Improved anatomical reproducibility in quantitative lower-limb muscle MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1033-1038

  Fischmann, Arne ^a,b,c   Morrow, Jasper M ^c   Sinclair, Christopher D J ^c   Reilly, Mary M ^c   Hanna, Michael G ^c   Yousry, Tarek ^c   Thornton, John S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); muscle; patient positioning; quantitative MRI; repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THIGH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MUSCLE; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUANTITATIVE MRI; REPEATABILITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897027608     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24220     Document Type: Article

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