Download the latest version (November 2013) of the figures (29 pages) by clicking on the following:

• figures.pdf (1.0Mbyte).

• manual.pdf (1.3Mbyte).

Print the two files, preferably in duplex mode (printing on both sides of a page). Bind the two separately, so that they can be read side-by-side.

The Manual is a detailed reference manual; most users only need to read a small fraction of it (as specified in Section 1.1).

A note on LCModel versions:

• You should consistently use the same version in one study.
  
  
• Users can update to the latest version (6.3-x) at no charge. (The LCModel version number is in the third line of each output summary plot.)
  
  
• Version 5 should be replaced with Version 6.3, unless you need consistency with previous Version 5 analyses. Version 6.3 is important for poor-quality spectra and spectra with strong lipid signals.
  
  
• Versions 6.0 & 6.1 & 6.2 should be replaced with Version 6.3.
  
  
• Version 6.3-x is what you download. It is fully backward compatible with the input of all previous versions.

For Version 6.1 users - New features in Version 6.2 of possible interest:

• Small improvements in the algorithms mean that the results will differ slightly.
  
  
• Analysis of spectra with mainly lipid (and water plus possibly choline), as in vertebra, breast and liver.

For Version 6.0 users - New features in Version 6.1 of possible interest:

• Small improvements in the algorithms mean that the results will differ slightly.
  
  
• Analysis of muscle spectra, particularly for IMCL (Section 3.1).
  
  
• Bruker ParaVision-3 files (Section 7.3.1).
  
  
• Output file for import to spreadsheet programs (Section 11.4.4).
  
  
• In multi-voxel analyses: combining PostScript files into one file (Section 11.4.5); skipping over bad voxels (Section 11.4.6).
  
  
• GE multi-channel (phased-array) P-files (Section 11.9.1).
  
  
• Simultaneously analyzing a spectrum left & right of the water signal (Section 11.11).

For Version 5 users - New features in Version 6.0 of possible interest:

• Estimation of lipid and macromolecule signals, especially for tumors and lesions (Section 3.1).
  
  
• Interactive selection and analysis of rectangular subsets of MRSI slices (Section 3.2).
  
  
• Bruker, Siemens syngo and Toshiba data with LCMgui (Section 3.7).
  
  
• Multi-User installations of LCMgui (Section 7.2.1).
  
  
• Archiving files using extensions in LCMgui (Section 7.3.3.3).
  
  
• LCMgui user profiles, e.g., for 1.5T & 3T data or Siemens & GE data on the same user account (Section 7.3.7).
  
  
• Batch processing of multiple analyses with LCMgui (Section 7.4.3.1).
  
  
• Selecting a subset of GE LX (and higher) frames, e.g., to eliminate bad frames due to patient motion (Section 7.4.5.1).
  
  
• Filename filters in the LCMgui File Selector (Section 7.5.1.3).
  
  
• More convenient handling of off-resonance spectra (Section 11.3.1).
  
  
• Simulating your own basis spectra (Section 11.7).
  
  
• Imposing "soft constraints" on concentration ratios (Section 11.8).
  
  
• Coherent averaging of spectra (e.g., from phased arrays) (Section 11.9).
  
  
• Going back toward the old Version 5, e.g., for improved (but not perfect) consistency in large longitudinal studies (Section 11.17).