[gate-users] Simulating Derenzo phantom with GATE

[Jose L. Rubio]

Hello,

I am trying to simulate a Derenzo phantom, with six sectors and a lot of 
cylinders in
each of them. To avoid having to define each of the cylinders as a 
different source, I
was planning to define a cylindrical volume for each of the sectors, use 
the 'quadrant'
repeater to replicate it and fill the sector, and then define a bigger 
source and confine it
inside that volume.

Does it make sense? I ask this because, looking at the examples 
distributed with GATE,
I have found a file called "Derenzo.mac" which creates a Derenzo phantom 
by defining
a lot of spheres one-by-one.

So now I am not sure about my method. Will the "confine" option work 
together with the
"repeater" of the volume? i.e., will the result be the same as having 
all the cylindrical sources
defined one-by-one?

I hope that I  have explained myself clearly :-)

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Jose L. Rubio