Open AccessMagnetic Resonance Imaging of Metabolic Diseases of the Cerebral White Matter
Author(s) -
Maria Isabel Vargas,
Laura Merlini,
Sven Haller,
Victor Cuvinciuc,
Gerhard Schroth,
Vítor Mendes Pereira,
Karl-Olof Lövblad
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
topics in magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1536-1004
pISSN - 0899-3459
DOI - 10.1097/rmr.0b013e318207e894
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , neuroimaging , white matter , medicine , myelin , nuclear magnetic resonance , pathology , central nervous system , radiology , physics , psychiatry
Metabolic diseases of the brain are a rare occurrence. They may be either occurring as inherited diseases causing a destruction of myelin, or they may be the result of toxicity. Neuroimaging, especially magnetic resonance imaging, plays an important role in the detection and classification of these rare diseases. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy is an important tool in the characterization and diagnosis of inherited metabolic diseases.