MR spectroscopy system and method

One or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising computer-readable instructions configured to cause one or more computer processors to:

• receive a multi-frame MRS spectral acquisition series that includes a set of frames generated and acquired from a voxel located within a region of interest (ROI) via an MRS pulse sequence operation of an MRS system;
• signal process one or more frames of the MRS spectral acquisition series to generate a processed MRS spectrum for the ROI from which data may be extracted to provide MRS-based diagnostic information for diagnosing a medical condition associated with, or chemical environment within, the ROI;
• determine a parameter indicative of MRS spectral quality for the processed MRS spectrum;
• compare the determined parameter to a threshold criterion to determine whether the determined parameter indicative of MRS spectral quality satisfies the threshold criterion;
• responsive to the determined parameter satisfying the threshold criterion:
• determine to perform diagnostic processing on the processed MRS spectrum to provide the diagnostic information;
• and
• responsive to the determined parameter not satisfying the threshold criterion:
• determine not to provide the diagnostic information based on the processed MRS spectrum.

A magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) processing method comprising:

• receiving a multi-frame MRS spectral acquisition series that includes a set of frames generated and acquired from a voxel located within a region of interest (ROI) via an MRS pulse sequence operation of an MRS system;
• signal processing one or more frames of the MRS spectral acquisition series to generate a processed MRS spectrum for the ROI from which data may be extracted to provide MRS-based diagnostic information for diagnosing a medical condition associated with, or chemical environment within, the ROI;
• determining a parameter indicative of MRS spectral quality for the processed MRS spectrum;
• comparing the determined parameter to a threshold criterion to determine whether the determined parameter indicative of MRS spectral quality satisfies the threshold criterion;
• and
• responsive to the determined parameter not satisfying the threshold criterion, determining not to provide the diagnostic information based on the processed MRS spectrum;
• wherein the signal processing is performed by at least one computer processor.