Muscle MRI Correlates With FSHD Children’s Functional Measures

Whole-body muscle MRI correlates with functional measures in children with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and might help evaluate disease severity, according to a study. “This study demonstrates that MR muscle imaging is a potential biomarker of disease staging in pediatric FSHD,” the researchers wrote in “Correlation between whole body…

Muscle MRI Scans Can Serve as Biomarker for DMD Progression

MRI scans of muscle can be used as a biomarker to assess disease progression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and to support the evaluation of different therapies in clinical trials, an analysis showed. “The results of this study provide further support for the use of imaging as an objective,…

Machine Learning Helps Diagnose Specific MD Forms, Study Finds

Machine learning could be used to help diagnose specific forms of muscular dystrophy (MD) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, a study suggests. The study, “Accuracy of a machine learning muscle MRI-based tool for the diagnosis of muscular dystrophies,” was published in the journal…

Muscle MRI Can Predict Functional Deterioration in Patients with Becker MD, Study Says

Researchers have found that skeletal muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correlates with motor function and can help predict the degree of functional deterioration in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). A study with that finding, “Muscle MRI and functional outcome measures in Becker muscular dystrophy,” was published in the…