Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Skeletal Musculature

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.