The design of a computer system to determine the causes of edema using magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Identifier

etd-01272011-160024

Author

Carl Allen Fink, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow

Degree

Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS)

Department

Computer Science

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

Diabetes is a growing problem in the U.S.A., closely linked to the current obesity epidemic. Two common complications of diabetes, osteomyelitis of the foot, and Charcot's joint, are impossible to differentiate via traditional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The background of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, which transforms the time-domain MRI signal into the frequency domain spectrum, is explored, and its use to aid in this differentiation is proposed. Artificial Neural Networks can be employed to evaluate the MRS data and to automate the process.

Date

2011

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Recommended Citation

Fink, Carl Allen, "The design of a computer system to determine the causes of edema using magnetic resonance spectroscopy" (2011). LSU Master's Theses. 3919.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3919

Committee Chair

Tyler, John

DOI

10.31390/gradschool_theses.3919