[Gate-users] actor dose calculation

[Thibault Frisson]

Hi,

The voxelized geometry in radiotherapy example does not work as a
voxelized source. Keep your previous voxelized phantom/source and add a
dose actor to your phantom.

Dose actors could be added to any volume.


Thibault


> Dear Frisson
> how can I defined a voxelised source phantom in GATE6.0.0 with actor for
> dose calculation?
> my phantom is not in  terms of  HU but it's value is arbitrary I attribute
> it. how can I define it in this case?
> i defined it in terms of my range.dat and change it like as novice1
> example
> Hu2mat.txt but GATE gives the following error:
>
> src/GateHounsfieldMaterialTable.cc (l.124): Current H1=1 is different from
> previous H2=1. Abort.
> and exit the simulation.
>
> help to solve this problem.....
>
> regards
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Thibault Frisson <
> frisson at creatis.insa-lyon.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> To measure the dose, you have to add a dose actor and to attach it to
>> your
>> phantom. The actor records the dose deposited in the phantom and stores
>> the result in the file that you have defined. You have also options to
>> choose like the resolution, the size....
>>
>> See in radiotherapy example (Novice 1):
>> examples/example_Radiotherapy/Novice_1/radiotherapy.mac
>>
>> best regards.
>>
>> Thibault
>>
>>
>> > Dear Gate owners and gaters
>> > please more explain the actor and radiotherapy examples of GATE6.0.0.
>> > especially for dosimetry of voxel phantom with actors.
>> > the information mentioned in gatewiki is not enough for dose
>> calculation
>> > of
>> > any arbitrary voxelphantoms.
>> >
>> > best regards.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ali Asghar Parach,Ph.D. student in Medical Physics,Tarbiat Modares
>> > University,Tehran,Iran
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Thibault Frisson, Phd
>> Post-doctorant
>>
>> Centre de lutte contre le cancer Léon Bérard
>> Service de radiothérapie
>> 28 rue Laënnec
>> 69373 Lyon cedex 08
>> Tel : 04 78 78 51 51
>>      06 70 37 05 21
>>
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>>
>> http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/rio
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Ali Asghar Parach,Ph.D. student in Medical Physics,Tarbiat Modares
> University,Tehran,Iran
>


-- 
Thibault Frisson, Phd
Post-doctorant

Centre de lutte contre le cancer Léon Bérard
Service de radiothérapie
28 rue Laënnec
69373 Lyon cedex 08
Tel : 04 78 78 51 51
      06 70 37 05 21

Laboratoire CREATIS (UMR CNRS 5220)
INSA - Bâtiment Blaise Pascal
7, avenue Jean Capelle
69621 Villeurbanne cedex

http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/rio