ea0038oc4.2 | Diabetes and cardiometabolic complications | SFEBES2015
Salem Victoria
, Engbeaya Chioma Izzi
, Jayasinghe Sriyani Maduka
, Thomas David
, Coello Christopher
, Comninos Alexander
, Buckley Adam
, Rabiner Eugenii
, Gunn Roger
, Win Zarni
, Tan Tricia
, Bloom Stephen
, Dhillo Waljit
Background: Obesity is a major medical health problem. Human brown adipose tissue (BAT) is potently activated by cold exposure and is a potential novel anti-obesity target. The current gold standard for measuring BAT activity in humans is 18F-FDG PET/CT. However it has two major limitations exposure to ionizing radiation and high cost. Since BAT is a thermogenic organ located in the supraclavicular and neck regions, we hypothesised that an increase in tempera...