The muscular dystrophies are rare orphan diseases, characterized by progressive muscle
weakness: the most common and well known is Duchenne muscular dystrophy which affects …

Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the dominant 3D imaging modality to
quantify muscle properties in skeletal muscle disorders, in inherited and acquired muscle …

Neuromuscular diseases are characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and
muscle weakness resulting in functional disabilities. While each of these diseases is …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate temporal stability, multi‐center reproducibility and
the influence of covariates on a multimodal MR protocol for quantitative muscle imaging and …

Imaging is an important tool in the evaluation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. It plays
a role in diagnosis, assessment of disease activity and follow-up, and as a non-invasive …

Background Inclusion body myositis is the most frequent myositis in patients older than 50
years. Classical immunosuppressants are ineffective in treating inclusion body myositis, and …

Due to its exceptional sensitivity to soft tissues, MRI has been extensively utilized to assess
anatomical muscle parameters such as muscle volume and cross‐sectional area …

The aim of this study was to document upper leg involvement in spinal muscular atrophy
(SMA) with quantitative MRI (qMRI) in a cross‐sectional cohort of patients of varying type …

The purpose of this article is to review steatosis and fibrosis of skeletal muscle, focusing on
older adults. Although CT, MRI, and ultrasound are commonly used to image skeletal …

It is evident that MRI, ultrasound and PET/CT have important roles in myositis. Continued
technological advancement and a quest for more sophisticated applications help drive …