Ultrasound in Body Composition Analysis: Au courant

Dear Editor,

We read with great interest the recently published review entitled “Body composition analysis by radiological imaging – methods, applications, and prospects” by Linder et al. [1]. We would like to congratulate the authors for aiming to provide a narrative review of the current diagnostic imaging in body composition analysis. However, we also want to highlight an imperative (as well as convenient) instrument for body composition analysis, ultrasonography (US), which was absent in their article.

Publication History

Received: 29 April 2024

Accepted: 12 May 2024

Article published online:
11 June 2024

• References

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