CPC A61B 5/4514 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/412 (2013.01); A61B 5/4566 (2013.01); G01R 33/46 (2013.01); G01R 33/465 (2013.01); G01R 33/4828 (2013.01); G01R 33/483 (2013.01); G01R 33/485 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A diagnostic system for providing diagnostic information for a medical condition associated with a region of interest (ROI) in a patient, the diagnostic system comprising:
a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) processor configured to:
receive an MRS spectral acquisition series of data for a voxel located within the region of interest (ROI) acquired using an MRS system with an MRS scanner comprising a magnet and operated according to an MRS pulse sequence to generate the series of data and a detector assembly configured for receiving said series of data;
process the MRS spectral acquisition series of data to produce a processed MRS spectrum;
analyze at least a portion of the processed MRS spectrum below a range associated with lactic acid (LA) to identify a spectral feature that corresponds with propionic acid (PA);
calculate a measurement for the spectral feature that corresponds with propionic acid (PA); and
generate the diagnostic information for the medical condition using the calculated measurement.
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