Open AccessHuman Brown Fat Radiodensity Indicates Underlying Tissue Composition and Systemic Metabolic Health
Author(s) -
Mueez U-Din,
Juho Raiko,
Teemu Saari,
Virva Saunavaara,
Nobu Kudomi,
Olof Solin,
Riitta Parkkola,
Pirjo Nuutila,
Kirsi A. Virtanen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-2698
Subject(s) - radiodensity , brown adipose tissue , triglyceride , adipose tissue , medicine , radiology , radiography , cholesterol
Metabolic imaging studying brown adipose tissue (BAT) physiology has increased, in which computed tomography (CT) is commonly used as an anatomical reference for metabolic positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. However, the capacity of CT to provide metabolic information has been underexploited.
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