Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Research Center, Sanno Medical Center Hospital, International University of
Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Clinical Engineering, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Japan
Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan
Copyright © 2013 Ikuo Yokoyama, Toshiyuki Moritan, Yusuke Inoue et al. This is
an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any
medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to Cite this Article
Yokoyama, I. , Moritan, T. and Inoue, Y. (2013) Measurement of lumbar muscle glucose utilization rate can be as useful in estimating skeletal muscle insulin resistance as that of thigh muscle.
Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering,
6, 201-208. doi:
10.4236/jbise.2013.62024.