[Gate-users] question about dose uncertainty in Gate

[David Sarrut]

Hello,

no, you do not have to multiply by N at the end. The source code is here :
https://github.com/OpenGATE/Gate/blob/develop/source/digits_hits/src/GateDoseActor.cc#L287

Sincerely,
David
PS: please use the mailing list

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Consuelo Guardiola <guardiola at imnc.in2p3.fr
> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Another Gate developer has recommend us to ask you about a the calculation
> of the dose uncertainty by using the DoseActor in Gate 7.1.
>
> In the pag.52 of the ppt of the Gate-RT-training that you did (
> http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/~dsarrut/gate-training-2011/Gate-RT-training-04-2011.pdf),
> it shows that we have to calculate the uncertainty in the voxels as Chetty
> et al. reported. Checking that paper, and since I am not sure how Gate
> deals the DoseActor (behind it, I mean from G4),  my doubt is: should I
> multiply that equation by the total number of histories (N) at the end?
>
> I would appreciate if you may clarify it.
> Thanks in advance,
> Consuelo.
>



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