[Gate-users] INTRINSIC RADIATION-LUTETIUM

[LORENA VAZQUEZ CANELAS]

Hi all,

Thank you so much for all your responses , has been very useful ;)


2015-03-19 19:20 GMT+01:00 Bryan McIntosh <mcintoshster at gmail.com>:

> Hi Lorena,
>
> Uwe is absolutely correct; that's the same technique that I used in my
> M.Sc work to characterize LSO background radiation in PET scanners. The
> exact code that I used in GATE 5.x is listed in my thesis (available from
> https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/handle/1993/4461) in the appendix. It
> should still work in GATE 7.x, just make sure that the volume and activity
> that you choose are appropriate for your scanner.
>
> Keep in mind that this uses an ion source simulation, which can be very
> slow. Multithreading this simulation will be a very good idea!
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Bryan
>
>
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>> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:11:52 +0000
>> From: "Pietrzyk, Uwe" <u.pietrzyk at fz-juelich.de>
>> To: LORENA VAZQUEZ CANELAS <lorena.vazquez at usal.es>
>> Cc: gate-users <gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Gate-users] INTRINSIC RADIATION-LUTETIUM
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>> Hi Lorena,
>>
>> yes, you can indeed use GATE to simulate the Lu-176 Background
>> in LSO crystals. You have to place the Lu-176 defined as ion source
>> in a volume that covers the crystals and then confine the source
>> to the crystal volume.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Uwe Pietrzyk
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>> On 19 Mar 2015, at 15:35, LORENA VAZQUEZ CANELAS <lorena.vazquez at usal.es
>> <mailto:lorena.vazquez at usal.es>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Gaters!
>>
>> I'm doing simulations with a PET made ??with LSO crystals.
>> My question is if there is any way, using GATE, to simulate the intrinsic
>> radiation lutetium ?
>> Perhaps with a source of Lu or something else?
>>
>> Thanks you all,
>>
>> Lorena
>>
>>
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LORENA VÁZQUEZ CANELAS
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