metabcor 1.3.9 © 1996-2013 by Turku PET Centre

Calculate TACs of authentic (unchanged) tracer and radioactive metabolite(s) from measured plasma TAC and fractions of authentic tracer. For more information, read http://www.turkupetcentre.net/analysis/doc/metab_corr.html Usage: metabcor [Options] <Plasma datafile> <Fraction datafile> Fraction file can have either of two formats: 1) it can contain the sample times, and the fraction(s) of authentic tracer, and optionally the fractions of different metabolites; or 2) parameters of a mathematical function fitted to the fraction curves. By default, result TACs are written in files named as *_pure.* and *_met.*, and if several metabolites exist, the following as *_met2.* and *_met3.* Options: -fnpure=<file name for parent tracer TAC> -fnmet=<file name for plasma metabolite TAC> -fnmet2=<file name for the second plasma metabolite TAC> -fnmet3=<file name for the 3rd plasma metabolite TAC> -pure=<id> The result file is named by adding specified id text before file extension, instead of the default '_pure'. -met=<id> The result file is named by adding specified id text before file name extension, instead of the default '_met'. -met2=<id> The result file is named by adding specified id text before file name extension, instead of the default '_met2'. -met3=<id> The result file is named by adding specified id text before file name extension, instead of the default '_met3'. -h or --help Print this message and exit. --build or --version Print software build information and exit. --silent Program works silently, printing only error and warning messages. --verbose Program prints more information about what it is doing. See also: fit_ppf, fit_fexp, fit2dat, dft2svg, dftcalc Keywords: input, plasma, modelling, metabolite correction This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under GNU General Public License.