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Clinical Anthropometrics and Body Composition from 3-Dimensional Optical Imaging
Published on: June 7, 2024
[Measurement of human body composition: in vivo techniques and related evaluation]
Qiangpu Chen1, Tingliang Fu, Kun Ou
1Clinical Nutrition Centre, Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical College, Binzhou 256603, China. drcqp@263.net
Abstract:
The in vivo techniques for studying human body composition have built up an important field and are continuing to be developed. This review provides an overview of the present status of this field and describes the in vivo techniques used in mearsuring human body composition such as anthropometry, metabolites method, densitometry, dilution method, total body potassium, neutron activation analysis, bioelectrical impedance analysis, dual energy X ray absorptiometry and imaging method. The review also introduces the principle, method and value of these techniques.
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