spant: an R package for magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

51 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) allows the measurement of small molecules (metabolites) in the body without the use of harmful radiation. Based on the same basic principles and technology behind Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), most modern MRI scanners are also capable of acquiring MRS — making the technique highly suited to a number of clinical applications (Oz et al. (2014)). Despite the success of MRS in the research environment, clinical translation has proven slow due to a number of technical and practical reasons, with challenges associated with reliable data processing and analysis having particular importance (Wilson et al. (2019)). The spant (SPectroscopy ANalysis Tools) package has been developed to: (1) provide open-source implementations of traditional and modern MRS processing and analysis techniques for routine analysis (Near et al. (2021)) and (2) aid the development, validation and comparison of new algorithms and analysis pipelines.
Original languageEnglish
Article number3646
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Open Source Software
Volume6
Issue number67
Early online date2 Nov 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Nov 2021

Keywords

  • spectroscopy
  • MRS
  • NMR
  • medical imaging
  • neuroimaging

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'spant: an R package for magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this