Measurement of skeletal muscle radiation attenuation and basis of its biological variation

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 489-497

  Aubrey, J ^a   Esfandiari, N ^a   Baracos, V E ^a   Buteau, F A ^a   Frenette, J ^b   Putman, C T ^a   Mazurak, V C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hounsfield units; Muscle attenuation; Muscle density; Myosteatosis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; LIPID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAT CONTENT; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; MYOSITIS; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; MUSCLE ATTENUATION; MUSCLE DENSITY; MYOSTEATOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893458950     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12224     Document Type: Review

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