A technique for the measurement of visceral fat by ultrasonography: Comparison of measurements by ultrasonography and computed tomography

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 794-799

  Hirooka, Masashi ^a   Kumagi, Teru ^a   Kurose, Kiyotaka ^a   Nakanishi, Seiji ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Matsuura, Bunzo ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ultrasonography; Visceral fat volume

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SPLENIC VEIN; UMBILICUS; VISCERA;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 24644492896     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.794     Document Type: Article

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