In Vivo Body Composition Studies: Recent Advances

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Infant Body Composition Measurements as an Assessment of Nutritional Status....Pages 1-14
Body Composition in Cystic Fibrosis....Pages 15-21
Body Composition Studies in Cystic Fibrosis and Myelomeningocele....Pages 23-29
Body Compartment Changes in Sick Children....Pages 31-38
Mineral Status in Preterm Infants as Measured by Single Photon Absorptiometry....Pages 39-44
Bioelectrical Impedance Indices in Protein-Energy Malnourished Children as an Indicator of Total Body Water Status....Pages 45-49
Anthropometry and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Newborns with Intrauterine Growth Retardation....Pages 51-54
Extracellular Water Estimated by the Bromide Dilution Method from Samples of Urine, Saliva, And Plasma....Pages 55-59
Post-Menopausal Osteoporosis and Measurements of Body Composition....Pages 61-73
Longitudinal Study of Total Body Calcium Measurements in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Correlations with Quantitative CT and Single Photon Absorptiometry....Pages 75-78
The Relationship Between Spinal Trabecular Bone Mineral Content and Iliac Crest Trabecular Bone Volume....Pages 79-82
Clinical Studies on Osteoporosis....Pages 83-88
Alterations of Bone Minerals in Uremic Patients and Renal Graft Recipients....Pages 89-93
Body Composition Studies in Premenopausal Healthy Women....Pages 95-99
Total and Regional Bone Mass in Healthy and Osteoporotic Women....Pages 101-106
Evaluation of Methods of Bone Mass Measurement....Pages 107-116
Determination of Bone Mineral Content in the Heel Bone by Dual Photon Absorptiometry....Pages 117-119
A Facility for the In Vivo Measurement of Ca and P Content in the Human Hand....Pages 121-123
Local Body Composition Measurements by NMR....Pages 125-132
A Clinical Approach to Body Composition in Wasting....Pages 133-142
Mechanism of Reduction of Total Body Potassium in Malnutrition....Pages 143-147
Assessment of Body Composition in Anorexic Patients....Pages 149-154
The Role of Body Protein Studies in Clinical Trials....Pages 155-169
Total Body Nitrogen and Potassium Determination in Patients During Cis-Platin Treatment....Pages 171-175
Clinical Studies of Total Body Nitrogen in an Australian Hospital....Pages 177-182
Body Composition for the Investigation of Obesity....Pages 183-190
Dual Photon Absorptiometry in Obesity: Effects of Massive Weight Loss....Pages 191-196
Body Fat and Adipose Tissue Determinations by Computed Tomography and by Measurements of Total Body Potassium....Pages 197-218
Studies of Soft Tissue Body Composition Using Single and Dual Photon Absorptiometry....Pages 219-225
Comparison of Conductivity, Impedance and Density Methods for Body Composition Assessment of Obese Women....Pages 227-229
Sleep and Body Composition....Pages 231-235
Issues of Lead Toxicity....Pages 237-246
Measurements of Trace Elements In Vivo ....Pages 247-257
The Measurement of Bone Lead Content in Patients With End Stage Renal Failure....Pages 259-262
In Vivo Measurements of Lead in Bone....Pages 263-265
Distribution of Lead in Human Bone: I. Atomic Absorption Measurements....Pages 267-274
Distribution of Lead in Human Bone: II. Proton Microprobe Measurements....Pages 275-280
Distribution of Lead in Human Bone: III. Synchrotron X-Ray Microscope Measurements....Pages 281-286
Automated Bone Lead Analysis by K-X-Ray Fluorescence for the Clinical Environment....Pages 287-292
Trace Elemental Analysis in Bone Using X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 293-296
Further Improvements of XRF Analysis of Cadmium In Vivo ....Pages 297-301
Recent Developments in the Prompt-Gamma Total Body Nitrogen Measurement Facility of the Toronto General Hospital....Pages 303-308
Performance of the Delayed- and Prompt-Gamma Neutron Activation Systems at Brookhaven National Laboratory....Pages 309-315
High Precision In-Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis: A New Era for Compartmental Analysis in Body Composition....Pages 317-325
Dual Photon Absorptiometry: Validation of Mineral and Fat Measurements....Pages 327-337
Measurement of Body Fat by Neutron Inelastic Scattering: Comments on Installation, Operation and Error Analysis....Pages 339-346
Prompt Gamma Measurements of Nitrogen and Chlorine in Normal Volunteers....Pages 347-352
Determination of Total Body Calcium by Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis: Absolute In Vivo Measurements....Pages 353-356
Distribution of Body Water in Rats....Pages 357-360
Rn-222 and Rn-222 Progeny in the Human Body: Effect on In Vivo K-40 Measurements....Pages 361-363
Applications of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis: A Critical Review....Pages 365-374
The Use of Segmental Bioelectric Impedance in Estimating Body Composition....Pages 375-385
Trim: An Electromagnetic Body Composition Analyser....Pages 387-390
The Assessment of the Body Composition in the Elderly by Densitometry, Anthropometry and Bioelectrical Impedance....Pages 391-393
A Method for in Vivo Determination of Carbon and Oxygen Using Prompt Gamma Radiations Induced by 14.7-MeV Neutrons....Pages 395-400
Development of a Total Body Chlorine Analyser Using a Bismuth Germanate Detector System and a 252 Cf Neutron Source....Pages 401-408
The in Vivo Precision of Broadband Ultrasonic Attenuation....Pages 409-411
Feasibility Studies in the In Vivo Measurement of Iron in Synovial Membrane....Pages 413-418
In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy....Pages 419-426
Body Composition by Dual-Photon Absorptiometry and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry....Pages 427-432
The Use of Electrical Impedance and Infra-Red Interactance to Determine Non Water Lean Component of Fat Free Mass....Pages 433-435
Development of a Technique to Measure Bone Aluminium In Vivo Using a CF-252 Neutron Source....Pages 437-438
Back Matter....Pages 439-448