Biochemical and physiological MR imaging of skeletal muscle at 7 Tesla and above

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-278

  Chang, Gregory ^a   Wang, Ligong ^a   Cárdenas Blanco, Arturo ^b   Schweitzer, Mark E ^c   Recht, Michael P ^a   Regatte, Ravinder R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

MRI; Muscle; Sodium; Spectroscopy; Ultra high field; Ultra short echo time

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 77952924557     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253167     Document Type: Article

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