Comparison of methods for assessing abdominal adipose tissue from magnetic resonance images

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2240-2244

  Arif, Hassan ^a   Racette, Susan B ^a   Villareal, Dennis T ^a   Holloszy, John O ^a   Weiss, Edward P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Adipose; Adipose tissue; Body fat distribution; Central obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; COMPUTERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35548991402     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.266     Document Type: Article

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