A feasibility study of altered spatial distribution of losses induced by eddy currents in body composition analysis.
Background: Tomographic imaging has revealed that the body mass index does not give a reliable state of overall fitness. However, high measurement costs make the tomographic imaging unsuitable for large scale studies or repeated individual use. This paper reports an experimental investigation of a n...
| Publicado en: | BioMedical Engineering OnLine Vol. 9; pp. 65 - 66 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
2010
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