Global T2 versus water T2 in NMR imaging of fatty infiltrated muscles: Different methodology, different information and different implications

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 390-392

  Carlier, Pierre G ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fat infiltration; MRI; Muscle; Muscular dystrophy; Quantitative imaging; T2

Indexed keywords

LIPID; WATER;

DISEASE ACTIVITY; FAT INFILTRATION; HUMAN; LIPID TRANSPORT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELAXATION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WATER TRANSPORT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BODY WATER; DISEASE COURSE; METABOLISM; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POLYMYOSITIS; PROCEDURES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; POLYMYOSITIS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 84899115435     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2014.02.009     Document Type: Note

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