Diffusion tensor imaging of the human calf muscle: Distinct changes in fractional anisotropy and mean diffusion due to passive muscle shortening and stretching

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1047-1053

  Schwenzer, Nina F ^a   Steidle, Günter ^a   Martirosian, Petros ^a   Schraml, Christina ^a   Springer, Fabian ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T; DTI muscle; Fractional anisotropy; Human calf muscle; Muscle shortening

Indexed keywords

3 T; CALF MUSCLE; DIFFUSION CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFUSION TENSOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; DORSIFLEXIONS; DTI MUSCLE; EIGENVALUES; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN CALF MUSCLE; LOWER LEG; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; WHOLE-BODY;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; TENSORS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DORSIFLEXION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARFLEXION; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ANKLE JOINT; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349122292     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1409     Document Type: Article

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