1. A method of magnetic resonance [MR) imaging, comprising: receiving age data pertaining to a subject that is to be scanned by a magnetic resonance imaging system prior to performing a magnetic resonance imaging scan; automatically selecting, with a magnetic resonance control or computer system, image acquisition parameters including MR relaxation times; and optimizing, with the magnetic resonance control or computer system, the automatically selected MR relaxation times as a function of the received age data pertaining to the subject, in order to maximize image contrast in one or more MR imaging scans of the subject, with respect to the area of the subject under examination; and performing a magnetic resonance imaging scan with the magnetic resonance imaging system, in order to generate and display, MR images of the subject with the optimal maximized image contrast of the area under examination.