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The step-by-step tutorial for using COMKAT in parameter estimation.

Introduction

This is a tutorial for using COMKAT to estimate parameter with the data set of microPET rat study. We will load the input function from the excel file, load image and draw region of interest. Then we will estimate the parameters for the ROI(s) and save estimation results. jocuri mario jocuri mario jocuri mario jocuri mario jocuri mario jocuri mario

Download testing data

Please go to Download:Test images:microPET to download the rat data. It's a zip file so you will have to unzip it to a folder on your computer. jocuri mario

Download and install COMKAT

Please refer to Getting started with COMKAT for more details. jocuri mario

Run COMKAT GUI

Once you have downloaded, installed, set path for and validated COMKAT, you may start the COMKAT GUI by typing 'comkat' in MATLAB and hit enter. The COMKAT GUI will open up.
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Load kinetic model

Press the drop-down list of 'Select a model from templates' and choose 'FDG 2-compartment model'.jocuri mario

You should see the COMKAT GUI as below after the model thiet ke web being dich vu seo loaded.

Load input function

Load the first file (Continuous counting)

Press 'Get Data from File'. Then you will see the Input Function GUI opened.

Click 'Browse' and choose the excel file in the testing data set for input function.

And you will see this window:

Click the drop-down menu under 'Column' to choose the right column for time data.

Click the drop-down menu under 'Column' to choose the right column for cong ty seo activity data.

With the right choices of units and columns, you should see the figure below:

Click OK to return to Input Function GUI. You should see that the GUI has the first Portable Stage part of input function loaded.

Load the second file (Manual samples)

Press 'File 2' to get the 2nd file.

Press 'Manual samples' under 'Excel worksheets' to switch to the second iphone photography worksheet.

Do the following changes to read the manual blood samples. And then hit 'OK' to return.

You should then see the Input Function GUI as this.

Under 'Interpolation' select 'linear interpolation'.

And then hit 'Next'.

Keep hitting next to get to the last page of Input Function GUI. Hit 'Return to COMKAT GUI'.

On the COMKAT GUI, now you should see that the input function has been loaded.

Load image

Press the icon for loading image data.

Under 'File', select 'Load Image'

Choose the .img file of rat data.

After several seconds, a dialog will pop up and prompt you to specify best weight loss pills orientation. Simply choose '#0 Unknown' in this case.

Images are successfully loaded into COMKAT Image Tool.

Draw region of interest

Right-click on the image and choose 'Add new VOI'.

Change color and VOI name if you wish.

Draw a region on the brain.

Click button to return to COMKAT GUI.

In the dialog for converting units, select 'nCi to uCi'.

Under 'Output Function' in COMKAT GUI, you should now see a figure like this:

Estimate parameters

Press 'Estimate' to estimate parameters.

Save results

Press 'Save to save results.

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 == Introduction ==
 This is a tutorial for using COMKAT to estimate parameter with the data set of microPET rat study. We will load the input function from the excel file, load image and draw region of interest. Then we will estimate the parameters for the ROI(s) and save estimation results.
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 == Download testing data ==
-Please go to [[Download:Test images:microPET]] to download the rat data. It's a zip file so you will have to unzip it to a folder on your computer.
+Please go to [[Download:Test images:microPET]] to download the rat data. It's a zip file so you will have to unzip it to a folder on your computer. <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.jocurimario.biz <span style="position:absolute;top:-999px;background:white transparent !important;">jocuri mario</span>] </span>
 == Download and install COMKAT ==
-Please refer to [[Getting started with COMKAT]] for more details.
+Please refer to [[Getting started with COMKAT]] for more details. <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.jocurimario.biz <span style="position:absolute;top:-999px;background:white transparent !important;">jocuri mario</span>] </span>
 == Run COMKAT GUI ==
-Once you have downloaded, installed, set path for and validated COMKAT, you may start the COMKAT GUI by typing 'comkat' in MATLAB and hit enter. The COMKAT GUI will open up. <br>If you are running COMKAT under standalone mode, just double click the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.proposable.com <span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">proposal software</span>] executable file and COMKAT GUI will open. By default you should see:
+Once you have downloaded, installed, set path for and validated COMKAT, you may start the COMKAT GUI by typing 'comkat' in MATLAB and hit enter. The COMKAT GUI will open up. <br>If you are running COMKAT under standalone mode, just double click the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.proposable.com <span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">proposal software</span>] executable file and COMKAT GUI will open. By default you should see:<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.jocurimario.biz <span style="position:absolute;top:-999px;background:white transparent !important;">jocuri mario</span>]</span>
 [[Image:COMKAT GUI steps 1.png]]
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 == Load kinetic model ==
 [[Image:COMKAT step 10.png]]
-<br><br>Press the drop-down list of 'Select a model from templates' and choose 'FDG 2-compartment model'.
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 <br><br>[[Image:COMKAT step 9.png]]