muscle degeneration

New imaging technique may better monitor muscle disease than MRI

A new noninvasive imaging technique was found to be better than standard approaches like MRI or ultrasound for visualizing diseased muscles in people with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD), according to a recent study. The technique, called multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT), uses light and sound waves to visualize the deeper…

Quantitative Muscle MRI Can Help Monitor Late-onset Pompe Disease, Study Shows

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) seems to be an effective and efficient tool to evaluate muscular status and monitor patients with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD), according to researchers. Their study, “Quantitative muscle MRI to follow up late onset Pompe patients: a prospective study,” was published in the…