Hounsfield Unit dynamics of adipose tissue and non-adipose soft tissues in growing pigs

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-304

  McEvoy, Fintan J ^a   Madsen, Mads T ^b   Strathe, Anders B ^a   Svalastoga, Eiliv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Pig Production   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Hounsfield Unit; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; HIP; HOUNSFIELD UNIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 36849021579     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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