In vivo tissue extracellular volume fraction measurement by dynamic spin-lattice MRI relaxometry: Application to the characterization of muscle fiber types

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Dedieu, Véronique ^a   Finat Duclos, Françoise ^a   Renou, Jean Pierre ^b   Joffre, Francis ^b   Vincensini, Dominique ^c  

^a CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Gd DTPA relaxometry enhancement; Muscle fiber type characterization; Quantitative MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FAST MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLOW MUSCLE;

EID: 0033043606     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199903000-00005     Document Type: Article

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