Introduction to spant

Reading raw data and plotting

library(spant)
fname <- system.file("extdata", "philips_spar_sdat_WS.SDAT", package = "spant")

# import raw data
mrs_data <- read_mrs(fname, format = "spar_sdat")

# output basic data structure
print(mrs_data)

## MRS Data Parameters
## ----------------------------------
## Trans. freq (MHz)       : 127.7861
## FID data points         : 1024
## X,Y,Z dimensions        : 1x1x1
## Dynamics                : 1
## Coils                   : 1
## Voxel resolution (mm)   : 20x20x20
## Sampling frequency (Hz) : 2000
## Reference freq. (ppm)   : 4.65
## Spectral domain         : FALSE

# plot data in the frequency domain
plot(mrs_data, xlim = c(5, 0.5))

Basic preprocessing

# apply water filter and align to tNAA resonance
mrs_proc <- hsvd_filt(mrs_data)
mrs_proc <- align(mrs_proc, 2.01)
plot(mrs_proc, xlim = c(5, 0.5))

Basis simulation

# simulate a typical basis set for short TE brain analysis
basis <- sim_basis_1h_brain_press(mrs_proc)

# output basis info
print(basis)

## Basis set parameters
## -------------------------------
## Trans. freq (MHz)       : 127.786142
## Data points             : 1024
## Sampling frequency (Hz) : 2000
## Elements                : 27
## 
## Names
## -------------------------------
## -CrCH2,Ala,Asp,Cr,GABA,Glc,Gln,
## GSH,Glu,GPC,Ins,Lac,Lip09,
## Lip13a,Lip13b,Lip20,MM09,MM12,
## MM14,MM17,MM20,NAA,NAAG,PCh,
## PCr,sIns,Tau

# plot basis signals
stackplot(basis, xlim = c(4, 0.5))

Fitting

# perform VARPRO fitting to processed data
fit_res <- fit_mrs(mrs_proc, basis)

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# plot the fit estimate, residual and baseline
plot(fit_res, xlim = c(4, 0.5))