Jason C. Crane1, Marram P. Olson1,
Sarah J. Nelson1,2
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical
Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United
States; 2Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
We
present SIVIC (Spectroscopic Imaging, VIsualization and Computing), which is
an open-source, cross-platform, DICOM MR spectroscopy software package. It provides an extensible framework for
reading, processing, and visualizing MRS data from various non-DICOM sources,
simplifying MRS workflows in multi-center environments. SIVICs open-source
algorithm interface supports sharing and evaluation of new MRS
methodologies. This standards-based
framework enables clinicians and researchers to leverage PACS and other
standard DICOM tools for storage, communication and discovery of
spectroscopic data. Plug-ins for
OsiriX and Slicer were developed using SIVIC to facilitate integration and
visualization of MRS data within these commonly used software packages.