Ultrasound Measurement of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Thickness Accurately Predicts Total and Segmental Body Fat of Young Adults

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-34

  Leahy, Siobhan ^a   Toomey, Clodagh ^a   McCreesh, Karen ^a   O'Neill, Cian ^a   Jakeman, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body fat; DXA; Fat mass; Segmental composition; Subcutaneous fat; Ultrasonography; Young adult

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FATS; DXA; FAT MASS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FORECASTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC CREST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL CALF SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTAL FAT MASS; SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS; THIGH; TRICEPS SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055186413     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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