An automated algorithm to identify and quantify brown adipose tissue in human 18F-FDG-PET/CT scans

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1554-1560

  Ruth, Megan R ^a   Wellman, Tyler ^b   Mercier, Gustavo ^a   Szabo, Thomas ^b   Apovian, Caroline M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY REGIONS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK; PARASPINAL SOFT TISSUE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRACLAVICULAR FOSSA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883201321     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20315     Document Type: Article

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