[amide-users] AMIDE release 0.8.0 - Important Concorde File Issues

[Andy L. <lo...@st...>]

Hi all,

A new version of AMIDE is out.  Linux and Windows binaries are up, Mac OS
10.3 (yep, 10.3) binaries will be up in a couple days (I'm about to leave
town).


There's a large caveat with this current release for those who use
Concorde files (everyone else can ignore the rest of this email).

The branching fraction in Concorde files had previous been ignored by the
underlying library that reads in Concorde files (XMedCon).  As of
(X)MedCon 0.9 (which this version of AMIDE uses) the branching fraction is
now included in the imported data values.  This should make the raw
numbers generated by AMIDE consistent with the raw numbers generated by
Concorde's software (ASIPro).

For those who have done F-18 studies, this won't make a huge difference,
as the branching fraction is 0.97, and the numbers will change by only 3%.

For those who have done I-124 studes, this will make a huge difference, as
the branching fraction is 0.2 and the numbers will change by 500%.

If you've been using a calibration cylinder factor, you'll need to
calculate the cylinder value with the new version of AMIDE, and use that
on all your newly imported Concorde files. Once you do that, the numbers
(%ID/g, SUV, whatever) should be the same between your old .xif studies
and your new ones.

And please note, this change only applies when importing Concorde files.  
The values saved in .xif files will not change.

If you have any questions, drop me an email,
	Andy