Abstract #5004

Assessment of Spontaneous Mechanical Activities in Musculature by Simultaneous Multi-Slice Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and Fiber-Tractography Data Validation

Martin Schwartz^1,2, Petros Martirosian¹, Guenter Steidle¹, Michael Erb³, Bin Yang², and Fritz Schick¹

¹Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ²Institute of Signal Processing and System Theory, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, ³Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Simultaneous multi-slice diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) was applied on human right calf for imaging Spontaneous Mechanical Activity in Musculature (SMAM) in multiple slices in order to improve assessment of the spatial extension of these spontaneous activities. For data validation, diffusion-tensor images (DTI) were acquired with subsequent fiber tractography to fuse anatomical fiber orientation to spontaneous events in DWI. High accordance between both modalities and reliable application of simultaneous multi-slice diffusion-weighted imaging is demonstrated.

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