MR-based assessment of body fat distribution and characteristics

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1512-1518

  Baum, Thomas ^a   Cordes, Christian ^a   Dieckmeyer, Michael ^a   Ruschke, Stefan ^a   Franz, Daniela ^a   Hauner, Hans ^a,b   Kirschke, Jan S ^a   Karampinos, Dimitrios C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body fat characteristics; Body fat distribution; Fat imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE MARROW; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; FAT CONTENT; GLYCATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLIC DISEASES;

EID: 84978872420     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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