GATE: Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission

19/09/2016 to 23/09/2016
Aachen
Germany
Participants: 
Aachen University of Applied Sciences
Haute Ecole Paul-Henri SPAAK
Coordinator: 
Prof. Karl Ziemons
Expected Outcome: 

After one week of intensive operation, you will be able to

  1. installing GATE, and the educational GATE platform (EduGATE)
  2. design and set up your own simulation task,
  3. know how to handle each part of the toolkit,
  4. understand the special structure and nomenclature, and
  5. obtain raw data of imaging systems: specially for CT and (S)PET
Intended Participants: 

Students at Master level

The activity is organised for students of all CHERNE partners

Prerequisites: 
Basic knowledge of the physics of interactions of radiation with matter and the principles of CT and (S)PET Basic knowledge of EXCEL.
Number of Participants: 
Max. 12
Time Schedule: 

The IC is mainly focused on the practical use of the software tool.

Students should express their interest by the end of June 2016 and register not later than 15th July 2016.

Registered students will obtain a hand-outs of the intended experiments and some literature to prepare 

Erasmus IP: 
No
ECTS/ECVT: 
2 ECTS
Practical organization: 

Accommodation : can be organised

Cost for students: 

Travel expenses not covered

Accommodation approx. 25€/night guest house FZJ not yet confirmed

Accomodation costs will not exceed 45€/night

One social dinner sponsored

Tuition covered

TOTAL FEE Depends on accommodation