[Gate-users] New GATE user

[Galloway Matthew (MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST)]

Dear all,

I am currently working on an MSc project which GATE could contribute significantly towards, however I am after some advice from users of the software regarding feasibility. I initially intend to model a GE Discovery SPECT system in my local department with a point/line source to validate the computational model. After this I intend to start modelling much larger sources such as cylindrical phantoms containing approximately 400MBq of activity.

I do not have access to a cluster and initial experiments on my own PC (Q6600 quad core + 8GB of memory) have proven to take considerable lengths of time. I suppose the questions I would like to ask the group are:

1) Is it going to be feasible for me to run these simulations on my own PC?
2) If it is not, are there any clusters which I can get time on?

I am aware that this sort of question has probably been asked before and I am sorry for the repetition!

Kind Regards,

Matthew Galloway

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