Computed tomography: What and how does it measure?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1499-1504

  Mazonakis, Michalis ^a   Damilakis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Human body compartments; Measurement methods; ody composition

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CACHEXIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTING ENERGY EXPENDITURE; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRABECULAR BONE; WHOLE BODY CT; X RAY TUBE; BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84961120217     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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