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Progress in magnetic resonance imaging application of acute muscle strain
LIAO Hongli  DAI Lisong  ZHOU Hongmei  XU Xiangyang 

Cite this article as: Liao HL, Dai LS, Zhou HM, et al. Progress in magnetic resonance imaging application of acute muscle strain[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(1): 121-124. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.01.030.


[Abstract] Acute muscle strain is defined as an acute indirect muscle injury and is common in daily life. In clinical practice, it is difficult to accurately diagnose based on symptoms and physical examination. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has high soft tissue resolution and is critical for the diagnosis and prognosis evaluation of acute muscle strain. Novel MRI techniques developed in recent years, including muscle MR elastography (MRE), T2 mapping, magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), make it possible to observe the micro structure of strained muscle and provide quantitative and objective evidence for the diagnosis of acute muscle strain. This article reviews the various MRI techniques for acute muscle strain.
[Keywords] acute muscle strain；magnetic resonance imaging；magnetic resonance elastography；T2 mapping；diffusion weighted imaging；diffusion tensor imaging；magnetic resonance spectroscopy

LIAO Hongli   DAI Lisong   ZHOU Hongmei   XU Xiangyang*  

Department of Radiology, Liyuan Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430077, China

*Corresponding author: Xu XY, E-mail: xuxy169@hotmail.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2020-09-06
Accepted  2020-11-28
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.01.030
Cite this article as: Liao HL, Dai LS, Zhou HM, et al. Progress in magnetic resonance imaging application of acute muscle strain[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(1): 121-124. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.01.030.

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