GATE 10 training

1 avr. 2024, 09:00 → 2 avr. 2024, 15:00 Asia/Tokyo

Osaka, Japan

Alexis Pereda (LPC UMR 6533 CNRS), Lydia Maigne (University Clermont Auvergne)

Join us for the Gate 10 training, 

... an exciting hands-on event taking place on April 1 & 2  2024, in Osaka, Japan. This unique gathering is your chance to delve into the new Python-based version of the Monte Carlo software GATE, built upon the powerful Geant4 framework. 

This event is co-organized and supported by the Center for International Academic Programs at the Division of Health Science, Osaka University.

The objective of the tutorial is to understand the features of the platform dedicated to the development of detection systems (PET, SPECT, CT and X-rays) and detector response, the management of medical images, the development of clinical and preclinical beams in radiation therapy and dose calculation for different radiation therapy treatments (internal or external)

The training will be a combination of lectures on various topics and hands-on exercises using GATE. Participants will run the exercises on their own computers so they can continue using GATE after the school.

After successfully attending the school, including the exercises, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.

You should bring along basic computer science and programming knowledge, and ideally some experience in Python, but if you are an expert-programmer that's even better. 

Don't miss out on this unique chance to expand your horizons in next generation Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation, learn from and with experts, and contribute to the future of Gate 10. Register before February 15, 2024, and be a part of this exciting journey. 

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The training in a nutshell: 

Date: April 1 & 2, 2024

Venue: Center for International Academic Programs, lecture room # 6,  at the division of Health Science, Osaka, Japan

Registration deadline: Feb. 15, 2024

Maximum number of participants: 30

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lundi 1 avril

09:00 → 09:20 Introduction

Président de session: Dr Lydia Maigne (University Clermont Auvergne)

09:20 → 10:50 GATE 10 installation: Installation, configuration, and environment of GATE 10

Description of GATE 10-beta environment and prerequisites for installation
Description of the architecture and installation

Président de session: Dr Lydia Maigne (University Clermont Auvergne)

10:50 → 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 → 13:00 Configuring a simulation step by step

The following items will be developed through an example describing a particle beam interacting with a multi-slice phantom:
- How to build a geometry
- How to parameter the physics settings
- How to configure source of particles
- How to set up an actor
- How to analyse your data

Président de session: Dr Lydia Maigne (University Clermont Auvergne)

13:00 → 14:00 lunch break

14:00 → 15:40 SPECT imaging

Simulation of a clinical SPECT system
- How to define the detector geometry: crystal and collimator
- How to define the phantom and the source
- How to fix the digitizer settings: energy resolution, thresholds, spatial blurring

15:40 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 17:00 Clinical dosimetry for internal radiotherapy treatment

The following items will be developed through an example describing a clinical dosimetry on a patient CT-scan for a 177-Lu internal radiation therapy treatment.
- How to import a patient CT-scan
- How to configure 177-Lu source based on SPECT images
- How to calculate dose to tumour and organs of interests

mardi 2 avril

09:00 → 11:00 PET imaging

11:00 → 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 → 12:50 External Radiation therapy

12:50 → 13:50 lunch break

13:50 → 14:50 Evaluation, Feedbacks, questions