[Gate-users] CASToR release 2.0 available

[Simon Stute]

Dear GATE users,


We are pleased to announce that the version 2.0 of CASToR has now been 
released.
It is available on the CASToR website: http://www.castor-project.org/

This version provides new features, including:
  - PET Time-Of-Flight reconstructions (for both histogrammed and 
list-mode data).
  - Flat panel CT reconstructions, using the dedicated MLTR algorithm or 
standard MLEM and Landweber algorithms.
  - The distance-driven projector from De Man & Basu, compatible with 
PET and CT.


Also, the SPECT Monte Carlo SIMIND software version 6.1 
(https://www.msf.lu.se/forskning/the-simind-monte-carlo-program) now 
offers a program to convert SIMIND simulated data into CASToR data 
files. SIMIND simulated data can thus be reconstructed easily. Many 
thanks to Michael Ljungberg for this development.


Finally, a few words about future development and contributions from 
potential developers interested in participating in the enhancement of 
the CASToR platform:

Currently, the source code is publicly available for each released 
version, so that anyone can modify it for its own purpose.
In the future, we plan on operating an open GIT repository of the source 
code, so that anyone can contribute and benefit from the newest 
developments.
This will be done as soon as the next main version of CASToR including 
all dynamic aspects (motion management, parametric imaging, etc) is 
validated and released.
Meanwhile, if you have developed something for your own applications 
that you think someone can benefit from, do not hesitate to share it on 
the mailing-list.
And if you want your development to be considered for inclusion in a 
future CASToR version, please contact us directly 
(thibaut.merlin at univ-brest.fr and simon.stute at cea.fr).


Enjoy this new version and do not hesitate to send us your feedback on 
the mailing-list.

The CASToR collaboration