Sarcopenia: Current concepts and imaging implications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2015, Pages W255-W266

  Boutin, Robert D ^a   Yao, Lawrence ^b   Canter, Robert J ^a   Lenchik, Leon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Imaging; Muscle; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; SARCOPENIC OBESITY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; AGE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84942610485     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.15.14635     Document Type: Article

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