MR imaging of skeletal muscle signal alterations: Systematic approach to evaluation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 922-935

  Kumar, Yogesh ^a   Wadhwa, Vibhor ^b   Phillips, Lauren ^c   Pezeshk, Parham ^c   Chhabra, Avneesh ^c  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Edema; MRI; Muscle; Myopathy; Systematic approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISUSE MUSCLE ATROPHY; FIBROMA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; LYMPHOMA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE EDEMA; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE TUMOR; MYOSITIS; MYXOFIBROSARCOMA; MYXOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHADOMYOMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84960347960     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.02.007     Document Type: Review

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