ArticleScientific reports2017
Optimizing the methodology for measuring supraclavicular skin temperature using infrared thermography; implications for measuring brown adipose tissue activity in humans.
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- Effects of mirabegron on brown adipose tissue and metabolism in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review on the role of infrared thermography in the Brown adipose tissue assessment.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Infrared Thermography for Estimating Supraclavicular Skin Temperature and BAT Activity in Humans: A Systematic Review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
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- Infrared thermography unveiled the variation of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis among East Asian adults.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- The thermogenic effect of mirabegron ingestion during cool conditions.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Continuous monitoring using thermography can capture the heat oscillations maintaining body temperature in neonates.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- In-vivo detection of white adipose tissue browning: a multimodality imaging approach.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Molecular Imaging of Brown Adipose Tissue Mass.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Optical whispering-gallery mode barcodes for high-precision and wide-range temperature measurements.Light, science & applications · 2021Article
- Semi-automated analysis of supraclavicular thermal images increases speed of brown adipose tissue analysis without increasing variation in results.Current research in physiology · 2021Article
- Fibroblast Growth Factor-21, Leptin, and Adiponectin Responses to Acute Cold-Induced Brown Adipose Tissue Activation.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2020Article
- Brown fat activity determined by infrared thermography and thermogenesis measurement using whole body calorimetry (BRIGHT Study).Physiological research · 2020Article
- MRI Reveals Human Brown Adipose Tissue Is Rapidly Activated in Response to Cold.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2019Article
- Direct detection of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in UCP1-/- mice by hyperpolarizedScientific reports · 2019Article
- Development, activation, and therapeutic potential of thermogenic adipocytes.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2019Review
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Abstract
The discovery of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in adults has sparked interest in its role as a therapeutic target in metabolic disorders. Infrared thermography is a promising way to quantify BAT; however, a standardized methodology has not been established. This study aims to establish a standardized and reproducible protocol to measure thermal response to cold in the supraclavicular area using thermographic imaging. In Phase 1, we compared the thermal response to 12 °C cold after acclimation at either 32 °C or room temperature using thermographic imaging. Repeatability of the 32 °C acclimation trial was studied in a second group in Phase 2. Phase 1 included 28 men (mean age 23.9 ± 5.9 y; mean BMI 25.2 ± 3.9 kg/m
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