Muscle fat fraction in neuromuscular disorders: Dual-echo dual-flip-angle spoiled gradient-recalled mr imaging technique for quantifi cation - A feasibility study

Radiology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 487-494

  Gaeta, Michele ^a   Scribano, Emanuele ^a   Mileto, Achille ^a   Mazziotti, Silvio ^a   Rodolico, Carmelo ^b   Toscano, Antonio ^b   Settineri, Nicola ^a   Ascenti, Giorgio ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^a  

^a Departments of Radiological Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FAT FRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEADY STATE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955040189     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10101108     Document Type: Article

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