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General set-up and installation
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Check the README file to have all informations related to the installation and compilation for this version.

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--I M P O R T A N T --
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-> In the main macro file configuration, the sources MUST be defined AFTER /gate/run/initialize command line <-

-> For collimator design, the Fan Beam option is out of order and should be debugged ASAP <-

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New developments and features
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- DOSE BY REGION
http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide:Tools_to_Interact_with_the_Simulation_:_Actors#Dose_by_regions

- TETRAHEDRON MESH VOLUME AND DOSE ACTOR ASSOCIATED
http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide:Defining_a_geometry#How_to_build_a_.22TetMeshBox.22_volume
http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide:Tools_to_Interact_with_the_Simulation_:_Actors#Tet-Mesh_Dose_Actor

- GENERIC VOLUME REPEATER
http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide:Defining_a_geometry#Generic_repeater

- X-RAY AT BOUNDARY
http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide:Setting_up_the_physics#X-ray_at_boundary

- X-RAY PHASE CONTRAST
https://github.com/OpenGATE/GateContrib/tree/master/imaging/CT/Fresnel_FFD


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Bugs fixed
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- Various corrected (and still open) bugs: see the "issues" section on the GitHub
- DoseToWater code cleaned in GateDoseActor
- DoseActor NumberOfHits + setOverWriteFilesFlag now corrected
- License files updated
- Volume rotation with isocenter (isocenter rotation is now optional via messenger)
- Allow GPS energy range with ene/min & ene/max
- Revisited voxelized source
- PhaseSpace: no branch PDGCode if not needed
- PhaseSpace: allow to start with a given particle id
- PhaseSpace: add option to project particle on a sphere
- Write head/energy/run info in mhd header of interfile projection
- Allow to perform volume rotation *before* repeater rotation (messenger)
- Default voxel source scale is 1.0


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Documentation updates:
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GATE home page:	        http://www.opengatecollaboration.org
GATE wiki:              http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Main_Page
Dedicated wiki page:    http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Users_Guide_V8.1
Installation guide:     http://wiki.opengatecollaboration.org/index.php/Installation_Guide_V8.1


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Examples and other stuffs:
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All examples are available on the github repository:
https://github.com/OpenGATE/GateContrib
