Cadaver validation of skeletal muscle measurement by magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-122

  Mitsiopoulos, N ^a   Baumgartner, R N ^b   Heymsfield, S B ^c   Lyons, W ^a   Gallagher, D ^c   Ross, R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Skeletal muscle mass; Subcutaneous adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031829972     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.1.115     Document Type: Article

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