Reproducibility and validity of ultrasound for the measurement of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissues

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1512-1519

  Schlecht, Inga ^a   Wiggermann, Philipp ^b   Behrens, Gundula ^a   Fischer, Beate ^a   Koch, Manja ^c   Freese, Johanna ^d   Rubin, Diana ^e   Nöthlings, Ute ^d   Stroszczynski, Christian ^b   Leitzmann, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat compartments; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reproducibility; Ultrasound; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922130092     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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