Mike P. Wattjes, MDDepartment of RadiologyVU University Medical CenterAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDirk Fischer, MDDepartment of NeuropaediatricsUniversity Children's Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland

• Introduction.- Ultrasound.- Computed Tomography.- Conventional MRI.- Advanced and Quantitative MRI Techniques.- Nuclear Medicine Methods.- Peripheral Nerve Imaging.- Introduction.- Morphology of Skeletal Muscle.- Atlas of Topographical Muscle Anatomy.- Normal Ageing Muscle Tissue.- Introduction.- Skeletal Muscle Channelopathies.- Metabolic Myopathies.- Congenital Myopathies.- Congenital Muscular Dystrophies.- Dystrophinopathies.- Emerinopathies and Laminopathies.- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies.- Myofibrillar Myopathies.- Distal Myopathies.- Myotonic Dystrophies.- Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy.- Oculo-Pharyngeal-Muscular Dystrophy.- Diagnostic Algorithms and Differential Diagnosis.- Inflammatory Myopathies.- Toxic and Drug-Induced Myopathies.- Muscle Neoplasm.- Motor Neuron Diseases.- Clinical Applications of Periperal Nerve Imaging.

Mike P. Wattjes, MDDepartment of RadiologyVU University Medical CenterAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDirk Fischer, MDDepartment of NeuropaediatricsUniversity Children's Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland

• Introduction.- Ultrasound.- Computed Tomography.- Conventional MRI.- Advanced and Quantitative MRI Techniques.- Nuclear Medicine Methods.- Peripheral Nerve Imaging.- Introduction.- Morphology of Skeletal Muscle.- Atlas of Topographical Muscle Anatomy.- Normal Ageing Muscle Tissue.- Introduction.- Skeletal Muscle Channelopathies.- Metabolic Myopathies.- Congenital Myopathies.- Congenital Muscular Dystrophies.- Dystrophinopathies.- Emerinopathies and Laminopathies.- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies.- Myofibrillar Myopathies.- Distal Myopathies.- Myotonic Dystrophies.- Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy.- Oculo-Pharyngeal-Muscular Dystrophy.- Diagnostic Algorithms and Differential Diagnosis.- Inflammatory Myopathies.- Toxic and Drug-Induced Myopathies.- Muscle Neoplasm.- Motor Neuron Diseases.- Clinical Applications of Periperal Nerve Imaging.

Mike P. Wattjes, MDDepartment of RadiologyVU University Medical CenterAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDirk Fischer, MDDepartment of NeuropaediatricsUniversity Children's Hospital BaselBasel, Switzerland

• Introduction.- Ultrasound.- Computed Tomography.- Conventional MRI.- Advanced and Quantitative MRI Techniques.- Nuclear Medicine Methods.- Peripheral Nerve Imaging.- Introduction.- Morphology of Skeletal Muscle.- Atlas of Topographical Muscle Anatomy.- Normal Ageing Muscle Tissue.- Introduction.- Skeletal Muscle Channelopathies.- Metabolic Myopathies.- Congenital Myopathies.- Congenital Muscular Dystrophies.- Dystrophinopathies.- Emerinopathies and Laminopathies.- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies.- Myofibrillar Myopathies.- Distal Myopathies.- Myotonic Dystrophies.- Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy.- Oculo-Pharyngeal-Muscular Dystrophy.- Diagnostic Algorithms and Differential Diagnosis.- Inflammatory Myopathies.- Toxic and Drug-Induced Myopathies.- Muscle Neoplasm.- Motor Neuron Diseases.- Clinical Applications of Periperal Nerve Imaging.