#==========================- Pre-initialisation parameters -========================= ########### Image Quality Phantom #################### #choose the type of phantom /changePhantom/setPhantom NEMA_imageQualityPhantom_wholeBody #set the activity in the phantom /change/Activity 3840000 becquerel #3840000 becquerel #Set the halflife of the isotope in units of second /change/HalfLife 6586.2 s #Halflife of F-18 /run/initialize /run/verbose 2 # Set a very high time threshold to allow all decays to happen /process/had/rdm/thresholdForVeryLongDecayTime 1.0e+60 year #### the activity distribution of the hot source to the background (BG) is 4:1. The activity distribution ratio is done by considering the volume of the phantoms #hotsphere1, diameter = 10 mm /gps/source/intensity 3 /gps/particle ion /gps/ion 9 18 0 0 # F-18 /gps/energy 0 keV /gps/pos/type Volume /gps/pos/shape Sphere /gps/pos/centre 28.6 49.5367 0 mm /gps/pos/radius 5 mm /gps/ang/type iso #hotsphere2, diameter = 13 mm /gps/source/add 6.591 /gps/ion 9 18 0 0 # F-18 /gps/energy 0 keV /gps/pos/type Volume /gps/pos/shape Sphere /gps/pos/centre -28.6 49.5367 0 mm /gps/pos/radius 6.5 mm /gps/ang/type iso #hotsphere3, diameter = 17 mm /gps/source/add 14.739 /gps/ion 9 18 0 0 # F-18 /gps/energy 0 keV /gps/pos/type Volume /gps/pos/shape Sphere /gps/pos/centre -57.2 0 0 mm /gps/pos/radius 8.5 mm /gps/ang/type iso #hotsphere4, diameter = 22 mm /gps/source/add 31.944 /gps/ion 9 18 0 0 # F-18 /gps/energy 0 keV /gps/pos/type Volume /gps/pos/shape Sphere /gps/pos/centre -28.6 -49.5367 0 mm /gps/pos/radius 11 mm /gps/ang/type iso ################ activity for body phantom ################### /gps/source/add 18576.41 /gps/particle ion /gps/ion 9 18 0 0 # F-18 /gps/pos/type Volume /gps/pos/shape Cylinder #The body phantom is shifted as discribed in the NEMA standard /gps/pos/centre 0 -35 -23 mm /gps/pos/radius 147 mm /gps/pos/halfz 88.5 mm /gps/ang/type iso ########## activity for test phantom (line source) ########### #the same intensity as body phantom /gps/source/add 31579.9 /gps/particle ion /gps/ion 9 18 0 0 # F-18 /gps/pos/type Volume /gps/pos/shape Cylinder #The line source shifted by +418 mm in z direction and 45 mm in the y direction toward the patient bed /gps/pos/centre 0 -45 432.5 mm /gps/pos/radius 1.6 mm /gps/pos/halfz 350 mm /gps/ang/type iso #/random/setSeeds 1 2 /run/beamOn 10000