How to Sign Up

Overview

The 2024 MRSI Data Processing and Quantitation Challenge will test the ability of data processing and spectral analysis pipelines to create accurate metabolite maps from a group of FID-MRSI data sets simulated using in vivo experimental data. The Challenge contains two sub-challenges:

  • Sub-Challenge 1: Perform nuisance signal removal and spectral quantification on (x,t)-space MRSI data contaminated by noise, baseline signals, spectral distortions, residual water signals, and unsuppressed lipid signals.
  • Sub-Challenge 2: Perform spectral quantification on (x,t)-space MRSI data contaminated by noise, baseline signals, and spectral distortions.

Interested groups are encouraged to participate in either or both of the challenges.

Note. You do NOT have to be attending the ISMRM MRS Workshop in October to participate in this challenge.

Step 0 - Feel Free to Browse the Data

You know, “Try before you buy!”. Here’s a link to a page describing the Data formats and contents of a single Challenge data set. We have also provided example code for reading this data set in both Python and Matlab.

The Data Format and Example Data Page

Step 1 - Email Us

To allow us to register your (and/or your team) in the competition, send us email an email at fittingchallenge2024@gmail.com that includes:

  • Give us your ‘Team Name’ for describing you in the rankings.
  • Provide an Institution or Affiliation to which you belong.
  • A valid email by which we can contact you.

Step 2 - What you get next …

  • We will give you access to a Box Folder (hosted by Duke University) that you can use for uploading results. Only you/your team will have access to that folder.
  • We will send you a link to download the training data and another one for the testing data.
  • We will also send you a ‘Unique ID’ that you should use to identify yourself if you email questions and your submitted results when you upload them.

Step 3 - Ongoing Reminders, Questions and Hysterical Rejoinder

We may occasionally email participants with any ongoing updates to the data or rules. Please do not forget to register so that you do not miss any important information.

We will also update the FAQ Page with any relevant info/questions.

Questions?

If you have questions, comments or some other issue, please email to fittingchallenge2024@gmail.com