Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 62-70 , January 2008

Comparison of Low-Dose CT and MR for Measurement of Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue: A Phantom and Human Study

  • Dae Young Yoon, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 445 Gil-dong Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-701, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D.Y.Y.
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  • Jeung Hee Moon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 445 Gil-dong Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-701, Korea
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  • Heon Kyu Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 445 Gil-dong Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-701, Korea.
    • ,
  • Chul Soon Choi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 445 Gil-dong Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-701, Korea
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  • Suk Ki Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 445 Gil-dong Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-701, Korea
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  • Eun Joo Yun, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 445 Gil-dong Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-701, Korea
    • ,
  • Young Lan Seo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kangdong Seong-Sim Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, 445 Gil-dong Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, 134-701, Korea

Received 14 June 2007 ,Accepted 13 July 2007.

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1 Supported by a grant no. 01-2007-09 from the Hallym University Medical Center Research Fund.

PII: S1076-6332(07)00404-7

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.07.013

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 62-70 , January 2008

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