Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of human skeletal muscles: gender-, age- and muscle-related differences in apparent diffusion coefficient

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-78

  Yanagisawa, Osamu ^a   Shimao, Daisuke ^b   Maruyama, Katsuya ^c   Nielsen, Matthew ^c   Irie, Takeo ^d   Niitsu, Mamoru ^e  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Gender; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANKLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS; SPINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 57049090017     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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