Spins and Twitches: Reproducible MR Imaging of the Skeletal Muscle

Investigating neuromuscular diseases requires detecting subtle changes in muscle composition and functionality, which is challenging in a scenario where the investigated diseases are rare in occurrence. For this reason, enabling cooperation among institutions and aiming for multicentric studies is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, reproducible, quantitative methods need to be developed and disseminated. The research at the Basel Muscle MRI (BAMM) group has focused on investigating quantitative biomarkers of muscle health and translating them into clinical reality, not only for the study of tissue composition but for the evaluation of muscle functionality too. To this end, alongside more classical relaxometry and fat/water quantification, the rising importance of dynamic muscle imaging will also be presente

PD Dr Francesco Santini

The lecture will be held in sitem-insel (Room O2.211), Freiburgstr. 3, Bern followed by an Apéro and discussion and networking

via zoom https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/66256483922?pwd=aE1kTFg5aUZza1JmWEJxZDVsdnV5dz09

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