Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2018; 16(02): 094-105
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1604217
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Advanced Techniques and Applications in Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Pediatric Patients

Benita Tamrazi
1   Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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01 January 2017

05 June 2017

Publication Date:
19 July 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a noninvasive tool that is often used in conjunction with conventional MR imaging to acquire information regarding the biochemistry of tissue. In pediatric patients, the traditional clinical application of MRS was in the preoperative diagnostic workup of brain tumors. In recent years with the boom of molecular testing, MRS application for tumor evaluation is becoming more advanced, now potentially serving as a biomarker for molecular subgroup classification. This article will review MRS techniques as well as clinical applications, both conventional and more advanced applications in the pediatric population including tumor assessment, hypoxic-ischemic injury, abusive head injury, and autism.