Singles for energy spectrum: /gate/digitizer/name LESingles /gate/digitizer/insert singleChain /gate/digitizer/LESingles/setInputName Hits /gate/digitizer/LESingles/insert adder /gate/digitizer/LESingles/insert blurring /gate/digitizer/LESingles/blurring/setResolution 0.14 /gate/digitizer/LESingles/blurring/setEnergyOfReference 511. keV /gate/digitizer/LESingles/insert deadtime /gate/digitizer/LESingles/deadtime/setDeadTime 400. ns /gate/digitizer/LESingles/deadtime/setMode paralysable /gate/digitizer/LESingles/deadtime/chooseDTVolume LYSO /gate/digitizer/LESingles/name deadtime2 /gate/digitizer/LESingles/insert deadtime /gate/digitizer/LESingles/deadtime2/setDeadTime 2000. ns /gate/digitizer/LESingles/deadtime2/setMode nonparalysable /gate/digitizer/LESingles/deadtime2/chooseDTVolume LYSO /gate/digitizer/LESingles/insert thresholder /gate/digitizer/LESingles/thresholder/setThreshold 10. keV /gate/digitizer/LESingles/insert upholder /gate/digitizer/LESingles/upholder/setUphold 664.3 keV # Singles for proper +/-20% coincidences to use: /gate/digitizer/name HESingles /gate/digitizer/insert singleChain /gate/digitizer/HESingles/setInputName Hits /gate/digitizer/HESingles/insert adder /gate/digitizer/HESingles/insert blurring /gate/digitizer/HESingles/blurring/setResolution 0.14 /gate/digitizer/HESingles/blurring/setEnergyOfReference 511. keV /gate/digitizer/HESingles/insert deadtime

/gate/digitizer/HESingles/deadtime/setDeadTime 400. ns

/gate/digitizer/HESingles/deadtime/setMode paralysable

Virtual PET Scanner –

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**Albira program** 

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/gate/source/SourceF/setForcedUnstableFlag true /gate/source/SourceF/setForcedHalfLife 6586.2 s /gate/source/SourceF/gps/energytype Fluor18 /gate/source/SourceF/gps/type Volume /gate/source/SourceF/gps/shape Cylinder /gate/source/SourceF/gps/radius 1.05 mm /gate/source/SourceF/gps/halfz 30. mm /gate/source/SourceF/gps/angtype iso

/gate/source/SourceF/gps/centre 0. -5.9 0. mm #/gate/source/SourceF/gps/confine phantom2\_P

LYSOalbira: d=7.2525 g/cm3; n=4 ; state=Solid

 +el: name=Lutetium ; f=0.725820 +el: name=Yttrium ; f=0.031097 +el: name=Silicon; f=0.063166 +el: name=Oxygen; f=0.179918 Nylon: d=1.15 g/cm3; n=4 ; state=Solid +el: name=Carbon ; f=0.636853 +el: name=Hydrogen ; f=0.097980 +el: name=Oxygen; f=0.141388 +el: name=Nitrogen; f=0.123779 Polyethylene: d=0.96 g/cm3 ; n=2 +el: name=Hydrogen ; n=2 +el: name=Carbon ; n=1

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/gate/digitizer/HESingles/deadtime/chooseDTVolume LYSO /gate/digitizer/HESingles/name deadtime2 /gate/digitizer/HESingles/insert deadtime /gate/digitizer/HESingles/deadtime2/setDeadTime 2000. ns /gate/digitizer/HESingles/deadtime2/setMode nonparalysable /gate/digitizer/HESingles/deadtime2/chooseDTVolume LYSO /gate/digitizer/HESingles/insert thresholder /gate/digitizer/HESingles/thresholder/setThreshold 408.8 keV /gate/digitizer/HESingles/insert upholder /gate/digitizer/HESingles/upholder/setUphold 613.2 keV
