Image-based musculoskeletal modeling: Applications, advances, and future opportunities

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 441-451

  Blemker, Silvia S ^a,d   Asakawa, Deanna S ^b   Gold, Garry E ^c   Delp, Scott L ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dynamic imaging; Human movement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle architecture; Musculoskeletal modeling; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

EID: 33846849575     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20805     Document Type: Review

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