Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The GATE toolkit (GEANT4 Application for Tomographic Emission) is a GEANT4-based (GEometry ANd Tracking) platform for Monte Carlo simulations in medical physics. GATE applications can be divided into two main axes: radiation-based medical imaging and radiotherapy/dosimetry. The accurate modeling of the first one is crucial for system design and optimization as well as for development and refinement of image analysis algorithms. The importance of the precise simulation of the second is essential for characterisation of external beam radiotherapy (proton therapy and carbon ion therapy) and absorbed dose assessment. Within this paper, we discuss the main features of GATE and give a general view on applications, followed by insights into future development perspectives.
Authors: Olga Kochebina, David Sarrut, Nicolas Arbor, Thomas Baudier, Damian Borys, Martina Favaretto, Ane Etxebeste, Hermann Fuchs, Jan Gajewski, Loïc Grevillot, Maxime Jacquet, Sébastien Jan, George C. Kagadis, Han Gyu Kang, Assen Kirov, Nils Krah, Wojciech Krzemien, Antony Lomax, Panagiotis Papadimitroulas, Alexis Pereda, Christian Pommranz, Andreas Resch, Emilie Roncali, Antoni Rucinski, Carla Winterhalter, Lydia Maigne
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Inserm, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale Multimodale Paris-Saclay, Lyon 1 Université, Université de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Acquisition et Traitement de l'Image pour la Santé, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Université de Strasbourg, Silesian University of Technology, MedAustron, Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Patras, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Paul Scherrer Institute, ETH Zurich, Université Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont Auvergne, University of Tübingen, University of California, Davis
Language: English
Subfield: Radiation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6922264057
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