Diffusion property differences of the lower leg musculature between athletes and non-athletes using 1.5T MRI

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-284

  Okamoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Mori, Shintaro ^b   Kujiraoka, Yuka ^c   Nasu, Katsuhiro ^a   Hirano, Yuji ^a   Minami, Manabu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Tsukuba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adc; Diffusion property; DTI; Eigenvalue; Hypertrophy; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ATHLETES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LEG; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865021881     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-011-0294-3     Document Type: Article

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