Appropriate slice location to assess maximal cross-sectional area of individual rotator cuff muscles in normal adults and athletes

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Yanagisawa, Osamu ^a   Dohi, Michiko ^b   Okuwaki, Toru ^b   Tawara, Noriyuki ^b   Niitsu, Mamoru ^c   Takahashi, Hideyuki ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle cross sectional area; Rotator cuff muscles; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; ROTATOR CUFF; SPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATOR CUFF; SPORTS;

EID: 70349778915     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.8.65     Document Type: Article

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