Comparison of twice refocused spin echo versus stimulated echo diffusion tensor imaging for tracking muscle fibers

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 624-632

  Noehren, Brian ^a   Andersen, Anders ^a,b   Feiweier, Thorsten ^c   Damon, Bruce ^d,e,f,g   Hardy, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional anisotropy; Muscle fibers; Pennation angle; Quadriceps muscle; Stimulated echo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL TRACKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THIGH; TWICE REFOCUSED SPIN ECHO; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ANISOTROPY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; THIGH;

EID: 84923170826     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24585     Document Type: Article

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