A quantitative analysis of the extremity muscle in spinal disorders

Autor:	Kunio Ibaraki, Tomohiro Nakasone, Eisaku Nakasone, Tomomi Uezato, Akio Tomori, Hiroaki Takara
Rok vydání:	1986
Předmět:	Upper Arms medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Window level Computed tomography Anatomy Thigh Muscle atrophy medicine.anatomical_structure Window Width Forearm medicine medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Orthopedics & Traumatology. 34:824-828
ISSN:	1349-4333 0037-1033
Popis:	Twenty-nine patients with spinal disorders were examined in order to try to estimate the muscle atrophy of the upper and lower extremities by computed tomography. The main levels of cross-sectional images for measurement were the mid-points of the upper arms and thighs.The results were as follows:1. A basic study using canine muscle revealed that the optimum window level was 50-100 and window width was 400-500, respectively.2. Each muscle of the upper arm and thigh can readily be identified, but that of the forearm and the leg can hardly be defined under computed tomography.In conclusion, the mesurements of the muscle atrophy using the computed tomography were available for quantitaive analysis in some spinal disorders.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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