[Gate-users] Analyzing 3D Dose in Octave

[Andreas Resch]

Am 2016-12-28 21:31, schrieb Steve Hupcher:
> Thank you both for the response. Based on the GATE user guide, it
> looks like the root file can only be used for 1D and 2D distributions.
> When I try to get a 3D dose distribution by changing
> /gate/actor/doseDistribution/save to a .txt file, it looks like I only
> get dose along the direction of beam propagation. Can I create ASCII
> or other Octave-friendly files that will give me the dose to a volume?
> Or is there a way to create a series of 2D ASCII files that I can
> combine to make a 3D volume?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Steve Hupcher <shupcher at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am looking to use Octave to analyze 3D dose distributions instead
>> of ROOT since I am much more familiar in a Matlab/Octave environment
>> than C++. Does anyone have any experience with this? I am running
>> the benchRT macros, and haven't been able to find a way to import
>> the 3D DoseActor output into Octave on Linux.
>> 
>> PS. I am running Octave right now, but would be willing to buy
>> Matlab if this is only possible in Matlab.
>> 
>> Thank you!!
>> 
>> Steve
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Hi,
  You can use txt or mhd files with matlab in 3D. There is a mhd file 
import script online available for matlab. I could also send you my txt 
import script but I recommend the mhd file format.

Cheers Andreas