Muscle architecture assessment: strengths, shortcomings and new frontiers of in vivo imaging techniques

MV Franchi, BJ Raiteri, S Longo, S Sinha… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle structural assembly (and its remodeling in response to loading–unloading
states) can be investigated macroscopically by assessing muscle architecture, described as …

Techniques and applications of skeletal muscle diffusion tensor imaging: a review

J Oudeman, AJ Nederveen, GJ Strijkers… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is increasingly applied to study skeletal muscle physiology,
anatomy, and pathology. The reason for this growing interest is that DTI offers unique …

DTI of human skeletal muscle: the effects of diffusion encoding parameters, signal‐to‐noise ratio and T2 on tensor indices and fiber tracts

M Froeling, AJ Nederveen, K Nicolay… - NMR in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we have performed simulations to address the effects of diffusion encoding
parameters, signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) and T2 on skeletal muscle diffusion tensor indices …

Physical rehabilitation improves muscle function following volumetric muscle loss injury

A Aurora, K Garg, BT Corona, TJ Walters - BMC sports science, medicine …, 2014 - Springer
Background Given the clinical practice of prescribing physical rehabilitation for the treatment
of VML injuries, the present study examined the functional and histomorphological …

Multi‐parametric MRI characterization of healthy human thigh muscles at 3.0 T–relaxation, magnetization transfer, fat/water, and diffusion tensor imaging

K Li, RD Dortch, EB Welch, ND Bryant… - NMR in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Muscle diseases commonly have clinical presentations of inflammation, fat infiltration,
fibrosis, and atrophy. However, the results of existing laboratory tests and clinical …

Eccentric exercise in aging and diseased skeletal muscle: good or bad?

RM Lovering, SV Brooks - Journal of applied Physiology, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Evidence is accumulating regarding the benefits of exercise in people who are more
susceptible to injury, such as the elderly, or those with a neuromuscular disease, for …

Diffusion tensor imaging in the musculoskeletal and peripheral nerve systems: from experimental to clinical applications

V Chianca, D Albano, C Messina, CM Cinnante… - European radiology …, 2017 - Springer
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a well-established imaging modality which is used in
all districts of the musculoskeletal and peripheral nerve systems. More recently, initial …

Determination of three‐dimensional muscle architectures: validation of the DTI‐based fiber tractography method by manual digitization

P Schenk, T Siebert, P Hiepe, D Güllmar… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been used increasingly to investigate
three‐dimensional (3 D) muscle architectures. So far there is no study that has proved the …

N on‐D estructive D etermination of M uscle A rchitectural V ariables T hrough the U se of D ice CT

E Dickinson, H Stark, K Kupczik - The Anatomical Record, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The fascicular architecture of skeletal muscle dictates functional parameters such as force
production and contractile velocity. Muscle microarchitecture is typically determined by …

In vivo anisotropic mechanical properties of dystrophic skeletal muscles measured by anisotropic MR elastographic imaging: the mdx mouse model of muscular …

EC Qin, L Jugé, SA Lambert, V Paradis, R Sinkus… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the utility of mechanical anisotropy (shear storage modulus parallel to
fiber/shear storage modulus perpendicular to fiber) measured by combined magnetic …