| DOWNLOAD |
- Open the official web page of ASIST-Japan, and click the DOWNLOAD on the left navigation column.
- Click "Download" under the Perfusion Mismatch Analyzer (PMA) entry.
- The downloaded file name will be PMA-Installer-E.exe.
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| INSTALL |
- The following operation should be done by a user with administrator privilege if it is available.
- Execute PMA-Installer-E.exe, and follow the instructions.
- User Name field will be filled with Windows log-in user name, and there is no need to change it.
- Enter the KEY CODE in the Serial Number. You will find the KEY CODE in the e-mail received at the user registration.
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| EXECUTION |
- Click the PMA icon created on the desktop, or execute pma.exe installed in the PMA directory that will be \ProgramFiles\ASIST-Japan by default.
- PMA will not run properly if it is copied manually to other computers. Use the installer always.
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| EXECUTION FROM COMMAND LINE |
- PMA can be executed from the command line of Windows. It will be used conveniently for batch jobs.
- The command line looks like,
pma.exe
mode
source
aif
dest
term
mode: "CT", "MR", or "SWI"
source: The source directory for image files
aif: "AutoAIF", "Auto_PWI_DWI", or the path to AIF file. In case mode is SWI, the size of high pass filter. If set to "Auto_PWI_DWI", DWI source data will be loaded automatically.
dest: The directory to save the results. In case aif is "Auto_PWI_DWI", the path to DWI source data.
term: "Terminate" to terminate PMA at the end of the analysis. "None" keeps PMA windows.
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| PROFESSIONAL MODE AND LICENCE |
- The following functions work in "Professional mode":
The items on ADCT, SWI, and ASL file handling under the "File -> Open other data" submenu.
The items on the digital phatom* generation under the "Manual Analysis" menu.
*Refer to Radiology 2009;251:241-249 for information on the digital phantom and its applications
- In order to use these Professional mode functions, the license registration is required. Please send a mail as follows, and you will get the serial code to activate the Professional mode in return.
- The mail to get a serial code for Professional mode should be addressed to asistjapan-adm@umin.ac.jp
Subject should be "License registration for PMA".
The body of the mail should include:
(1) Your name
(2) Affiliation
(3) The principal machines you are working on (eg. Siemens Symphony)
(4) The main purpose of using Professional mode function (eg. SWI analysis)
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| UNINSTALL |
- Execute Uninstall_xxxxx.exe (xxxxx is number) in the PMA directory that will be \ProgramFiles\ASIST-Japan\ by default.
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| INFORMATION |
- For fundamental operations, refer to HELP in the main menu
- For further information, please write to asistjapan-adm@umin.ac.jp
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| VERSION UP |
- The current version number of PMA is shown on the download page．
- The information on the version-up will be mailed to the registered address.
- The KEY CODE is required every time on installing a PMA of new version．
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