title: Muscle imaging in inherited and acquired muscle diseases.
abstract: In this review we discuss the use of conventional (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound) and advanced muscle imaging modalities (diffusion tensor imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy) in hereditary and acquired myopathies. We summarize the data on specific patterns of muscle involvement in the major categories of muscle disease and provide recommendations on how to use muscle imaging in this field of neuromuscular disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ten Dam
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van der Kooi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verhamme
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Wattjes
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Visser
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); myopathies