Bookedited by Marc-André Weber.
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 {u2013} 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.