Emerging quantitative imaging techniques in sports medicine

D Hayashi, FW Roemer, JL Tol, R Heiss, MD Crema… - Radiology, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
This article describes recent advances in quantitative imaging of musculoskeletal extremity
sports injuries, citing the existing literature evidence and what additional evidence is needed …

Intravoxel incoherent motion magnetic resonance imaging in skeletal muscle: review and future directions

EK Englund, DA Reiter, B Shahidi… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout the body, muscle structure and function can be interrogated using a variety of
noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods. Recently, intravoxel incoherent …

Characterization of lower limb muscle activation patterns during walking and running with Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) MR perfusion imaging

PM Jungmann, C Pfirrmann, C Federau - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The distribution of energy use among different lower limb muscles during
walking and running is not well understood. Local blood flow within skeletal muscle tissue …

[HTML][HTML] The quantification of IntraVoxel incoherent motion–MRI maps cannot preserve texture information: An evaluation based on simulated and in-vivo images

E Scalco, G Rizzo, A Mastropietro - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Radiomics can be applied on parametric maps obtained from IntraVoxel
Incoherent Motion (IVIM) MRI to characterize heterogeneity in diffusion and perfusion tissue …

Four functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques for skeletal muscle exploration, a systematic review

S Caroca, D Villagran, S Chabert - European journal of radiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The study of muscle health has become more relevant lately, due to global
aging and a higher incidence of musculoskeletal pathologies. Current exploration …

Effects of fitting methods, high b-values and image quality on diffusion and perfusion quantification and reproducibility in the calf

YH Nai, X Wang, J Gan, CPL Lian, RF Kirwan… - Computers in Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purposes The study aimed to optimize diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) image acquisition
and analysis protocols in calf muscles by investigating the effects of different model-fitting …

A supervised deep neural network approach with standardized targets for enhanced accuracy of IVIM parameter estimation from multi‐SNR images

A Mastropietro, D Procissi, E Scalco… - NMR in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extraction of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) parameters from noisy diffusion‐weighted
(DW) images using a biexponential fitting model is computationally challenging, and the …

Diffusion‐weighted MRI with intravoxel incoherent motion modeling for assessment of muscle perfusion in the thigh during post‐exercise hyperemia in younger and …

F Adelnia, M Shardell, CM Bergeron… - NMR in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is associated with impaired endothelium‐dependent vasodilation that leads to muscle
perfusion impairment and contributes to organ dysfunction. Impaired muscle perfusion may …

Post‐exercise intramuscular O2 supply is tightly coupled with a higher proximal‐to‐distal ATP synthesis rate in human tibialis anterior

L Heskamp, F Lebbink, MJ van Uden… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Key points The post‐exercise recovery of phosphocreatine, a measure of the oxidative
capacity of muscles, as assessed by 31P MR spectroscopy, shows a striking increase from …

Effect of compression garments on muscle perfusion in delayed‐onset muscle soreness: A quantitative analysis using intravoxel incoherent motion MR perfusion …

A Riexinger, FB Laun, SA Höger… - NMR in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the effect of compression garments
under resting conditions and after the induction of delayed‐onset muscle soreness (DOMS) …