MRI in neuromuscular diseases: an emerging diagnostic tool and biomarker for prognosis and efficacy

JR Dahlqvist, P Widholm, OD Leinhard… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is an unmet need to identify biomarkers sensitive to change in rare, slowly
progressive neuromuscular diseases. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic resonance imaging techniques for the quantitative analysis of skeletal muscle: state of the art

K Engelke, O Chaudry, L Gast, MAB Eldib… - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the dominant 3D imaging modality to
quantify muscle properties in skeletal muscle disorders, in inherited and acquired muscle …

Muscle imaging in myositis: MRI, US, and PET

J Albayda, G Demonceau, PG Carlier - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Ophthalmic magnetic resonance imaging: where are we (heading to)?

T Niendorf, JWM Beenakker, S Langner… - Current eye …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Magnetic resonance imaging of the eye and orbit (MReye) is a cross-domain research field,
combining (bio) physics,(bio) engineering, physiology, data sciences and ophthalmology. A …

Quantitative MRI of skeletal muscle in a cross‐sectional cohort of patients with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3

LAM Otto, WL van der Pol, L Schlaffke… - NMR in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Compositional and functional MRI of skeletal muscle: A review

MT Hooijmans, L Schlaffke, B Bolsterlee… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

MYO-MRI diagnostic protocols in genetic myopathies

JW Chardon, J Díaz-Manera, G Tasca… - Neuromuscular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging has emerged as a useful imaging tool in
diagnosing and characterizing the progression of myopathies and muscular dystrophies …

[HTML][HTML] Myosteatosis: diagnosis, pathophysiology and consequences in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

G Henin, A Loumaye, IA Leclercq, N Lanthier - JHEP Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) sets an increased risk of
multisystemic complications, including muscle changes with sarcopenia and more recently …

Muscle Steatosis and Fibrosis in Older Adults, From the AJR Special Series on Imaging of Fibrosis

L Lenchik, V Mazzoli, PM Cawthon… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
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 …

T2 relaxation‐time mapping in healthy and diseased skeletal muscle using extended phase graph algorithms

KR Keene, JWM Beenakker… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Multi‐echo spin‐echo (MSE) transverse relaxometry mapping using multi‐
component models is used to study disease activity in neuromuscular disease by assessing …