Automatic abdominal fat assessment in obese mice using a segmental shape model

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 866-873

  Tang, Yang ^a   Sharma, Priyank ^a   Nelson, Marvin D ^a   Simerly, Richard ^b   Moats, Rex A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal fat assessment; MRI; obese mice; segmental shape model

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, OBESE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80053027878     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22690     Document Type: Article

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