title: Excel2Genie: A Microsoft Excel application to improve the flexibility of the Genie-2000 Spectroscopic software.
abstract: Excel2Genie, a simple and user-friendly Microsoft Excel interface, has been developed to the Genie-2000 Spectroscopic Software of Canberra Industries. This Excel application can directly control Canberra Multichannel Analyzer (MCA), process the acquired data and visualize them. Combination of Genie-2000 with Excel2Genie results in remarkably increased flexibility and a possibility to carry out repetitive data acquisitions even with changing parameters and more sophisticated analysis. The developed software package comprises three worksheets: display parameters and results of data acquisition, data analysis and mathematical operations carried out on the measured gamma spectra. At the same time it also allows control of these processes. Excel2Genie is freely available to assist gamma spectrum measurements and data evaluation by the interested Canberra users. With access to the Visual Basic Application (VBA) source code of this application users are enabled to modify the developed interface according to their intentions.
authors.affiliation: Scanomed Ltd, H-4032 Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, Hungary. Electronic address: forgacs.attila@scanomed.hu.
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forgács
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, Hungary.
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balkay
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, Hungary.
authors.forename: Lajos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trón
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, H-4026 Debrecen, Bem tér 18/a, Hungary.
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raics
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D012986:Software Validation; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: Genie-2000; Microsoft COM; Microsoft Excel; Nuclear spectroscopy; Repetitive data evaluation