A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE

A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE

Provided are body fat measuring techniques employed to date, usually applying a certain level of force to the tissue causing narrowing of the adipose tissue layer at the time of measuring. This creates a bias in the adipose layer thickness measurement results that is not accounted for when employing...

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Hauptverfasser: ROSENBERG AVNER, NAHSHON GENADY, KANTAROVICH EDWARD
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Sprache:eng ; kor
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HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:Provided are body fat measuring techniques employed to date, usually applying a certain level of force to the tissue causing narrowing of the adipose tissue layer at the time of measuring. This creates a bias in the adipose layer thickness measurement results that is not accounted for when employing these methods. Provided is a current apparatus and method offering a solution for accounting for this bias thus improving the accuracy of body fat measurements.