Publications

The collaboration recommends to cite at least one of the 4 following publications for any communication, report or publication results obtained using the GATE platform:

• PAPER 1: Jan S, Santin G, Strul D, et al. GATE: a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT. Phys Med Biol. 2004;49(19):4543-4561. doi:10.1088/0031-9155/49/19/007
• PAPER 2: Jan S, Benoit D, Becheva E, et al. GATE V6: a major enhancement of the GATE simulation platform enabling modelling of CT and radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol. 2011;56(4):881-901. doi:10.1088/0031-9155/56/4/001
• PAPER 3: Sarrut D, Bardiès M, Boussion N, et al. A review of the use and potential of the GATE Monte Carlo simulation code for radiation therapy and dosimetry applications. Med Phys. 2014;41(6):064301. doi:10.1118/1.4871617
• PAPER 4: Sarrut D, et al. Advanced Monte Carlo simulations of emission tomography imaging systems with GATE. Phys Med Biol. 2021 May 14;66(10). doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/abf276
• PAPER 5: Sarrut D, et al. The OpenGATE ecosystem for Monte Carlo simulation in medical physics. Phys Med Biol. 2022 September 8;67(18) doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac8c83

Members of the OpenGATE collaboration received the Physics in Medicine & Biology Citations Prize twice, in 2009 for PAPER 1 and in 2015 for PAPER 2.