Thermal imaging is a non-invasive alternative to PET-CT for measurement of brown adipose tissue activity in humans

Thermal imaging is a non-invasive alternative to PET-CT for measurement of brown adipose tissue activity in humans

Background Obesity and its metabolic consequences are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) utilises glucose and free fatty acids to produce heat, thereby increasing energy expenditure. Effective evaluation of human BAT stimulators is constrained by current standard B...

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Main Authors: Law, James, Morris, David E., Izzi Engbeaya, Chioma, Salem, Victoria, Coello, Christopher, Robinson, Lindsay J., Jayasinghe, Maduka, Scott, Rebecca, Gunn, Roger, Rabiner, Eugenii, Tan, Tricia, Dhillo, Waljit S., Bloom, Stephen, Budge, Helen, Symonds, Michael E.
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Society of Nuclear Medicine 2018
Subjects:
Brown adipose tissue
Thermal imaging
Infrared thermography
PET-CT
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44418/

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