Liver fat is reproducibly measured using computed tomography in the Framingham Heart Study

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 894-899

  Speliotes, Elizabeth K ^a,f   Massaro, Joseph M ^b,g   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Foster, Meredith C ^g   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^c,d,f   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,g   Fox, Caroline S ^e,g,h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^h Department of Medical and Population Genetics Broad Institute of Harvard Massachusetts Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; Fatty liver; Measurement; Metabolic syndrome; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER SLICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 44949120981     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05420.x     Document Type: Article

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