Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
351-02-001 / 351-02-001 ISMRM Abstract

Detection of Spontaneous Muscular Contractions at Rest: A Comparison of DW-MRI to Clinically Established Methods

Primary: Musculoskeletal - Muscle
Secondary: Musculoskeletal - Other Musculoskeletal
351-02-001 · MSK: Everything, Everywhere, and All at Once · Monday, 11 May, 1:50 PM–3:26 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 1
351-02-001 · MSK: Everything, Everywhere, and All at Once · Monday, 11 May, 1:50 PM–3:26 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 1
Keywords: Comparative Study New contrast technique Spontaneous Muscular Activities Resting Muscle Muscle Function
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Martin Schwartz 1, Petros Martirosian1, Julia Wittlinger2,3, Thorsten Feiweier4, Günter Steidle1, Bin Yang5, Ludger Schöls2,6,7, Fritz Schick1
1Section on Experimental Radiology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
2Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tuebingen, Germany
3Department of Neurology and Epileptology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
4MR Research & Clinical Translation, Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen, Germany
5Institute of Signal Processing and System Theory, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
6Center for Neurology, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tübingen, Germany
7: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany
Presenting Author: Martin Schwartz

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References

1. Steidle G, Schick F; Addressing spontaneous signal voids in repetitive single-shot DWI of musculature: spatial and temporal patterns in the calves of healthy volun-teers and consideration of unintended muscle activities as underlying mechanism, NMR Biomed, PMID: 25943431, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3311, 2015 [doi] [pmid]
2. Schwartz M, Steidle G, Martirosian P, Ramos-Murguialday A, Preißl H, Stemmer A, Yang B, Schick F; Spontaneous Mechanical and Electrical Activities of Human Calf Musculature at Rest Assessed by Repetitive Single-Shot Diffusion-Weighted MRI and Simultaneous Surface Electromyography, Magn Reson Med, PMID: 28921633, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26921, 2018 [doi] [pmid]
3. Heskamp L, Birkbeck MG, Hall J, Schofield IS, Bashford J, Williams TL, De Oliveira HM, Whittaker RG, Blamire AM; Whole-body fasciculation detection in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using motor unit MRI, Clin Neurophysiol, PMID: 38448302, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.02.016, 2024 [doi] [pmid]
4. Schwartz M, Martirosian P, Steidle G, Yang B, Schöls L, Synofzik M, Schick F; MR imaging and analysis of spontaneous muscular activities in several body regions of healthy subjects and patients with neuromuscular dis-ease: preliminary results, Conference: Imaging in Neuromuscular Disease, 2019
5. Schwartz M, Martirosian P, Steidle G, Küstner T, Yang B, Stemmer A, Feiweier T, Schöls L, Synofzik M, Schick F; Measuring Spontaneous Muscular Activities in Neuromuscular Disease: Preliminary Results, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting ISMRM, 2020
6. Whittaker RG, Porcari P, Braz L, Williams TL, Schofield IS, Blamire AM; Functional magnetic resonance imaging of human motor unit fasciculation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Ann Neurol, PMID: 30688362, DOI: 10.1002/ana.25422, 2019 [doi] [pmid]
7. Schwartz M, Martirosian P, Steidle G, Feiweier T, Yang B, Schöls L, Schick F; Quantitative spatial and temporal analysis of spontaneous muscular activities visualized by diffusion-weighted imaging, Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting ESMRMB, 2023
8. Schwartz M, Martirosian P, Steidle G, Feiweier T, Yang B, Schick F; Simulation of the Capability of Diffusion-Weighted Stimulated-Echo Imaging to Visualize Spontaneous Muscular Activities in Resting Musculature, Proceedings of the Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB, 2022

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