Determination of thigh muscle stiffness using magnetic resonance elastography

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-247

  Bensamoun, Sabine F ^a   Ringleb, Stacie I ^a   Littrell, Laurel ^a   Chen, Qingshan ^a   Brennan, Michael ^a   Ehman, Richard L ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Magnetic resonance elastography; Thigh muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEG MUSCLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIGH;

EID: 31944438505     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20487     Document Type: Article

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