The goal was to automate and optimize the shaping and positioning of a
shape-specific/conformal voxel that conforms to any volume of interest,
such as a cranial lesion, to allow conformal voxel magnetic resonance
spectroscopy (CV-MRS). We achieved this by using a computer program that
optimizes the shape, size, and location of a convex polyhedron within the
volume of interest. The sides of the convex polyhedron are used to
automatically prescribe the size and location of selective excitation
voxels and/or spatial saturation slices. For a spherically-shaped,
phantom-simulated lesion, CV-MRS increased the signal from the lesion by
a factor of 2.5 compared to a voxel completely inside the lesion. CV-MRS
reduces the voxel prescription time, operator subjectivity, and
acquisition time.