[Gate-users] Gate_v3.1.2 ion source notworking-recorrected

Wed Mar 26 11:33:01 CET 2008

No, there was a typo in the data file path. 
The ion source works now.
Thanks,
Becky

Rebecca Gregory
Nuclear Medicine Physicist
The Joint Department of Physics,
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
and Institute of Cancer Research, 
Downs Road, Sutton,
Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
Tel:   +44(0)20 8661 3673
>>> Sebastien JAN <sebastien.jan at cea.fr> 03/25/08 12:36 PM >>>
Hi,

Did you installed correctly the RadioactiveDecay3.2 data file ?

Sebastien

>Thanks Sebastian,
>But, when I run your code on my set up the ion doesn't seem to produced
>any positrons or gammas as it appears to in the file you sent me, see
>excerpt below. I do get gamma photons if I use a positron source
>instead.
>
>Have you got any idea why this might be?
>Becky
>
>*********************************************************************************************************
>* G4Track Information:   Particle = F18[0.0],   Track ID = 1,   Parent
>ID = 0
>*********************************************************************************************************
>
>Step#    X(mm)    Y(mm)    Z(mm) KinE(MeV)  dE(MeV) StepLeng TrackLeng 
>NextVolume ProcName
>    0    0.153    -45.4     96.8         1        0        0         0 

>phantom_P initStep
>    1     0.16    -45.4     96.8         0        1    0.022     0.022 

>phantom_P hIoni
>    2     0.16    -45.4     96.8         0        0        0     0.022 

>phantom_P RadioactiveDecay
>
>*********************************************************************************************************
>* G4Track Information:   Particle = F18[0.0],   Track ID = 1,   Parent
>ID = 0
>*********************************************************************************************************
>
>Step#    X(mm)    Y(mm)    Z(mm) KinE(MeV)  dE(MeV) StepLeng TrackLeng 
>NextVolume ProcName
>    0   0.0271    -45.3     -186         1        0        0         0 

>phantom_P initStep
>    1    0.042    -45.3     -186         0        1    0.022     0.022 

>phantom_P hIoni
>    2    0.042    -45.3     -186         0        0        0     0.022 

>phantom_P RadioactiveDecay
>......
>
>
>Rebecca Gregory
>Nuclear Medicine Physicist
>The Joint Department of Physics,
>Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
>and Institute of Cancer Research, 
>Downs Road, Sutton,
>Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
>Tel:   +44(0)20 8661 3673
>  
>
>>>>Sebastien JAN <sebastien.jan at cea.fr> 03/21/08 4:06 PM >>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>Hi Rebecca,
>
>I don't know if you still have this "ion source" trouble.
>I just tested that source macro with G4 9.0 and gate 3.1.2 and it works

>(without the G4 8.0.p01 patch line).
>##############################
>/gate/source/addSource fluor18A
>/gate/source/fluor18A/setActivity 100 becquerel
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/particle ion
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/ion 9 18 0 0
>##/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/energytype Mono
>#/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/monoenergy 0. eV
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/angtype iso
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/number 1
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/type Volume
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/shape Cylinder
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/radius 0.5 mm
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/halfz 35.0 cm
>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/centre 0. -4.5 0. cm
>#/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/confine NULL
>#################################
>
>I generated a root output file with data and you can check the attached

>file with verbosity applied on 1 F18 event with the decay scheme 
>information and secondary productions
>
>Hope this help
>
>Cheers
>Sebastien
>
>
>  
>
>>I think I must have picked up the wrong file when I tested this
before,
>>because setting the monoenergy doesn't work anymore. So I still have
>>this problem,
>>Help,
>>Becky
>>
>>Rebecca Gregory
>>Nuclear Medicine Physicist
>>The Joint Department of Physics,
>>Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
>>and Institute of Cancer Research, 
>>Downs Road, Sutton,
>>Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
>>Tel:   +44(0)20 8661 3673
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>>>"Rebecca Gregory" <Rebecca.Gregory at icr.ac.uk> 03/09/08 8:14 PM >>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Hi again,
>>I found that I should define the kinetic energy using
>>gps/monoenergy 0. ev
>>So problem solved, sorry,
>>Becky
>>
>>
>>Rebecca Gregory
>>Nuclear Medicine Physicist
>>The Joint Department of Physics,
>>Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
>>and Institute of Cancer Research, 
>>Downs Road, Sutton,
>>Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
>>Tel:   +44(0)20 8661 3673
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>>>"Rebecca Gregory" <Rebecca.Gregory at icr.ac.uk> 03/09/08 7:23 PM >>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>The ion source doesn't seem to be working on Gate version 3.1.2. My
>>simulation does not give a root or ascii output if I use the ion
>>    
>>
>source.
>  
>
>>However I get an output if I change the particle to e+. The source
>>desriptions are given below.
>>
>>If I try to implement the patch that worked for version 3.0.0 ; adding

>>theIonTable->GetParticle(i)->SetAtomicMass(1);
>>after line 72. I get an error message at compilation saying that
>>SetAtomicMass is protected.
>>
>>For the time being I'll return to using version 3.0.0. Unless anyone
>>    
>>
>can
>  
>
>>spot an easy way around this. It would be useful to get this fixed.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Becky
>>
>>
>>Ion source that doesn't work description;
>>/gate/source/addSource fluor18A
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/setActivity 6597 becquerel
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/particle ion
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/ion 9 18 0 0
>>##/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/energytype Mono
>>#/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/monoenergy 0. eV 
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/angtype iso
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/number 1
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/type Volume
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/shape Cylinder
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/radius 0.5 mm
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/halfz 35.0 cm
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/centre 0. -4.5 0. cm
>>#/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/confine NULL
>>
>>e+ particles working desciption;
>>/gate/source/addSource fluor18A
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/setActivity 6597 becquerel
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/particle e+
>>#/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/ion 9 18 0 0
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/energytype Flour18
>>#/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/monoenergy 0. eV 
>>#/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/angtype iso
>>#/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/number 1
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/type Volume
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/shape Cylinder
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/radius 0.5 mm
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/halfz 35.0 cm
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/centre 0. -4.5 0. cm
>>/gate/source/fluor18A/gps/confine NULL
>>
>>
>>Rebecca Gregory
>>Nuclear Medicine Physicist
>>The Joint Department of Physics,
>>Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
>>and Institute of Cancer Research, 
>>Downs Road, Sutton,
>>Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
>>Tel:   +44(0)20 8661 3673
>>
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