Rapid in vivo whole body composition of rats using cone beam μCT

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1162-1169

  Granton, Patrick V ^a   Norley, Chris J D ^a   Umoh, Joseph ^a   Turley, Eva A ^b   Frier, Bruce C ^c   Noble, Earl G ^c   Holdsworth, David W ^a,d  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Health Sciences   (Australia)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone mineral content; Microcomputed tomography; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149299473     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00016.2010     Document Type: Article

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