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Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Skeletal Muscle Disease
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2016
Neuromuscular diseases often exhibit a temporally varying, spatially heterogeneous, and multi-faceted pathology. The goal of this protocol is to characterize this pathology using non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging methods.
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Molecular Imaging to Target Transplanted Muscle Progenitor Cells
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2013
A non-invasive means to evaluate the success of myoblast transplantation is described. The method takes advantage of a unified fusion reporter gene composed of genes whose expression can be imaged with different imaging modalities. Here, we make use of a fluc reporter gene sequence to target cells via bioluminescence imaging.
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In Vivo Imaging of Muscle-tendon Morphogenesis in Drosophila Pupae
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2018
Here, we present an easy-to-use and versatile method to perform live imaging of developmental processes in general and muscle-tendon morphogenesis in particular in living Drosophila pupae.
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The Mouse Cremaster Muscle Preparation for Intravital Imaging of the Microcirculation
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2011
A tissue preparation is described for visualization and experimental manipulation of the living microcirculation. In anesthetized male mice, the thin, highly vascularized cremaster muscle is prepared for intravital microscopy to study microvascular networks including arterioles, capillaries and venules. This preparation is readily adapted for rats and hamsters.
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Using 23Na Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Measure Sodium in Muscle Tissues
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2025
Source:Lale Ertuglu1, Michael Pridmore2, Rachelle Crescenzi2,3, Annet Kirabo41Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.2Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.3Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University.4Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.This video demonstrates the quantification of sodium content in human tissues using sodium...
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The modalities generate contrast in different ways: MRI uses magnetic fields and radiofrequency signals, ultrasound uses reflected high-frequency sound waves, and CT uses X-rays. MRI supplies detailed soft-tissue images, ultrasound forms images from returning echoes, and CT assesses anatomy and associated injury. These differences help clinicians select an approach suited to the clinical question.
Computed tomography contributes by using X-rays to assess anatomy and associated injury. Within the broader group of muscle imaging methods, this provides an anatomical assessment that complements MRI’s detailed soft-tissue imaging and ultrasound’s sound-wave-based images. Its findings can therefore contribute to characterizing muscle problems when injury or related anatomy requires evaluation.
Because it visualizes muscle without surgical exploration, muscle imaging can provide evidence during diagnosis and treatment. The findings can help characterize an abnormality, support a procedure, and later show recovery or a response to therapy. This connects image-based assessment with clinical decisions while avoiding the need to inspect muscle surgically.
For procedure planning, clinicians use the visible muscle abnormality to support decisions about where and how to intervene. The source material identifies procedure guidance as a clinical role for muscle imaging, alongside diagnosis and treatment. Its value is that imaging connects the detected abnormality with a targeted medical action.
In neuromuscular disease, imaging can show disease-related changes in muscle and help clinicians characterize them. This provides a noninvasive way to examine affected tissue when assessing the condition, complementing the broader diagnostic role of muscle imaging. The findings may also contribute to treatment planning when disease-related abnormalities need clinical attention.
After treatment, clinicians can use muscle imaging to monitor recovery and evaluate whether therapy is producing an observable change. Imaging can document muscle abnormalities over the course of care, allowing those findings to be considered alongside the treatment plan. This makes the technique relevant not only to initial assessment, but also to follow-up decisions.