[Gate-users] Possible PhysicsList problem? Full work example included.

narbor nicolas.arbor at iphc.cnrs.fr
Thu Apr 2 11:00:58 CEST 2015


Hello,
I had some problems using Radioactive Decay with some physics list in 
the past.
I'm quite sure that RadioactiveDecay didn't work with all physics list 
(may be it's OK now with GATE v7).
With emstandard it's OK.... but with QGSP_BIC_EMY I think it didn't work 
for me.
Regards.
Nicolas

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Le 02/04/2015 10:52, David Sarrut a écrit :
> Hello Jye,
>
> maybe try
> /gate/physics/addPhysicsList QGSP_BIC_EMY
> /gate/physics/addProcess RadioactiveDecay
>
> or
> /gate/physics/addPhysicsList emstandard_opt3
> /gate/physics/addProcess RadioactiveDecay
>
> instead of all the lines in your # PHYSICS section
>
> (I think decay is not included in the phys list, to be checked)
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:45 AM, Jye Smith <jye.smith at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jye.smith at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello GATE,
>
>     Im currently using GATE for therapy dosimetry applications and
>     initially ran some test macros with 131I, 177Lu, 90Y to validate
>     the results against OLINDA.  Everything looked great, even when
>     running the macro with mono energetic particles and comparing the
>     results against published literature.
>
>     Recently I decided to have a look at other diagnostic isotopes
>     99mTc, 67Ga etc and some alpha emitters e.g. 223Ra.  I found the
>     marco I was using (originally based on the mouse dosimetry
>     example) did not give results close OLINDA when I simply changed
>     the ion source.  Ive got a feeling Im not including all of the
>     required parameters in the Physics and tried the PhysicsList
>     option with out luck.
>
>     Ive uploaded a working example to http://dropcanvas.com/53wei
>     which is a simple ~100gm sphere I can compare to OLINDAs sphere
>     results.  The .xls file is a summary of the results.  You can see
>     that for 18F and 177Lu the difference in dose to the sphere is
>     within a few percent.  However for 67Ga, 99mTc and 223Ra the
>     difference is large.  It appear all positron/beta emitters I model
>     the results or good.  For gamma and alpha emitters the results are
>     very different.
>
>     I think the correct PhysicsList I need is QGSP_BIC_EMY (e.g.
>     /gate/physics/addPhysicsList QGSP_BIC_EMY) and it should allow me
>     to simulate gamma, beta and alphas by just changing the ion
>     source.  Ive been doing this from the command line like below;
>
>     Gate -a
>     [sourcefile,source.dat][numparticles,1000000][outfilename,1.0M_18F.hdr][AtomicNumber,9][AtomicMass,18][ExcitationEnergy,0]
>     main.mac
>
>     Any help in correcting the Physics list (or what every else is
>     wrong) is greatly appreciated.
>
>     Cheers
>     Jye
>
>     main.mac copied here for convenience and to help anyone searching
>     for solutions in the future.
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # How to run macro
>     #=====================================================
>
>     #Gate -a
>     [sourcefile,source.dat][numparticles,1000000][outfilename,1.0M_18F.hdr][AtomicNumber,9][AtomicMass,18][ExcitationEnergy,0]
>     main.mac
>     #Gate -a
>     [sourcefile,source.dat][numparticles,1000000][outfilename,1.0M_177Lu.hdr][AtomicNumber,71][AtomicMass,177][ExcitationEnergy,0]
>     main.mac
>     #Gate -a
>     [sourcefile,source.dat][numparticles,1000000][outfilename,1.0M_67Ga.hdr][AtomicNumber,31][AtomicMass,67][ExcitationEnergy,0]
>     main.mac
>     #Gate -a
>     [sourcefile,source.dat][numparticles,1000000][outfilename,1.0M_99mTc.hdr][AtomicNumber,43][AtomicMass,99][ExcitationEnergy,142.6833]
>     main.mac
>     #Gate -a
>     [sourcefile,source.dat][numparticles,1000000][outfilename,1.0M_223Ra.hdr][AtomicNumber,88][AtomicMass,223][ExcitationEnergy,0]
>     main.mac
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # GEOMETRY
>     #=====================================================
>
>     /gate/geometry/setMaterialDatabase GateMaterials.db
>
>     # World
>     /gate/world/geometry/setXLength 1 m
>     /gate/world/geometry/setYLength 1 m
>     /gate/world/geometry/setZLength 1 m
>     /gate/world/setMaterial Air
>
>     # Global Box
>     /gate/world/daughters/name sphere
>     /gate/world/daughters/insert compressedMatrix
>
>     /gate/sphere/geometry/insertReader interfile
