Abnormal signal intensity in skeletal muscle at MR imaging: Patterns, pearls, and pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue SPEC.ISS., 2000, Pages

  May, David A ^a   Disler, David G ^a   Jones, Elizabeth A ^a   Balkissoon, Avinash A ^a   Manaster, B J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscles, abscess, 40.242; Muscles, denervation, 40.82; Muscles, diseases, 40.614, 40.83; Muscles, infection, 40.20; Muscles, injuries, 40.40; Muscles, neoplasms, 40.30; Myositis, 40.22, 40.241

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFECTION; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE TUMOR; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOSITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0034297903     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.suppl_1.g00oc18s295     Document Type: Article

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