Gender differences in MR muscle tractography

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Okamoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Kunimatsu, Akira ^b   Kono, Tatsuo ^c   Kujiraoka, Yuka ^d   Sonobe, Jyunichi ^c   Minami, Manabu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^d Tsukuba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

DTI; Fiber tractography; Gender; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952199267     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.9.111     Document Type: Article

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