Imaging techniques for measuring adipose-tissue distribution--a comparison between computed tomography and 1.5-T magnetic resonance

1990/06/01 by JC Seidell, Jacob C. Seidell, CJ Bakker +1 · 376 citations
Chemistry · Medicine · #Abdominal fat #Adipose tissue #Body Composition Measurement Techniques #Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity #Chemistry #Computed tomography #Internal medicine #Magnetic resonance imaging #Medicine #Nuclear medicine #Nutrition and Health in Aging #Obesity #Pathology #Radiology #Reproducibility #Subcutaneous adipose tissue #Subcutaneous fat #Tomography

paper · open access · doi:10.1093/ajcn/51.6.953

published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 51(6), 953-957 (Elsevier BV)

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