NIH ImageJ and Slice-O-Matic computed tomography imaging software to quantify soft tissue

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 370-376

  Irving, Brian A ^a   Weltman, Judy Y ^a   Brock, David W ^a   Davis, Christopher K ^a,b   Gaesser, Glenn A ^a   Weltman, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body fat distribution; Skeletal muscle; Subcutaneous adipose tissue; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBSERVER VARIATION; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947150402     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.573     Document Type: Article

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