Multi-voxel prescription for lumbar disc evaluation

A system comprising:

• computer-readable memory storing executable instructions;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the computer-readable memory and programmed by the executable instructions to:
• set a target chemical shift value for a target voxel associated with a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) scan of a region of interest;
• set an offset chemical shift value for an offset voxel associated with the MRS scan of the region of interest, wherein the offset voxel is spatially offset from the target voxel proportional to a difference between the target chemical shift value and the offset chemical shift value;
• locate and sizing the target voxel within the region of interest such that the offset voxel, offset from the target voxel, is also within the region of interest;
• and
• perform the MRS scan on the region of interest based on the target voxel and the offset voxel.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions for causing a computing device to perform a process comprising:

• setting a target chemical shift value for a target voxel associated with a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) scan of a region of interest;
• setting an offset chemical shift value for an offset voxel associated with the MRS scan of the region of interest, wherein the offset voxel is spatially offset from the target voxel proportional to a difference between the target chemical shift value and the offset chemical shift value;
• locating and sizing the target voxel within the region of interest such that the offset voxel, offset from the target voxel, is also within the region of interest;
• and
• performing the MRS scan on the region of interest.