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ReviewSeminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR2025

Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Pediatric Neuroimaging: Key Concepts for Practice.

Kim M Cecil, Muhammad G Saleh

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Review in Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kim M CecilDepartment of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. Electronic address: Kim.cecil@cchmc.org.
Muhammad G SalehProgram in Advanced Imaging Research & Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Funding

Longitudinal Impact of Air Pollution on Mental Health and Neuroimaging Outcomes during Adolescence in the Cincinnati Combined Childhood Cohorts (C4)R01ES031621 · NIEHS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI CECIL, KIM M, RYAN, PATRICK H · 2021 to 2025
$5.3M
Impact of pre- and postnatal chemical mixture exposures on child neurobehavior and neuroimagingR01ES033054 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHEN, AIMIN · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
Neurometabolic profile of tobacco smoking in HIV-infected IndividualsR00DA051315 · NIDA · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI SALEH, MUHAMMAD · 2023 to 2025
$747k
Longitudinal Impact of Fluoride on Neurodevelopment and Neuroimaging Outcomes During Childhood and Adolescence in the United States and MexicoR56ES036268 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI BRUNST, KELLY J, MARTINEZ, MAURO · 2024 to 2024
$640k
NIDA NIH HHS R00 DA051315NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES031621NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES033054NIEHS NIH HHS R56 ES036268
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of the brain provides the clinician an in vivo neurochemical assessment within the clinical magnetic resonance imaging setting. This information can yield specificity when addressing questions pertaining to brain health and metabolism while characterizing disease and injury, evaluating treatment response, and prognosticating outcome. Proton MRS techniques can be useful in narrowing the diagnostic differential and capturing time-sensitive information for the continually developing pediatric brain. This paper provides a review of key proton MRS topics relevant for usage in pediatric populations. We discuss magnetic field strength, pediatric-sized head coils, water suppression techniques, localization pulse sequences, post-processing methods, analysis, and interpretation. These elements all require special consideration, particularly for the immature brain. We introduce the fundamentals of spectral editing. Finally, we present illustrative examples employing proton MRS in clinical practice to begin to synthesize these concepts into practical application.

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Brain DiseasesNeuroimagingProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyBrainChildHumans

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PMID40383281
PMCPMC12136993

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