[Gate-users] GATE without ROOT

[Boylan Christopher (RBV) NHS Christie Tr]

Hello all,

 

Some of my Manchester University colleagues have been fortunate enough
to get some computing time on Blue Joule - the UK's largest
supercomputer - and they are planning to run GATE simulations of proton
and photon radiotherapy plans. Previously, we've been using a small
cluster and have been using GATE for 18 months or so. The intention now
is to get some high accuracy dose statistics for organs at risk that are
far from the treatment volume. 

 

However, we are having some problems getting GATE compiled on this
supercomputer. It is an IBM BlueGene/Q system which has compute nodes
which use 64-bit PowerPC processors. According to various messageboards,
ROOT cannot work on PowerPC architectures. So, I'm wondering, has
anybody had any experience compiling GATE without ROOT? Is this even
possible? Can we get away with using inputs and outputs which aren't in
ROOT format?

 

Would appreciate any help. Many thanks,

 


Chris

 

 

Christopher Boylan

Research Physicist

Christie Medical Physics and Engineering (CMPE)

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Wilmslow Road

Withington

Manchester

M20 4BX

 

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