Quantitative color three-dimensional computer tomography imaging of human long-term denervated muscle

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Gargiulo, Paolo ^a,b   Kern, Helmut ^c   Carraro, Ugo ^d   Ingvarsson, Páll ^a   Knútsdóttir, Sigrún ^a   Gudmundsdóttir, Vilborg ^a   Yngvason, Stefán ^a   Vatnsdal, Brynjar ^a   Helgason, Thordur ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Denervation; Electrical stimulation; Human muscle biopsy; Modeling; Three dimensional reconstruction; Tissue composition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS CAUDA SYNDROME; EPIMYSIUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE MASS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARALYSIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; COLOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PARAPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77949442806     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164109X12536042424171     Document Type: Article

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