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SUBMITTER: Law J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209420 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Temperature (Austin, Tex.) 20180129 2
Interest in brown adipose tissue has increased in recent years as a potential target for novel obesity, diabetes and metabolic disease treatments. One of the significant limitations to rapid progress has been the difficulty in measuring brown adipose tissue activity, especially in humans. Infrared thermography (IRT) is being increasingly recognized as a valid and complementary method to standard imaging modalities, such as positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT). In contrast to ...[more]