Comparison of Low-Dose CT and MR for Measurement of Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue. A Phantom and Human Study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-70

  Yoon, Dae Young ^a   Moon, Jeung Hee ^a   Kim, Heon Kyu ^a   Choi, Chul Soon ^a   Chang, Suk Ki ^a   Yun, Eun Joo ^a   Seo, Young Lan ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); dose reduction; fat quantification; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); phantom study

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36749063616     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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