Cadaver validation of skeletal muscle measurement by magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography

Mitsiopoulos, N.; Baumgartner, Richard; B. Heymsfield, S.; R. Lyons, W.; Gallagher, Dympna; Ross, Robert

doi:10.1152/jappl.1998.85.1.115

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Cadaver validation of skeletal muscle measurement by magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography

Published in Journal of Applied Physiology • Jul 1, 1998

Authors:

N. Mitsiopoulos

Richard Baumgartner

S. B. Heymsfield

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography (CT) are promising reference methods for quantifying whole body and regional skeletal muscle mass. Earlier MRI and CT validation studies used data-acquisition techniques and data-analysis procedures now outdated, evaluated anatomic rather ...

Subject

Cadaver

Magnetic resonance imaging

Medicine

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