The INTERPRET Decision-Support System version 3.0 for evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy data from human brain tumour

Background: Proton Magnetic Resonance (MR) Spectroscopy (MRS) is a widely available technique for those clinical centres equipped with MR scanners. Unlike the rest of MR-based techniques, MRS yields not images but spectra of metabolites in the tissues. In pathological situations, the MRS profile changes and this has been particularly described for brain tumours. However, radiologists are frequently not familiar to the interpretation of MRS data and for this reason, the usefulness of decision-support systems (DSS) in MRS data analysis has been explored. Results: This work presents the INTERPRET DSS version 3.0, analysing the improvements made from its first release in 2002. Version 3.0 is aimed to be a program that 1st , can be easily used with any new case from any MR scanner manufacturer and 2nd , improves the initial analysis capabilities of the first version. The main improvements are an embedded database, user accounts, more diagnostic discrimination capabilities and the possibili...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Alexander Pérez-Ruiz, Margarida Julià-Sapé, Guillem Mercadal, Iván Olier, Carles Majós, Carles Arús
• Keywords: BMCBI 2010, Business, INTERPRET DSS, Mr Scanner, MRS Data