Magnetic resonance imaging of the skeletal musculature /

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Imprint:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	Medical Radiology, 0942-5373 Medical radiology (Series)
Subject:	Musculoskeletal system -- Magnetic resonance imaging. Muscular Diseases -- diagnosis. Muscle, Skeletal -- pathology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11083686

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Other authors / contributors:	Weber, Marc-André, editor.
ISBN:	9783642372193 3642372198 364237218X 9783642372186 9783642372186
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 16, 2013).
Summary:	Although muscular diseases are a huge and heterogeneous group, in most cases of progressive disease the result is focal or general muscular weakness that presents as an unspecific symptom. Imaging techniques that offer differential diagnostic clues are therefore urgently needed. Despite this, MRI has to date often been assigned a subsidiary role in the diagnostic work-up of these diseases owing to the frequent inability of routine MRI protocols to detect pathognomonic findings.? This situation is changing with the advent of modern MRI techniques that offer deeper insights into surrogate pathophysiologic parameters, such as muscular microcirculation, sodium homeostasis, energy and lipid metabolism, and muscle fiber architecture. Much higher levels of acceptance and demand by clinicians can be anticipated for these new techniques in the near future, and radiologists will have to face up to the increasing value of MRI of the skeletal musculature.? In this book, recognized experts from around the world provide a comprehensive overview of the value of cutting-edge MRI for the assessment of normal and diseased skeletal muscle. A range of aspects are covered, from the general role of MRI in imaging the skeletal musculature, including in comparison with ultrasonography, through to the current value of MRI in the diagnostic work-up of different diseases. In addition, several chapters present research findings in respect of modern morphological and functional MRI techniques for assessment of the skeletal musculature and provide examples of the added value provided by these techniques when evaluating muscular diseases.
Other form:	Print version: Weber, Marc-André. Magnetic resonance imaging of the skeletal musculature. Heidelberg, [Germany] : Springer, ©2014 xv, 311 pages Medical radiology (Series) 2197-4187 9783642372186
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-642-37219-3

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Role of MRI in imaging the skeletal musculature: Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Skeletal Musculature from a clinical point of view
Correlation of skeletal muscle anatomical to MRI and US findings
Imaging the skeletal muscle? when to use MRI and when to use ultrasound
Part 2: Modern MRI techniques for assessment of the skeletal musculature: Whole-body MRI for evaluation of the entire skeletal system
Diffusion-weighted and diffusion-tensor imaging: Applications in skeletal muscles
Assessment of skeletal muscle perfusion using MRI (DCE, ASL, BOLD)
Skeletal muscle MR imaging beyond protons
MR spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging for evaluation of skeletal muscle metabolism: Basics and applications in metabolic myopathies
Part 3: MRI in the diagnostic work-up of the skeletal musculature: MRI of muscle injuries, such as muscle strains
MRI in neurogenic myopathies and muscle denervation
MRI in muscle dystrophies and other myogenic myopathies
MRI in inflammatory myopathies and autoimmune-mediated myositis
MRI in muscular channelopathies and myotonias
MRI in muscle tumours and tumours of the muscle sheaths.

Magnetic resonance imaging of the skeletal musculature /

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