Validation of a generic approach to muscle water T2 determination at 3T in fat-infiltrated skeletal muscle

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 645-653

  Azzabou, Noura ^a,b   De Sousa, Paulo Loureiro ^a,b   Caldas, Ericky ^a,b   Carlier, Pierre G ^a,b  

^a AIM CEA   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

B1 transmit based sorting; Fat infiltration; Muscle T2; Tri exponential fit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE WATER T2 DETERMINATION; STANDARD DIXON APPROACH; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; TRI EXPONENTIAL FITTING APPROACH; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

WATER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; WATER;

EID: 84923181567     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24613     Document Type: Article

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