In vivo diffusion tensor imaging of the human calf muscle

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 182-190

  Sinha, Shantanu ^a,c   Sinha, Usha ^b   Edgerton, V Reggie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3T in vivo muscle DTI; Diffusion anisotropy; Fiber orientation; Muscle diffusion tensor imaging; Muscle fiber tracts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES;

EID: 33745714408     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20593     Document Type: Article

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