Lijuan Sun, Sanjay Verma, Navin Michael, Siew Pang Chan, Jianhua Yan, Suresh Anand Sadananthan, Stefan G Camps, Hui Jen Goh, Priya Govindharajulu, John Totman, David Townsend, Julian Pak-Nam Goh, Lei Sun, Bernhard Otto Boehm, Su Chi Lim, Siew Kwan Sze, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Houchun Harry Hu, S Sendhil Velan, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare the associations of positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance (MR), and infrared thermography (IRT) imaging modalities with energy expenditure (EE) after brown adipose tissue (BAT) activation using capsinoid ingestion and cold exposure. METHODS: Twenty participants underwent PET-MR, IRT imaging, and whole-body calorimetry after capsinoid ingestion and cold exposure. Standardized uptake values (SUV) and the fat fraction (FF) of the supraclavicular brown adipose tissue regions were estimated...
July 13, 2019: Obesity