Skeletal muscle BOLD MRI: From underlying physiological concepts to its usefulness in clinical conditions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1253-1265

  Jacobi, Bjoern ^a,b,c   Bongartz, Georg ^d   Partovi, Sasan ^a,e,f   Schulte, Anja Carina ^a   Aschwanden, Markus ^d   Lumsden, Alan B ^e   Davies, Mark G ^e   Loebe, Matthias ^e   Noon, Georg P ^e   Karimi, Sasan ^f   Lyo, John K ^f   Staub, Daniel ^d   Huegli, Rolf W ^a   Bilecen, Deniz ^a  

^a University Hospital Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) MRI; BOLD effect; chronic compartment syndrome; microcirculation; peripheral arterial occlusive disease; skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MYOGLOBIN;

AGE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD VOLUME; BOLD SIGNAL; CHRONIC COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPRESSION; CUFF; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EXERCISE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REGION OF INTEREST; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE BOLD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; OXYGEN;

EID: 84862113726     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23536     Document Type: Review

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