Advances in the technological qualities of imaging modalities for assessing human body
composition have been stimulated by accumulating evidence that individual components of …

Obesity is a threat to public health worldwide primarily due to the comorbidities related to
visceral adiposity, inflammation, and insulin resistance that increase risk for type 2 diabetes …

Methods to quantify total body fat content in humans have provided considerable insight into
obesity and related disorders, the aging process and its associated changes in function, and …

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and is associated with multiple comorbidities. The
mechanisms underlying the relationship between obesity and adverse health outcomes …

The in vivo evaluation of body composition is essential in many clinical investigations, in
order to accurately describe and monitor the nutritional status of a range of medical …

Body composition studies were first recorded around the time of the renaissance, and
advances by the mid-twentieth century facilitated growth in the study of physiology …

In vivo adipose tissue quantification is an important tool to characterize phenotypes of
obesity, especially in the human. The amount and distribution of adipose tissue is …

Body composition analysis based on the characterization of different tissue compartments is
currently experiencing increasing attention by a broad range of medical disciplines for both …

Application of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
represents one of the most important advances in the history of human body composition …

Although obesity is typically defined by body mass index criteria, this does not differentiate
true body fatness, as this includes both body fat and muscle. Therefore, other fat depots may …