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From: Correlation between musculoskeletal mass and perfusion in patients with gastrointestinal malignancy: a preliminary study based on quantitative CT and CT perfusion

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The measurement methods of bone mineral density (BMD) (a), area of soft tissue (b), area of the viscera (c), and perivertebral muscular mass and fat fraction (d). The average volumetric BMD of L1~L3 vertebral bodies was calculated as BMD value. Total skeletal muscular mass was calculated by subtracting the area of the viscera from the area of soft tissue on the axial image of the central level of L3. The measurement of perivertebral muscular mass and fat fraction was performed within the range manually drawn around perivertebral muscles on the axial image of the central level of L3

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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