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 …

Skeletal muscle diffusion tensor‐MRI fiber tracking: rationale, data acquisition and analysis methods, applications and future directions

BM Damon, M Froeling, AKW Buck… - NMR in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The mechanical functions of muscles involve the generation of force and the actuation of
movement by shortening or lengthening under load. These functions are influenced, in part …

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 …

Diffusion‐tensor MRI reveals the complex muscle architecture of the human forearm

M Froeling, AJ Nederveen, DFR Heijtel… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To design a time‐efficient patient‐friendly clinical diffusion tensor MRI protocol and
postprocessing tool to study the complex muscle architecture of the human forearm …

Reliability and robustness of muscle architecture measurements obtained using diffusion tensor imaging with anatomically constrained tractography

B Bolsterlee, A D'Souza, RD Herbert - Journal of biomechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
For detailed analyses of muscle adaptation mechanisms during growth, ageing or disease,
reliable measurements of muscle architecture are required. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) …

Computational bodybuilding: Anatomically-based modeling of human bodies

S Saito, ZY Zhou, L Kavan - ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2015 - dl.acm.org
We propose a method to create a wide range of human body shapes from a single input 3D
anatomy template. Our approach is inspired by biological processes responsible for human …

A three-dimensional approach to pennation angle estimation for human skeletal muscle

D Lee, Z Li, QZ Sohail, K Jackson… - Computer Methods in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Pennation angle (PA) is an important property of human skeletal muscle that plays a
significant role in determining the force contribution of fascicles to skeletal movement. Two …

Nonlocal intracranial cavity extraction

JV Manjón, SF Eskildsen, P Coupé… - … journal of biomedical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Automatic and accurate methods to estimate normalized regional brain volumes from MRI
data are valuable tools which may help to obtain an objective diagnosis and followup of …

Volumetric michell trusses for parametric design & fabrication

R Arora, A Jacobson, TR Langlois, Y Huang… - Proceedings of the 3rd …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
We present the first algorithm for designing volumetric Michell Trusses. Our method uses a
parametrization-based approach to generate trusses made of structural elements aligned …

Active volumetric musculoskeletal systems

Y Fan, J Litven, DK Pai - ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2014 - dl.acm.org
We introduce a new framework for simulating the dynamics of musculoskeletal systems, with
volumetric muscles in close contact and a novel data-driven muscle activation model …