Infrared thermography in the detection of brown adipose tissue in humans

Physiological Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Jang, Christina ^a,b   Jalapu, Sandya ^b   Thuzar, Moe ^a,b   Law, Phillip W ^a,b   Jeavons, Susanne ^b   Barclay, Johanna L ^a   Ho, Ken K Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Human; Infrared thermography; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; THORAX;

EID: 85003698520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12167     Document Type: Article

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