title: jSIPRO - analysis tool for magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging.
abstract: Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) involves a huge number of spectra to be processed and analyzed. Several tools enabling MRSI data processing have been developed and widely used. However, the processing programs primarily focus on sophisticated spectra processing and offer limited support for the analysis of the calculated spectroscopic maps. In this paper the jSIPRO (java Spectroscopic Imaging PROcessing) program is presented, which is a java-based graphical interface enabling post-processing, viewing, analysis and result reporting of MRSI data. Interactive graphical processing as well as protocol controlled batch processing are available in jSIPRO. jSIPRO does not contain a built-in fitting program. Instead, it makes use of fitting programs from third parties and manages the data flows. Currently, automatic spectra processing using LCModel, TARQUIN and jMRUI programs are supported. Concentration and error values, fitted spectra, metabolite images and various parametric maps can be viewed for each calculated dataset. Metabolite images can be exported in the DICOM format either for archiving purposes or for the use in neurosurgery navigation systems.
authors.affiliation: MR-Unit, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Videnska 1958/9, 14021 Prague 4, Czech Republic. Electronic address: fiji@medicon.cz.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiru
authors.forename: Antonin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skoch
authors.forename: Dita
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wagnerova
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dezortova
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hajek
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software
keywords: DICOM export; LCModel; Metabolite images; Spectra processing; Spectroscopic imaging; TARQUIN; jMRUI