Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Skeletal Musculature

Marc Andree Weber, geboren 1979, Studium der Mathematik und Philosophie in Heidelberg und Melbourne. Promotion 2011 in Heidelberg mit einer diesem Buch zugrundeliegenden Arbeit zur personalen Identität. Derzeit Dozent am Philosophischen Seminar der Universität Heidelberg und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Staatswissenschaft und Rechtsphilosophie an der Universität Freiburg. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Theoretische Philosophie, insbesondere philosophische Vagheitstheorien, die Philosophie der Person, Gedankenexperimente

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.

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