Multimodal Imaging for the Detection of Brown Adipose Tissue Activation in Women: A Pilot Study Using NIRS and Infrared Thermography.
Valentina HartwigLetizia GuiducciMartina MarinelliLaura PistoiaTommaso Minutoli TegrimiGiorgio IervasiAlfredo Quinones-GalvanAntonio L'AbbatePublished in: Journal of healthcare engineering (2017)
The results show that NIRS/IRT may be a novel, noninvasive, radiation-free, easy to use, and low-cost method for monitoring, during the standard clinical practice, the diet and pharmacological intervention which aims to stimulate BAT as a potential therapeutic target against obesity and diabetes.
Keyphrases
- low cost
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- clinical practice
- weight loss
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- type diabetes
- glycemic control
- randomized controlled trial
- high resolution
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- high fat diet
- high fat diet induced
- physical activity
- weight gain
- pain management
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- label free
- pregnancy outcomes
- real time pcr
- breast cancer risk
- fluorescence imaging
- radiation induced
- radiation therapy
- photodynamic therapy
- quantum dots