Comparison of 3 T MRI and CT for the measurement of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in humans

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1018, 2012, Pages

  Klopfenstein, Bethany J ^a   Kim, M S ^a   Krisky, C M ^a,b   Szumowski, J ^c   Rooney, W D ^b   Purnell, J Q ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Advanced Imaging Research Center   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UMBILICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866875006     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/57987644     Document Type: Article

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