Bruce M. Damon1, Jane H. Park, J. Herman Kan1
1Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Diffusion imaging may reflect muscle damage in a manner distinct from T2, but can be confounded by fat infiltration. In this work it is shown that by combining asymmetric spin-echo Dixon imaging with diffusion measurements, improved estimates of the water diffusion properties of skeletal muscle can be obtained.
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