[Gate-users] Yttrium-90 Spectrum

[Nicollas Goncalves Cavedini]

Dear Matthew,
I'll try to simulate with the ion source!
I really appreciate your answer!

*Best Regards,*

*Nícollas Gonçalves Cavedini*
BSc in Medical Physics - PUCRS
M. Eng. in Electrical Engineering - PUCRS
PhD student in Biomedical Gerontology - PUCRS

Medical Image Computing Laboratory (MEDICOM)
Contact: +55 (51) 99922-9957
Porto Alegre, Brazil.





Em qua., 16 de mar. de 2022 às 13:35, Matthew Strugari <
matthew.strugari at dal.ca> escreveu:

> 
>
> Hi Nicollas,
>
>
>
> To use the Y-90 ion source in GATE
> <https://opengate.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source_and_particle_management.html?highlight=ion#defining-the-type-of-source>,
> include the lines below in your macro file. Geant4 radioactive decay uses
> branching ratio and decay scheme data based on the Evaluated Nuclear
> Structure Data File <https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/ensdf/>. The Table of
> Radionuclides <http://www.nucleide.org/DDEP_WG/Nuclides/Y-90_tables.pdf>
> also has clear information.
>
> /gate/source/NAME/gps/particle ion
>
> /gate/source/NAME/gps/ion 39 90 0 0
>
> /gate/source/NAME/setForcedUnstableFlag true
>
> /gate/source/NAME/useDefaultHalfLife
>
>
>
> The fastY90 source would be appropriate for generating quantitative
> imaging data, i.e. an activity distribution, for convolution dosimetry with
> a dose kernel. However, it would not be appropriate for use with the
> DoseActor.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
> --
>
> Matthew Strugari
>
> PhD Candidate at Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre - BIOTIC,
> 5890 University Ave, Halifax, NS, B3K 6R8
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Gate-users <gate-users-bounces at lists.opengatecollaboration.org>
> on behalf of Nicollas Goncalves Cavedini <nicollas.cavedini at acad.pucrs.br>
> *Date: *Friday, March 11, 2022 at 15:08
> *To: *gate-users <Gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org>
> *Subject: *[Gate-users] Yttrium-90 Spectrum
>
> *CAUTION:* The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie.
>
> I am a PhD student working with Targeted Radionuclide Therapy and I am
> interested in radioembolization dosimetry with 90Y. I would like to know
> if someone has the 90Y spectrum energy emission to share or some guidance
> on how to start the source. Is the Fast90 tool appropriate for  90Y therapy
> dosimetry?
>
>
>
> *Atenciosamente,*
>
>
>
> *Nícollas Gonçalves Cavedini*
>
> BSc in Medical Physics - PUCRS
>
> M. Eng. in Electrical Engineering - PUCRS
>
> PhD student in Biomedical Gerontology - PUCRS
>
>
>
> Medical Image Computing Laboratory (MEDICOM)
>
> Contact: +55 (51) 99922-9957
>
> Porto Alegre, Brazil.
>
>
>
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