Université de Lyon; CREATIS; CNRS UMR5220; Inserm U1294; INSA-Lyon; Université Lyon 1, Léon Bérard cancer center, Lyon, France.
Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, CNRS, UMR7178, F-67037 Strasbourg, France.
Phys Med Biol. 2022 Sep 8;67(18). doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac8c83.
This paper reviews the ecosystem of GATE, an open-source Monte Carlo toolkit for medical physics. Based on the shoulders of Geant4, the principal modules (geometry, physics, scorers) are described with brief descriptions of some key concepts (Volume, Actors, Digitizer). The main source code repositories are detailed together with the automated compilation and tests processes (Continuous Integration). We then described how the OpenGATE collaboration managed the collaborative development of about one hundred developers during almost 20 years. The impact of GATE on medical physics and cancer research is then summarized, and examples of a few key applications are given. Finally, future development perspectives are indicated.
本文回顾了 GATE 的生态系统，这是一个用于医学物理的开源蒙特卡罗工具包。基于 Geant4 的肩膀，本文描述了主要模块（几何、物理、评分器），并简要描述了一些关键概念（体积、演员、数字化仪）。详细介绍了主要源代码存储库以及自动化编译和测试过程（持续集成）。然后，我们描述了 OpenGATE 协作如何在近 20 年的时间里管理大约一百名开发人员的协作开发。接着总结了 GATE 对医学物理和癌症研究的影响，并给出了一些关键应用的示例。最后，指出了未来的发展方向。
