Assessment of regional adipose tissue depots: A DXA and CT comparison in cadavers of elderly persons

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 985-991

  Scafoglieri, Aldo ^a   Deklerck, Rudi ^a,b   Tresignie, Jonathan ^a   De Mey, Johan ^a   Clarys, Jan Pieter ^a   Bautmans, Ivan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Density; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Sampling; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE DENSITY; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MUSCLE TISSUE DENSITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TISSUE DENSITY; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE MASS;

COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; SAMPLING; TISSUE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84881090000     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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