[Gate-users] on source definition and actors

[Thibault Frisson]

Hi,

1/ You can find information about sources in the geant4 gps manual:
http://reat.space.qinetiq.com/gps/new_gps_sum_files/gps_sum.htm
and a lot of examples here:
http://reat.space.qinetiq.com/gps/new_gps_sum_files/gps_sum.htm

To use gps source in Gate, you have to define a source:
/gate/source/addSource MYSOURCE gps
and to add "/gate/source/MYSOURCE" before the geant4 gps macro. Example:
/gate/source/MYSOURCE/gps/particle gamma
/gate/source/MYSOURCE/gps/ene/type   User


2/ The dose is in gray. It is the real dose.

best regards,

Thibault


> Hello to all users,
>
> I am trying to implement on GATE a simulation of a proton beam interacting
> in a real CT data. I've got a couple of questions about implementation
> issues that I can't come across on GATE user's manual and the examples
> given
> can't really answer me.
>
> 1- about the source. I want to implement a simple beam, with a circular
> cross section in a particular direction. What's the best way of
> implementing
> it? For example, considering the direction the beam is propagating is
> (0,1,0), with the beam centre at origin (0,0,0) and a circular cross
> section
> (radius 1) in a xz plane. Particularly, can someone provide which
> parameters
> and their explanation are needed to set a beam type of source, since that
> is
> completly skipped in users guide?
>
> 2- about dose actors. One of possible measurements is dose in the voxel.
> In
> what units is this dose given? And is this dose to the material of the
> voxel
> or equivalent dose to water?
>
> Best regards,
> Catarina Veiga
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