Adipose tissue quantification by imaging methods: A proposed classification

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-16

  Shen, Wei ^a,b   Wang, ZiMian ^a,b   Punyanita, Mark ^a,b   Lei, Jianbo ^a,b   Sinav, Ahmet ^b   Kral, John G ^c   Imielinska, Celina ^b   Ross, Robert ^d   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body fat; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; VISCERA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCERA;

EID: 0038411470     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.3     Document Type: Review

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