Comparisons between fat measurements by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, magnetic resonance imaging and underwater weighing

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 457-459

  Tothill, P ^a   Han, T S ^b   Avenell, A ^b   McNeill, G ^b   Reid, D M ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; WEIGHING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DXA); UNDERWATER WEIGHING (UWW);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032079733     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00053-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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