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Measurement of Human Brown Adipose Tissue Volume and Activity Using Anatomic MR Imaging and Functional MR Imaging

Yin-Ching Iris Chen, Aaron M. Cypess, Yih-Chieh Chen, Matthew Palmer, Gerald Kolodny, C. Ronald Kahn and Kenneth K. Kwong
Journal of Nuclear Medicine September 2013, 54 (9) 1584-1587; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.112.117275
Yin-Ching Iris Chen
1Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Aaron M. Cypess
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
3Section of Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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Yih-Chieh Chen
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
4Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Matthew Palmer
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
4Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Gerald Kolodny
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
4Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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C. Ronald Kahn
2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
3Section of Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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Kenneth K. Kwong
1Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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vol. 54 no. 9 1584-1587
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.112.117275
PubMed 
23868958

Published By 
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0161-5505
Online ISSN 
2159-662X
History 
  • Received for publication November 19, 2012
  • Accepted for publication April 8, 2013
  • Published online September 3, 2013.

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  1. Yin-Ching Iris Chen*,1,2,
  2. Aaron M. Cypess*,2,3,
  3. Yih-Chieh Chen2,4,
  4. Matthew Palmer2,4,
  5. Gerald Kolodny2,4,
  6. C. Ronald Kahn2,3 and
  7. Kenneth K. Kwong1,2
  1. 1Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
  2. 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
  3. 3Section of Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and
  4. 4Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
  1. For correspondence contact: Yin-Ching Iris Chen, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Rm. 2301, Bldg. 149, 13th St., Charlestown, MA 02129. E-mail: iris{at}nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
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Journal of Nuclear Medicine Sep 2013, 54 (9) 1584-1587; DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.117275
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