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Revision as of 16:08, 9 January 2009
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Objective
Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) is a non-invasive diagnostic method used to determine the relative abundance of specific metabolites at arbitrary locations in vivo. Certain diseases - such as tumors in brain, breast and prostate - can be can be associated with characteristic changes in the metabolic level. Thus, proton MRSI is in principle very well suited for the detection, localization and grading of these diseases. A major challenge in MRSI, however, lies in the post-processing and evaluation of the acquired spectral volumes.
The objective of the current project is to develop a module proving the means for the processing and visualization of MRSI -- and thus for a joint analysis of magnetic resonance spectroscopic images together with other imaging modalities -- in Slicer.
Approach, Plan
Spectral fitting routines have been implemented, using a HSVD filter for water peak removal and baseline estimation, and a constrained non-linear least squares optimization for the fit of the resonance line models.
The plan for the project week is to integrate these routines - for data in/out, global registration, and visualization of the metabolite maps - into Slicer using the Slicer-Python interface.
Progress
Designed a basic visualization/interaction of spectra and fitting result using the Python interface.
Key Investigators
- BWH SPL / MIT CSAIL: Bjoern Menze
