Pilot study: is there an influence of lower limb positioning during magnetic resonance imaging on muscle cross section shape assessment in the thigh?

Abstract Positioning in an MRI can influence quantitative measures of the muscle. The goal of this pilot study was to assess the influence of different levels of knee elevation during MRI on the predicted cross-sectional muscle shape in the thigh. Data were acquired in three healthy male participant...

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Main Authors: Katja Oberhofer, Matthias Blum, Basil Achermann, Silvio R. Lorenzetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06573-y