A magnetic resonance spectroscopy processing system configured to receive and automatically process a multi-frame MRS pulse sequence acquisition series generated and acquired for a voxel prescribed to correspond with a region of interest principally located within an intervertebral disc via an MRS pulse sequence, and acquired at multiple acquisition channels of a multi-coil spine detector assembly, in order to provide a processed MRS spectrum for the series for deriving diagnostic information associated with the disc, comprising: a channel selector that is configured to measure a parameter related to MRS spectral signal quality for the acquired MRS pulse sequence series from each acquisition channel, compare the measured parameters for the respective channels against at least one threshold criterion for channel selection, identify a number of selected channels which meet or exceed the at least one threshold criterion and a number of other failed channels which fail to meet the at least one threshold criterion, and retain the selected channels and discard the failed channels from the acquisition series; a phase shift corrector that is configured to recognize and correct a phase shift error among multiple frames within the series for each of the selected channels; a frame editor that is configured to measure a value of a parameter related to signal quality for an MRS spectrum for each acquired frame of the acquisition series for each of the selected channels, compare the measured values for the parameter for the respective frames against at least one threshold criterion, and calculate a number of successful frames that meet the at least one threshold criterion and a number of failed frames that fail to meet the at least one threshold criterion, and wherein the frame editor is further configured to retain successful frames in the acquisition series, and to edit out the failed frames from the acquisition series if the number of successful frames meets or exceeds a minimum frame number threshold, but to retain at least some of the failed frames in the acquisition series if the number of successful frames is below the minimum frame number threshold; a frequency shift corrector that is configured to recognize and correct a frequency shift error between multiple frames within the series for each of the selected channels; a channel combiner that is configured to combine phase and frequency corrected, retained frames from the selected channels to provide the combined processed MRS spectrum. a channel selector that is configured to measure a parameter related to MRS spectral signal quality for the acquired MRS pulse sequence series from each acquisition channel, compare the measured parameters for the respective channels against at least one threshold criterion for channel selection, identify a number of selected channels which meet or exceed the at least one threshold criterion and a number of other failed channels which fail to meet the at least one threshold criterion, and retain the selected channels and discard the failed channels from the acquisition series; a phase shift corrector that is configured to recognize and correct a phase shift error among multiple frames within the series for each of the selected channels; a frame editor that is configured to measure a value of a parameter related to signal quality for an MRS spectrum for each acquired frame of the acquisition series for each of the selected channels, compare the measured values for the parameter for the respective frames against at least one threshold criterion, and calculate a number of successful frames that meet the at least one threshold criterion and a number of failed frames that fail to meet the at least one threshold criterion, and wherein the frame editor is further configured to retain successful frames in the acquisition series, and to edit out the failed frames from the acquisition series if the number of successful frames meets or exceeds a minimum frame number threshold, but to retain at least some of the failed frames in the acquisition series if the number of successful frames is below the minimum frame number threshold; a frequency shift corrector that is configured to recognize and correct a frequency shift error between multiple frames within the series for each of the selected channels; a channel combiner that is configured to combine phase and frequency corrected, retained frames from the selected channels to provide the combined processed MRS spectrum.