[Gate-users] question about secondary dose distribution in GATE_v6.2 and GATE_v7.1

[Brent Huisman]

Here in Gate 7.2, I only see
/gate/physics/addPhysicsList QGSP_BERT_HP_EMY
no custom physics macros. Perhaps you can upgrade to the latest version.

Cheers,
Brent

2016-06-23 14:06 GMT+02:00 张晖 <zhanghui at impcas.ac.cn>:

> Hello Brent,
> Thank you for your attention!I simulate carbon pencil beam irradiating
> water box and research the dose distribution of secondaries in water box.In
> GATE_v7.1, my physics section is
> /gate/physics/addPhysicsList QGSP_BERT_HP_EMY
> /control/execute mac/physicslist_EM_std.mac
> /control/execute mac/physicslist_HAD_std.ma
>
> which are all initial definition in example_Radiotherapy/example1. If it's
> right,why is the dose distribution of secondaries  all zero?Is there other
> reason to this?
>
> Best regards,
> Zhang Hui
>
> -----原始邮件-----
> *发件人:* "Brent Huisman" <brent.huisman at insa-lyon.fr>
> *发送时间:* 2016年6月23日 星期四
> *收件人:* zhanghui at impcas.ac.cn
> *抄送:* gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org
> *主题:* Re: [Gate-users] question about secondary dose distribution in
> GATE_v6.2 and GATE_v7.1
>
>
> Hello Zhang Hui,
>
> A major change from Gate 6 to 7 was the ability to include 'prebuilt'
> reference physicslists from Geant4, which you probably want to do, look
> here:
>
> http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/support/proc_mod_catalog/physics_lists/useCases.shtml
> and here the Gate 7.0 release notes:
>
> http://www.opengatecollaboration.org/sites/opengatecollaboration.org/files/GATE-UsersGuideV7.0.pdf
>
> Before, you had to compile lists yourself from various types of
> interactions. If you are working with photons for example, you might not
> need nuclear interactions, and save time. However, when you shoot particles
> for which you forgot to include the correct physics, you may end up with
> empty scorers.
>
> You can still make your own physics (as was done <Gate7), but unless
> there's a particular reason I would recommend against it and sticking to
> one of the built-in lists.
>
> Cheers,
> Brent
>
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:38:55 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
>> From: 张晖 <zhanghui at impcas.ac.cn>
>> To: gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org
>> Subject: [Gate-users] question about secondary dose distribution in
>>         GATE_v6.2 and GATE_v7.1
>> Message-ID: <a0f1b8.3dc1a.1557ae8f66d.Coremail.zhanghui at impcas.ac.cn>
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>> Dear Gaters,
>> When I calculate the dose distribution of some secondary,I find that
>> GATE_v6.2 has correct result while GATE_v7.1's result is all zero!The macro
>> file in both versions are the same except physics list.In GATE_v6.2,the
>> physics section is
>> ,
>>
>> while in GATE_v7.1,the physics section is
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> and if add two .mac file,it's also OK.Like this,
>> I'm puzzled these two versions which have different results.If I want to
>> use GATE_v7.1 to calculate the dose distribution of secondary,how do I
>> modify?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Zhang Hui
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Zhang Hui
>> University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
>> Institute of Modern Physics
>>
>>
>
> --
> Zhang Hui
> University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
> Institute of Modern Physics
>
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