Suggestions for improving the visualization of magnetic resonance spectroscopy voxels and spectra.

ABSTRACT: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has seen an increase in popularity as a method for studying the human brain. This approach is dependent on voxel localization and spectral quality, knowledge of which are essential for judging the validity and robustness of any analysis. As such, visualization plays a central role in appropriately communicating MRS studies. The quality of data visualization has been shown to be poor in a number of biomedical fields and so we sought to appraise this in MRS papers. To do this, we conducted a survey of the psychiatric single-voxel MRS literature. This revealed a generally low standard, with a significant proportion of papers not providing the voxel location and spectral quality information required to judge their validity or replicate the experiment. Base

SUBMITTER: Truong V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481722 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature