[Gate-users] Dose actor

[P. T.]

Dear Alessio,

Thanks for your response.

Best Regards,
P

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Elia Alessio <alessio.elia at medaustron.at>
wrote:

> Dear P.T.,
>
> thanks for your email. Please when you are answering to the people of the
> community do not forget to keep them in cc by using the gate-users mail
> list so that everybody can potentially answer.
>
> To calculate energy deposited you have to set as true the flag on energy
> deposited as follow:
>
> /gate/actor/MyActor/enableEdep                 true
>
> Just add that line to your actor. It will automatically generate a new txt
> file.
>
> Concerning the set resolution option in general, having a set resolution
> 1 2 3 is not the same of having a resolution of 2 4 6 for a fix size. You
> are changing the binning of your score grid in x y z . Therefore also the
> dimension of your matrix (or array) is changing accordingly in your output
> file.
>
> Hope it can help
>
> Cheers
> Alessio
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: P. T. [mailto:ptpphysics at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sonntag, 22. Oktober 2017 23:00
> To: Elia Alessio <alessio.elia at medaustron.at>
> Subject: Re: [Gate-users] Dose actor
>
> Dear Alessio,
> Thanks for your prompt response.
> I am really sorry for having troubled you so much.
>
> Then, If I have a regular shape, I would score the dose values directly by
> attaching DoseActor to the desired volume.
>
> But, how can I calculate energy deposited in irregular shape volume?
>
> On the other hand, for a fixed values of "setSize", the "setResolution"
> only specify the resolution of the output 3D matrix.
> Thus, the sum of the numbers (matrix arrays) in the "MyOutputFile.txt"
> related to the different setResolution (e.g.
> setResolution 1 2 3 and setResolution 2 4 6) should be equal for a fixed
> value of "setSize". Did I understand correctly?
>
>
> Sincerely,
> P
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10/22/17, Elia Alessio <alessio.elia at medaustron.at> wrote:
> > Dear P.,
> >
> > 1- If you have an irregular shape I would recommend do to not score
> > the dose values directly but use rather the energy deposited and then
> > post-process dose values. as far as I know, the dose actor dose not
> > compute correctly the dose if you do not have a regular shape.
> >
> > 2- I can see that you are setting size and resolution of your actor
> > but then you should consider the dimension of the object that this
> > actor is attached to (MyVolume in this case). Could you be more
> > specific or provide an example?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Alessio
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gate-users
> > [mailto:gate-users-bounces at lists.opengatecollaboration.org]
> > On Behalf Of P. T.
> > Sent: Sonntag, 22. Oktober 2017 21:32
> > To: gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org
> > Subject: [Gate-users] Dose actor
> >
> > Dear Gater,
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to solve my questions?
> >
> > 1- Is it possible to calculate the total deposited dose or energy
> > deposition in total volume a cylindrical predefined volume such as
> > cylindrical waterbox phantom or in the STL volume?
> >
> >
> > 2- Why in some cases the sum of numbers (matrix arrays) in the
> > "MyOutputFile.txt"  is not equal when the "setResolution" numbers were
> > changed?
> >
> > /gate/actor/addActor DoseActor             MyActor
> > /gate/actor/MyActor/save                  MyOutputFile.txt
> > /gate/actor/MyActor/attachTo              MyVolume
> > /gate/actor/MyActor/stepHitType           random
> > /gate/actor/MyActor/setSize               5 5 5 m
> > /gate/actor/MyActor/setResolution         1 1 3000
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > P
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