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Imaging Resources
NRC is in the business of developing software products for the analysis and monitoring of complex biomedical data. Current priorities include the analysis of MR data from cancer projects, analysis and display of MR and infrared spectral data in general, and the extension of these methods to data from proteomics (mass spectra) and genomics (microarray gene expression).
NRC researchers are creating user-friendly tools which aid researchers in using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) with the goal with the goal of increasing clinical acceptance of MRS. While MRI provides high resolution images of the inside of a person’s body, MRS can be used to obtain a metabolic “fingerprint” of tissues in the body, information that cannot be obtained by MR imaging alone. A new database system which allows researchers to organize, view and analyze large amounts of data quickly and easily is a new tool created to increase the use of MRS.
NRC researchers have created MusaikTM, a software package that can help coil array designers create and test new receive/transmit coil designs in silico before spending time and money creating an actual coil that might not work as predicted. The software allows the designer to engineer and optimize the functionality, evaluate the hard ware performance in different situations, and calculate the expected signal-to-noise ratio in the software system. Using MusaikTM saves clients money and time because a variety of coil designs can be tested simultaneously without having to build each coil.
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Contact Paul Wiebe, Business Services at 204.984.6223 or by e-mail at paul.wiebe@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca for more information.
