Measurement of visceral fat/subcutaneous fat ratio by 0.3 Tesla MRI

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 584-587

  Gomi, Tatsuya ^a   Kawawa, Yoko ^a   Nagamoto, Masashi ^a   Terada, Hitoshi ^a   Kohda, Ehiichi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

0.3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging; Subcutaneous fat; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STANDARD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 31444453165     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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