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Quantitative peripheral computed tomography to measure muscle area and assess lean soft tissue mass in children.

Diana Paola Córdoba-RodríguezIris Iglesia AltabaAlejandro Gómez-BrutonMaria Luisa Miguel BergesPaloma Flores-BarrantesJose Antonio CasajusLuis Alberto Moreno AznarGerardo Rodríguez-Martínez
Published in: Annals of human biology (2021)
Our results showed that lower left leg MCSA, measured using pQCT, could be a tool to predict low LSTM in children.
Keyphrases
  • computed tomography
  • young adults
  • soft tissue
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • skeletal muscle
  • positron emission tomography
  • high resolution
  • bone mineral density
  • contrast enhanced
  • image quality