Applications of Diffusion‐Weighted MRI to the Musculoskeletal System

JG Raya, A Duarte, N Wang, V Mazzoli… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) is an established MRI technique that can investigate
tissue microstructure at the scale of a few micrometers. Musculoskeletal tissues typically …

Exploration of new contrasts, targets, and MR imaging and spectroscopy techniques for neuromuscular disease–a workshop report of working group 3 of the …

GJ Strijkers, ECA Araujo, N Azzabou… - Journal of …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Neuromuscular diseases are characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and
muscle weakness resulting in functional disabilities. While each of these diseases is …

Relationships between tissue microstructure and the diffusion tensor in simulated skeletal muscle

DB Berry, B Regner, V Galinsky… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To establish a series of relationships defining how muscle microstructure and
diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) are related. Methods The relationship among key …

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 …

Novel insights into in‐vivo diffusion tensor cardiovascular magnetic resonance using computational modelling and a histology‐based virtual microstructure

JN Rose, S Nielles‐Vallespin… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop histology‐informed simulations of diffusion tensor cardiovascular
magnetic resonance (DT‐CMR) for typical in‐vivo pulse sequences and determine their …

Varying diffusion time to discriminate between simulated skeletal muscle injury models using stimulated echo diffusion tensor imaging

DB Berry, EK Englund, V Galinsky… - Magnetic resonance …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Evaluate the relationship between muscle microstructure, diffusion time (Δ), and the
diffusion tensor (DT) to identify the optimal Δ where changes in muscle fiber size may be …

Fractional calculus models of magnetic resonance phenomena: relaxation and diffusion

R Magin, MG Hall, MM Karaman… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2020 - dl.begellhouse.com
Applications of fractional calculus in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have increased
over the last twenty years. From the mathematical, computational, and biophysical …

Monte Carlo simulation of water diffusion through cardiac tissue models

Y **g, IE Magnin, C Frindel - Medical Engineering & Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo diffusion simulations are commonly used to establish a reliable ground truth of
tissue microstructure, including for the validation of diffusion-weighted MRI. However …

Magnetic resonance monitoring of disease progression in mdx mice on different genetic backgrounds

R Vohra, A Batra, SC Forbes, K Vandenborne… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Genetic modifiers alter disease progression in both preclinical models and subjects with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Using multiparametric magnetic resonance (MR) …

Diffusion tensor imaging and diffusion modeling: application to monitoring changes in the medial gastrocnemius in disuse atrophy induced by unilateral limb …

V Malis, U Sinha, R Csapo, M Narici… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) assesses underlying tissue microstructure, and
has been applied to studying skeletal muscle. Unloading of the lower leg causes decreases …