[Gate-users] Parallel Hole Collimator

Giuseppe Magro beppe.magro at gmail.com
Tue Mar 12 13:26:43 CET 2013 

/gate/colli/setMaterial Lead

(instead of setMaterialName)

Example (shielding as mother volume):

#=====================================
#    Collimator
#=====================================

/gate/shielding/daughters/name collimator
/gate/shielding/daughters/insert box
/gate/collimator/geometry/setXLength 3. cm
/gate/collimator/geometry/setYLength 19. cm
/gate/collimator/geometry/setZLength 28. cm
/gate/collimator/placement/setTranslation  -2. 0. 0. cm
/gate/collimator/setMaterial Lead
/gate/collimator/vis/setColor red
/gate/collimator/vis/forceWireframe
/gate/collimator/describe

/gate/collimator/daughters/name hole
/gate/collimator/daughters/insert hexagone
/gate/hole/geometry/setHeight 3. cm
/gate/hole/geometry/setRadius .15 cm
/gate/hole/placement/setRotationAxis 0 1 0
/gate/hole/placement/setRotationAngle 90 deg
/gate/hole/placement/setTranslation 0. -0.25 -0.25 cm #
/gate/hole/setMaterial Air
/gate/hole/describe

/gate/hole/repeaters/insert cubicArray
/gate/hole/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberX 1
/gate/hole/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberY 18 #9
/gate/hole/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberZ 27 #9
/gate/hole/cubicArray/setRepeatVector 0. 1. 1. cm
/gate/hole/cubicArray/autoCenter true #false

/gate/hole/repeaters/insert linear
/gate/hole/linear/setRepeatNumber 2
/gate/hole/linear/setRepeatVector 0. 0.5 0.5 cm
/gate/hole/linear/autoCenter false


Regards,

Giuseppe M.
PhD Student - CNAO

On 12 March 2013 12:00,
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> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:31:41 -0700
> From: Carlos Uribe <carluri at phas.ubc.ca>
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> Subject: [Gate-users] Parallel hole Collimator
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm following the user's guide
>
> http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide_V6.2:Defining_a_system
> trying to model a parallel hole collimator.
>
> The guide shows the following example:
>
> /gate/SPECThead/daughters/name colli
>
> #specify that the parallel beam collimator setup must be used
> /gate/SPECThead/daughters/insert parallelbeam
>
> #set the collimator material
> /gate/colli/setMaterialName Lead
>
> #set the collimator dimensions
> /gate/colli/geometry/setDimensionX 70 cm
> /gate/colli/geometry/setDimensionY 80 cm
>
> #set the thickness of the collimator
> /gate/colli/geometry/setHeight 3 cm
>
> #specify the hole radius
> /gate/colli/geometry/setInnerRadius 0.5 cm
>
> #set the septal thickness to the required distance between the holes
> /gate/colli/geometry/setSeptalThickness 0.2 cm
> /gate/colli/placement/alignToX
> /gate/colli/placement/setRotationAxis 0 0 1
> /gate/colli/placement/setRotationAngle -90 deg
>
>
> I'm getting a problem as follows:
>
> /opt/simulation/gate_v6.2/source/geometry/src/GateVVolume.cc (l.179): The
> material of the volume side hole 1 is not defined.
>
> Anyone knows how to fix this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Carlos F Uribe
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> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:40:11 -0700
> From: Carlos Uribe <carluri at phas.ubc.ca>
> To: samira nezhad <sn90113 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Gate-users] ASCII output
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> I had the same problem and here is how I fixed it
>
> In the GateConfiguration.h.in <http://gateconfiguration.h.in/> file found
> within the home folder of Gate, change this line:
>
>
> #cmakedefine GATE_USE_FILE        @GATE_USE_FILE@
>
>
> to this:
>
> #cmakedefine GATE_ANALYSIS_USE_FILE        @GATE_ANALYSIS_USE_FILE@
>
>
> Recompile Gate and it should now work!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carlos
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 3:10 AM, samira nezhad <sn90113 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I need to ASCII output but by gate6.2 i couldn't get it .
> > when use this command
> >  /gate/output/ascii/enable
> >
> > It gives this error message:
> >
> > COMMAND NOT FOUND
> >
> > I appreciate if you guide me, thanks in advance
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
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> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:11:10 +0100
> From: Hermann Fuchs <hermann.fuchs at meduniwien.ac.at>
> To: Carlos Uribe <carluri at phas.ubc.ca>
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> Subject: Re: [Gate-users] Process for Photon Evaporation
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> That is an interesting question.
>
> Could you keep me informed on your findings?
> If it isn't already in Gate it should be easy to add.
> Just contact me and I can help you with this or implement it for you.
>
> Best reards,
> Hermann
>
> On Fri, 2013-03-08 at 12:22 -0800, Carlos Uribe wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> >
> >
> > Can anyone please tell me which process to add to my Physics list in
> > order to see the de-exitation of the metastable daughter?
> >
> >
> > The parent follows a beta-minus decay which works great except I don't
> > see the gammas generated by the metastable daughter.
> >
> >
> > I am using
> > /gate/physics/addProcess RadioactiveDecay
> >
> >
> > but apparently, Geant4 handles the meta-stable states through the
> > existing photo-evaporation code;
> >
> >
> >
> > How do I set the photon evaporation process?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > --
> >
> >
> > Carlos F Uribe
> >
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> Oncology
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