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 …

Compositional and functional MRI of skeletal muscle: A review

MT Hooijmans, L Schlaffke, B Bolsterlee… - Journal of magnetic …, 2024 - 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 …

Clinical applications of skeletal muscle diffusion tensor imaging

T Martín-Noguerol, R Barousse, DE Wessell, I Rossi… - Skeletal Radiology, 2023 - Springer
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) may allow the determination of new threshold values, based
on water anisotropy, to differentiate between healthy muscle and various pathological …

Model‐based reconstructions for intravoxel incoherent motion and diffusion tensor imaging parameter map estimations

SS Rauh, O Maier, OJ Gurney‐Champion… - NMR in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) facilitate
noninvasive quantification of tissue perfusion and diffusion. Both are promising biomarkers …

Investigating skeletal muscle micro-trauma with time-dependent diffusion and the random permeable barrier model

SS Rauh, D Cameron, OJ Gurney-Champion… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Repeated muscle micro-trauma may cause severe muscle damage. Diffusion tensor
imaging (DTI) exhibits sensitivity to microstructural changes in skeletal muscle. We …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning reconstruction for brain diffusion-weighted imaging: efficacy for image quality improvement, apparent diffusion coefficient assessment, and …

S Hanamatsu, K Murayama, Y Ohno… - Diagnostic and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PURPOSE Deep learning reconstruction (DLR) to improve imaging quality has already been
introduced, but no studies have evaluated the effect of DLR on diffusion-weighted imaging …

Assessment of fitting methods and variability of IVIM parameters in muscles of the lumbar spine at rest

EK Englund, DB Berry, JJ Behun, LR Frank… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MRI provides insight into tissue diffusion and perfusion.
Here, estimates of perfusion fraction (f), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*), and diffusion …

From Voxels to Physiology: A Review of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications in Skeletal Muscle

DB Berry, JA Gordon III, V Adair… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle has a classic structure function relationship; both skeletal muscle
microstructure and architecture are directly related to force generating capacity. Biopsy, the …

Virtual biopsy in soft tissue sarcoma. How close are we?

A Arthur, EW Johnston, JM Winfield… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A shift in radiology to a data-driven specialty has been unlocked by synergistic
developments in imaging biomarkers (IB) and computational science. This is advancing the …

Velocity‐compensated intravoxel incoherent motion of the human calf muscle

CM Stuprich, M Loh, JT Nemerth… - Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To determine whether intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) describes the blood
perfusion in muscles better, assuming pseudo diffusion (Bihan Model 1) or ballistic motion …