Affiliations: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA | Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA | Department of Neuroscience, Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA | Department of Environmental Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Kim M. Cecil, Radiology, Pediatrics, Neuroscience and Environmental Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Radiology, MLC 5033, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. Tel.: +1 513 636 8559; Fax: +1 513 636 3754; E-mail: kim.cecil@cchmc.org.
Abstract: The objective of this article is to provide some basic concepts of the magnetic resonance techniques and approaches cited in articles included this special issue focusing on white matter for the Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology.
Keywords: Relaxometry, voxel based morphometry, magnetization transfer imaging, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, diffusion tensor imaging