[Gate-users] LSO and LYSO intrinsic activity simulation

Bryan McIntosh mcintoshster at gmail.com
Thu May 7 18:08:54 CEST 2015


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 names that
you choose are appropriate for your scanner. I calculated the intrinsic
activity for LSO to be 276 Bq/cm^3, so be sure to adjust your activity
accordingly to match the crystal volume in your simulation.

Keep in mind that this uses an ion source simulation, which can be very
slow. Multithreading this simulation will be a very good idea!

-Bryan

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> Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 07:22:50 +0000
> From: "Pietrzyk, Uwe" <u.pietrzyk at fz-juelich.de>
> To: wuguocheng <wuguocheng at neusoft.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Gate-users] LSO and LYSO intrinsic activity  simulation
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> Hi Wu Guocheng,
>
> there have a number of eMails concerning this topic very recently.
> You should check earlier eMails, too!
>
> Just briefly:
>
>
> You may find a solution to your problem with the following instructions
> to define the source:
>
>
>  #####################################
> #   Lu-176 source of LSO
> #####################################
> /gate/source/addSource SourceConfinement
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/type Volume
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/shape Cylinder
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/radius 9.3 cm
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/halfz 6.25 cm
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/centre 0.0 0.0 0.0 cm
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/particle ion
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/setActivity 159552. Bq
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/ion 71 176 0 0
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/energy 0. keV
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/setForcedUnstableFlag true
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/setForcedHalfLife 1192060800000000000 s
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/number 1
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/confine crystal
>
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/angtype  iso
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/mintheta 0. deg
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/maxtheta 180. deg
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/minphi 0. deg
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/maxphi 360. deg
>
> !!Note that it is important to to confine the source volume to the
> crystal!!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Uwe Pietrzyk
>
> /----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Dr. Uwe Pietrzyk
> Diplom-Physiker
> Institut f?r Neurowissenschaften und Medizin / INM-4
> Forschungszentrum J?lich GmbH
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------/
>
> On 07 May 2015, at 04:15, wugc <wuguocheng at neusoft.com<mailto:
> wuguocheng at neusoft.com>> wrote:
>
> Dear Gaters,
>
> LSO and LYSO have intrinsic radioactivity due to the presence of 176Lu.
> and I want to simulation of the intrinsic activity using GATE, but I don't
> know how to define The intrinsic background?
> Does anyone know how to define this?
>
> With kind regards,
> 2015-05-07
> ________________________________
>
> Wu Guocheng
> RNS Department
>
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> Subject: Re: [Gate-users] LSO and LYSO intrinsic activity  simulation
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>  Dear u.pietrzyk?
>
>     Thanks for your reply, your suggestion is helpful!
>
> Best regards,
> 2015-05-07
>
>
>
>
> Wu Guocheng
> RNS Department
>
> Neusoft Medical System Co., Ltd.
> No. 16 Century Road. Hun Nan New District
> Shenyang 110179, PRC
>
> Tel: (86 24) 8366 2656
>
> From: Pietrzyk, Uwe
> Date: 2015-05-07 15:22
> To: wuguocheng
> CC: gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org
> Subject: Re: [Gate-users] LSO and LYSO intrinsic activity simulation
>
>
> Hi Wu Guocheng,
>
>
> there have a number of eMails concerning this topic very recently.
> You should check earlier eMails, too!
>
>
> Just briefly:
>
>
>
>
> You may find a solution to your problem with the following instructions
> to define the source:
>
>
>
>
>  #####################################
> #   Lu-176 source of LSO
> #####################################
> /gate/source/addSource SourceConfinement
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/type Volume
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/shape Cylinder
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/radius 9.3 cm
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/halfz 6.25 cm
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/centre 0.0 0.0 0.0 cm
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/particle ion
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/setActivity 159552. Bq
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/ion 71 176 0 0
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/energy 0. keV
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/setForcedUnstableFlag true
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/setForcedHalfLife 1192060800000000000 s
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/number 1
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/confine crystal
>
>
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/angtype  iso
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/mintheta 0. deg
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/maxtheta 180. deg
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/minphi 0. deg
> /gate/source/SourceConfinement/gps/maxphi 360. deg
>
> !!Note that it is important to to confine the source volume to the
> crystal!!
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Uwe Pietrzyk
>
>
> /----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Dr. Uwe Pietrzyk
> Diplom-Physiker
> Institut f?r Neurowissenschaften und Medizin / INM-4
> Forschungszentrum J?lich GmbH
> 52425 J?lich
> Tel: +49-2461-61 4763
> Fax: +49-2461-61 2820
> Mobil: +49-162-103-4871
> eMail: U.Pietrzyk at fz-juelich.de
> http://www.fz-juelich.de/inm/inm-4/DE/Home/home_node.html
> &
> Bergische Universit??t Wuppertal
> Fachbereich C - Physik / D.08.01
> Gau??str. 20
> 42097 Wuppertal
> Tel: +49-(0)202-439-3523
> Fax: +49-(0)202-439-2811
> eMail: Uwe.Pietrzyk at physik.uni-wuppertal.de
> http://www.medizinphysik.uni-wuppertal.de
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------/
>
>
> On 07 May 2015, at 04:15, wugc <wuguocheng at neusoft.com> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Gaters,
>
> LSO and LYSO have intrinsic radioactivity due to the presence of 176Lu.
> and I want to simulation of the intrinsic activity using GATE, but I don't
> know how to define The intrinsic background?
> Does anyone know how to define this?
>
> With kind regards,
> 2015-05-07
>
>
>
>
> Wu Guocheng
> RNS Department
>
> Neusoft Medical System Co., Ltd.
> No. 16 Century Road. Hun Nan New District
> Shenyang 110179, PRC
>
> Tel: (86 24) 8366 2656
>
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