[Gate-users] PET Activity

[Ahmed Elmekawy]

Dear Jasper,

Thanks so much for your help.

Best Regards,
Ahmed

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:30 AM, J.J.M. Kouwenberg <
j.kouwenberg at erasmusmc.nl> wrote:

> Dear Ahmed,
>
> The values in a dicom file are calculated using an intercept and a slope (
> http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/754). I don't know whether these
> are used in Gate or that Gate uses the stored values directly without
> adjustments. You can simply try this or check the source code for this.
> Eventually these values will be converted using the command
> interfileReader/rangeTranslator/readTable, so in the end, the origin of the
> values does not matter too much since you'll be converting them to an
> activity range anyhow.
>
> If you can't find the specific answer to your question regarding voxelized
> sources, I recommend working through the documentation and tutorials first.
> If it cant be found in there or the mailing list, your best bet is looking
> in the source code.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Jasper J.M. Kouwenberg
> Medical Physics Graduate student
> Nuclear Medicine
>
> E-mail j.kouwenberg at erasmusmc.nl | Phone +316 2532 9809
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Ahmed Elmekawy [ahmedfelmekawy at gmail.com]
> Sent: 29 March 2015 23:58
> To: J.J.M. Kouwenberg; gate-users
> Subject: Re: [Gate-users] PET Activity
>
> Dear Jasper,
>
> I need to import my own image so could I import the PET image not CT with
> some activity on it and the scanner can recognize this activity and give me
> the output? .
>
> Thanks in Advance .
>
> Best Regards,
> Ahmed
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 4:07 PM, J.J.M. Kouwenberg <
> j.kouwenberg at erasmusmc.nl<mailto:j.kouwenberg at erasmusmc.nl>> wrote:
> Dear Ahmed,
>
> See the Gate manual regarding voxelized sources:
> http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide_V7.0:Voxelized_Source_and_Phantom#Voxelized_sources
>
> A variety of filetypes can be used to define voxelized sources
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Jasper J.M. Kouwenberg
> Medical Physics Graduate student
> Nuclear Medicine
>
>
>
> E-mail j.kouwenberg at erasmusmc.nl<mailto:j.kouwenberg at erasmusmc.nl> |
> Phone +316 2532 9809<tel:%2B316%202532%209809>
>
> ________________________________________
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> gate-users-bounces at lists.opengatecollaboration.org<mailto:
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> Elmekawy [ahmedfelmekawy at gmail.com<mailto:ahmedfelmekawy at gmail.com>]
> Sent: 29 March 2015 08:12
> To: gate-users
> Subject: [Gate-users] PET Activity
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have a PET Dicom image with some activity on it, my question is whether
> it is possible to import PET image into Gate and read the activity by the
> PET scanner?
>
> Thanks in Advance .
>
> Best Regards,
> Ahmed
>
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