Muscle velocity and inertial force from phase contrast MRI

作者：Wentland Andrew L tpq; McWalter Emily J; Pal Saikat; Delp Scott L; Gold Garry E^*

来源：Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2015, 42(2): 526-532.

DOI：10.1002/jmri.24807

• force
• muscle velocity
• velocimetry
• PC MRI
• biomechanical models
• muscle motion

PurposeTo evaluate velocity waveforms in muscle and to create a tool and algorithm for computing and analyzing muscle inertial forces derived from 2D phase contrast (PC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Materials and MethodsPC MRI was performed in the forearm of four healthy volunteers during 1 Hz cycles of wrist flexion-extension as well as in the lower leg of six healthy volunteers during 1 Hz cycles of plantarflexion-dorsiflexion. Inertial forces (F) were derived via the equation F=ma. The mass, m, was derived by multiplying voxel volume by voxel-by-voxel estimates of density via fat-water separation techniques. Acceleration, a, was obtained via the derivative of the PC MRI velocity waveform.
ResultsMean velocities in the flexors of the forearm and lower leg were 1.940.97 cm/s and 5.57 +/- 2.72 cm/s, respectively, as averaged across all subjects; the inertial forces in the flexors of the forearm and lower leg were 1.9 x 10(-3)+/- 1.3 x 10(-3) N and 1.1 x 10(-2)+/- 6.1 x 10(-3) N, respectively, as averaged across all subjects.
ConclusionPC MRI provided a promising means of computing muscle velocities and inertial forcesproviding the first method for quantifying inertial forces. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2015;42:526-532.

• 出版日期2015-8