<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Monaco;
panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:-webkit-standard;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="EN-CA" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi Nicollas,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">To use the Y-90 <a href="https://opengate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source_and_particle_management.html?highlight=ion#defining-the-type-of-source">
ion source in GATE</a>, include the lines below in your macro file. Geant4 radioactive decay uses branching ratio and decay scheme data based on the
<a href="https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/ensdf/">Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File</a>. The
<a href="http://www.nucleide.org/DDEP_WG/Nuclides/Y-90_tables.pdf">Table of Radionuclides</a> also has clear information.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/gate/source/NAME/gps/particle ion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/gate/source/NAME/gps/ion 39 90 0 0</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/gate/source/NAME/setForcedUnstableFlag true</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">/gate/source/NAME/useDefaultHalfLife</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The fastY90 source would be appropriate for generating quantitative imaging data, i.e. an activity distribution, for convolution dosimetry with a dose kernel. However, it would not be appropriate for use with the DoseActor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Matthew</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">--</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Matthew Strugari<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">PhD Candidate</span><span style="color:black"> at
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre - BIOTIC,<br>
5890 University Ave, Halifax, NS, B3K 6R8</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Gate-users <gate-users-bounces@lists.opengatecollaboration.org> on behalf of Nicollas Goncalves Cavedini <nicollas.cavedini@acad.pucrs.br><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, March 11, 2022 at 15:08<br>
<b>To: </b>gate-users <Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Gate-users] Yttrium-90 Spectrum</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-radius:5px;overflow:hidden">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:7.5pt 0cm 7.5pt 0cm">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#707372">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="border:none;border-top:solid #FBE122 6.0pt;padding:3.0pt 6.0pt 3.0pt 6.0pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">CAUTION:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> The Sender
of this email is not from within Dalhousie.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white">I am a PhD student working with Targeted Radionuclide Therapy and I am interested in radioembolization dosimetry wi</span>th 90Y. I would like to know if someone has the 90Y spectrum energy emission to share or
some guidance on how to start the source. Is the Fast90 tool appropriate for 90Y therapy dosimetry?<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Atenciosamente,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nícollas Gonçalves Cavedini</span></b>
</p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">BSc in Medical Physics - PUCRS</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">M. Eng. in Electrical Engineering - PUCRS</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PhD student in Biomedical Gerontology - PUCRS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Medical Image Computing Laboratory (MEDICOM)</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Contact: +55 (51) 99922-9957</span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Porto Alegre, Brazil.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>