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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Data Acquisition and Applications in Human Body Composition

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Quality of the Body Cell Mass

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Abstract

Incremental improvements in our knowledge of body composition are abetted by advances in research technology. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has profoundly influenced body composition research. Measurement of whole body and regional adipose tissue distribution, quantification of lean tissue and its principal constituent skeletal muscle, and the measurement of visceral adipose tissue are among the advantages made possible by MRI. Moreover, evidence suggests that the combination of MR spectroscopy (MRS) and MRI may provide a noninvasive means of assessing the composition of skeletal muscle in vivo. Because there are no known health risks associated with MRI, this methodology is well suited for studying normal subjects, and for serial measurements of the effects of nutritional perturbations on both adipose and lean tissues, particularly visceral adipose and skeletal muscle. An overview will be provided in this chapter of the fundamentals required to understand current and future applications of MRI in body composition research.

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  1. Nutrition Research Center, St. Luke’-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, 10025, USA

    Richard N. Pierson Jr. M.D.

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Ross, R. (2000). Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Data Acquisition and Applications in Human Body Composition. In: Pierson, R.N. (eds) Quality of the Body Cell Mass. Serono Symposia USA. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2090-9_19

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