University of Utah Research Foundation

Douglas G Kondo

Perry F Renshaw

Described herein are systems and methods of identifying bipolar disorder in a person. One such method includes acquiringP spectroscopic imaging data from a region of interest in a brain of the person and subsequently analyzing theP spectroscopic imaging data to obtain a signal intensity and a concentration for one or more phosphorus metabolites. A reduced concentration the one or more phosphorus metabolites, such as inorganic phosphate, in the brain can indicate bipolar disorder in the person. Frontal lobe inorganic phosphate concentration in medication-free adolescents can indicate bipolar depression.

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Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

Douglas G Kondo