How promising is thermal imaging in the quest to combat obesity?

Imaging in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 589-591

  Symonds, Michael E ^a   Budge, Helen ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brown adipose tissue; development; thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; WATER;

BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MITOCHONDRION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; THERMAL IMAGING; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84871199035     PISSN: 17555191     EISSN: 17555205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/iim.12.55     Document Type: Review

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