Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 19-25 , January 2006

Evaluation of diffusional anisotropy and microscopic structure in skeletal muscles using magnetic resonance

  • Takako Saotome

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5841 3568; fax: +81 3 5841 3568.
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  • Masaki Sekino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • ,
  • Fumio Eto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
    • ,
  • Shoogo Ueno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Received 3 February 2005 ,Revised 30 September 2005 ,Accepted 30 September 2005.

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PII: S0730-725X(05)00297-3

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.09.009

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 19-25 , January 2006

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