Changes in MR diffusion properties during active muscle contraction in the calf

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Okamoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Kunimatsu, Akira ^b   Kono, Tatsuo ^c   Nasu, Katsuhiro ^a   Sonobe, Junichi ^c   Minami, Manabu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

DTI; Eigenvalue; Fractional anisotropy; Muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REST;

EID: 77953372122     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.9.1     Document Type: Article

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