>     /gate/sphere/interfileReader/insertTranslator range
>     /gate/sphere/interfileReader/rangeTranslator/readTable range_geo.dat
>
>     /gate/sphere/interfileReader/readFile sphere.iff
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # PHYSICS
>     #=====================================================
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess RadioactiveDecay
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess PhotoElectric
>     /gate/physics/processes/PhotoElectric/setModel StandardModel
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess Compton
>     /gate/physics/processes/Compton/setModel StandardModel
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess RayleighScattering
>     /gate/physics/processes/RayleighScattering/setModel PenelopeModel
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess ElectronIonisation
>     /gate/physics/processes/ElectronIonisation/setModel StandardModel e-
>     /gate/physics/processes/ElectronIonisation/setModel StandardModel e+
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess Bremsstrahlung e-
>     /gate/physics/addProcess Bremsstrahlung e+
>     /gate/physics/processes/Bremsstrahlung/setModel StandardModel e-
>     /gate/physics/processes/Bremsstrahlung/setModel StandardModel e+
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess PositronAnnihilation e+
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess MultipleScattering e+
>     /gate/physics/addProcess MultipleScattering e-
>
>     /gate/physics/addProcess GammaConversion
>     /gate/physics/processes/GammaConversion/setModel StandardModel
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # DETECTORS
>     #=====================================================
>
>     /gate/actor/addActor DoseActor  doseDistribution
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/attachTo   sphere
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/stepHitType random
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/setPosition 0 0 0 cm
>
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/setResolution 128 128 128
>
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/enableEdep false
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/enableUncertaintyEdep  false
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/enableSquaredEdep  false
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/enableDose true
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/enableUncertaintyDose  false
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/enableSquaredDose  false
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/enableNumberOfHits false
>     /gate/actor/doseDistribution/save output/{outfilename}
>
>     /gate/actor/addActor SimulationStatisticActor stat
>     /gate/actor/stat/save output/{outfilename}-output-stat.txt
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # INITIALISATION
>     #=====================================================
>
>     /gate/run/initialize
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # SOURCE :
>     #=====================================================
>
>     /gate/source/addSource isotope voxel
>
>     /gate/source/isotope/reader/insert interfile
>     /gate/source/isotope/interfileReader/translator/insert range
>     /gate/source/isotope/interfileReader/rangeTranslator/readTable
>     {sourcefile}
>
>     /gate/source/isotope/interfileReader/readFile sphere.iff
>
>     /gate/source/isotope/setPosition        -64.  -64. -64. mm
>
>     /gate/source/isotope/gps/particle ion
>     /gate/source/isotope/gps/ion {AtomicNumber} {AtomicMass} 0
>     {ExcitationEnergy}
>
>     /gate/source/isotope/gps/energytype Mono
>     /gate/source/isotope/gps/monoenergy 0. keV
>
>     /gate/source/isotope/gps/angtype iso
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # VISUALISATION
>     #=====================================================
>
>     /vis/disable
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # RANDOM
>     #=====================================================
>     /gate/random/setEngineName MersenneTwister
>     /gate/random/setEngineSeed auto
>
>     #=====================================================
>     # START
>     #=====================================================
>
>     /gate/application/noGlobalOutput
>     /gate/application/setTotalNumberOfPrimaries {numparticles}
>     /gate/application/start
>
>     exit
>
>
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