The diagnostic value of T2 map, diffusion tensor imaging, and diffusion kurtosis imaging in differentiating dermatomyositis from muscular dystrophy.
Jun RanBin DaiChanyuan LiuHuayue ZhangYitong LiBowen HouXiaoming LiPublished in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2021)
Thigh muscle ADC and MD parameters may be useful in differentiating patients with DM from those with muscular dystrophy.
Keyphrases
- muscular dystrophy
- diffusion weighted imaging
- contrast enhanced
- diffusion weighted
- duchenne muscular dystrophy
- high resolution
- interstitial lung disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- skeletal muscle
- molecular dynamics
- magnetic resonance
- disease activity
- computed tomography
- rheumatoid arthritis
- soft tissue
- high density
- type diabetes
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- glycemic control
- insulin resistance