Abdominal fat volume estimation by stereology on CT: a comparison with manual planimetry

European Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 706-713

  Manios, G E ^a   Mazonakis, M ^a   Voulgaris, C ^a   Karantanas, A ^a   Damilakis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; CT; Fat volume measurement; Planimetry; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MANUAL PLANIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; VOLUMETRY; ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL FAT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84957937675     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3865-2     Document Type: Article

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