Brian J. Soher1, Philip Semanchuk1,
David Todd2, Jeffrey Steinberg1,3, Karl Young2
1Radiology, Duke University
Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States; 2Radiology, Northern
California Institute of Research & Education, San Francisco, CA, United
States; 3Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Agency for Science,
Technology & Research
The VeSPA-Versatile Simulation, Pulses and Analysis package is an integrated set of open source applications written in Python that enable users to 1) synthesize RF pulses, 2) explore MRS data acquisition scenarios using multi-parametric spectral simulation and 3) improve processing/analysis of MRS data. VeSPAs RFPulse, Simulation and Analysis applications are written in Python and integrated through a SQLite database. Applications are based on previous programs, MatPulse, GAVA and SITools. Scientific functionality was ported into a common infrastructure to ease access (no license fees), simplify extension (open source) and to create a consistent style across applications and platforms.