Quantitative texture analysis of T2- weighted MR images in polymyositis and dermatomyositis patients

Dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) patients experience intramuscular inflammation and necrosis, eventually progressing to fat infiltration. The gold standard for MRI assessment of fat tissue infiltration is quantitative fat-water MRI. Fat tissue is also detectable using standard contrast-bas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xie, Yuan
Other Authors: E. Brian Welch
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2017
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-08102017-110606/