Introduction : perspectives from the National Institute of Health / Jovier D. Evans -- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) / Anand Kumar and Olusola A. Ajilore -- Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) / Julie C. Price [and others] -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in geriatric psychiatry research / Howard J. Aizenstein and Vijay K. Venkatraman -- Software packages for neuroimage processing / Robert J. Tamburo -- Structural brain changes associated with normal aging / Faith M. Gunning and Adam M. Brickman -- Functional neuroanatomy of aging and cognition / Myra Fernandes -- Vascular depression / Faith M. Gunning, Vassilios Latoussakis, and George S. Alexopoulos -- Brain structural and functional correlates of Alzheimer's dementia and mild cognitive impairment in the context of community-based studies / James T. Becker [and others] -- Neuroimaging in late-life schizophrenia / Heline Mirzakhanian and Lisa T. Eyler -- Psychosis of dementia / Zahinoor Ismail and David Mamo.