Recent years have seen tremendous progress towards therapy of many previously incurable
neuromuscular diseases. This new context has acted as a driving force for the development …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was initiated in 1977 by Jobsis as a simple, noninvasive
method for measuring the presence of oxygen in muscle and other tissues in vivo. This …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is capable of noninvasively quantifying the
mechanical properties of skeletal muscles in vivo. This information can be clinically useful to …

Purpose The present review highlights current concepts regarding the effects of diabetic
peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in skeletal muscle. It discusses the lack of effective …

Diffusion tensor (DT)‐MRI studies of skeletal muscle provide information about muscle
architecture, microstructure, and damage. However, the effects of noise, the diffusion …

Blood oxygenation‐level dependent (BOLD) MRI has gained particular attention in
functional brain imaging studies, where it can be used to localize areas of brain activation …

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) represent a heterogeneous group of muscle
diseases. Given their potential amenability to immunosuppressive treatment, the early …

Objective To determine if magnetic resonance imaging (MR imaging) is useful in the
diagnostic workup of muscular dystrophies and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies for …

Purpose To determine age‐related changes in MR properties as T2 and T2* relaxation
times, fat content, and magnetization transfer in the human calf, and comparison of these …

Tissue perfusion and oxygenation in many organs can be evaluated by various NMR
techniques. This review focuses on the specificities, limitations and adaptations of the NMR …