Automated and reproducible segmentation of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue from abdominal MRI

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1806-1817

  Kullberg, J ^a   Ahlstrom H ^a   Johansson, L ^a   Frimmel, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automated segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reproducibility; Subcutaneous adipose tissue; Validation; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 36448965218     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803671     Document Type: Article

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