Formation - GATE training on medical imaging (PET, SPECT, CT), dosimetry and radiation therapy - Beginner level

Scientific and technical environment of the training course

Laboratoire de physique de Clermont Auvergne

- UMR 6533

GATE collaboration

COURSE DIRECTOR

Lydia MAIGNE

Associate professor

UMR 6533

LOCATION

distance (00)

ORGANISATION

3 days
From 9:00 am to 6:00 pm (4:00 pm the last day)
Training course in English
From 7 to 20 attendees

PEDAGOGICAL METHODS

- Online training
- Lectures (5 h) and hands on (15 h)
- Practical course with 3 teachers for the group
Throughout the training, corrected exercises will allow the trainee to evaluate his knowledge acquisition.
Course materials and exercises corrected in PDF format as well as videos of the sessions will be given to participants.

TRAINING FEES

850 Euros

AT THE END OF THE TRAINING COURSE

- Satisfaction survey from trainees
- A training certificate is delivered

SESSION DATES

Information in this page are applicable for the first upcoming session. Before registering for the following sessions, download the program in case of possible minor changes

24056 : from wednesday 20/11/2024 to friday 22/11/2024 à distance

25068 : from wednesday 19/11/2025 to friday 21/11/2025 à distance

2024

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
Sept	Oct	Nov 24056	Déc

2025

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
Sept	Oct	Nov 25068	Déc

Distance Training

OBJECTIVES

Learn the usage of the GATE platform for medical physics

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)

Be able to use new tools for data analysis using Python

AUDIENCE

Students, researchers and engineers involved in medical physics. Physicians and medical physicists

PRE-REQUIREMENT

Basics in particle physics and medical physics

TRAINING PROGRAMME

Day 1
- Introduction to the platform environment
- Description of a macro file and input files
- Visualization
- How to build the geometry of a camera, examples for PET, SPECT and CT systems
- How to manage medical data (simulation inputs)
- How to configure digitizer and detector response

Day 2
- How to handle the geometry of clinical beams in radiation therapy (examples using photons and ions)
- How to configure the physics lists
- How to configure cuts / thresholds
- How to handle output data (actors)

Day 3
- Tools for data analysis using Python
- Tools for distributed computing on clusters

If you work on American territory, we invite you to contact by email the course director Mrs. Lydia Maigne - lydia.maigne(at)clermont.in2p3.fr - who will organize a special session for American trainees on adapted time slots when a group is formed.

EQUIPMENT

Participants will attend the training online through a dedicated web interface, they should attend the training with their laptop and connect to a dedicated GATE server through an ssh connection.

Information for connection will be provided one week before the training. Sessions will be registered and provided remotely during 3 weeks after the training.

The training course is organized in partnership with the GATE collaboration.

Avis des stagiaires

"This course was excellent! Exactly what I needed, the speakers were clear, knowledgeable and helpful. The meeting was recorded and the training content is available for practice and assistance with my research simulation." Yanique BRANDFORD, RYERSON UNIVERSITY

"The speakers were communicative, the organizers very helpful to solve any kind of issue we had from the technological point of view, questions were always solved and the participation of everyone was encouraged." Maria José GONZALEZ TORRES, IBA DOSIMETRY GMBH

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