Quantitative assessment of fat infiltration in the rotator cuff muscles using water-fat MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1178-1185

  Nardo, Lorenzo ^a   Karampinos, Dimitrios C ^a,b   Lansdown, Drew A ^a   Carballido Gamio, Julio ^a   Lee, Sonia ^a   Maroldi, Roberto ^c   Ma, C Benjamin ^a   Link, Thomas M ^a   Krug, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

fat quantification; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); rotator cuff; shoulder; water fat imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAT INFILTRATION; FEMALE; GOUTALLIER FAT INFILTRATION CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; WATER FAT MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY WATER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898412190     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24278     Document Type: Article

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