listinfo/gate-users</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><span id="cid:f_joa7do3q0"><Brunner_SCINT2013_arxiv.pdf></span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>