APPARATUS TO MEASURE BODY VOLUME AND COMPOSITION

描述：（研究者摘要）：拟定的目的 研究的目的是开发和测试一种新的体积描记方法， 人体体积和组成的测定。 需要一个 实用、准确、非侵入性和低成本的测量装置 身体组成的比例对于一般人群来说是确定的， 特殊医学人群。 过多的身体脂肪与许多 疾病过程，例如，心血管疾病、糖尿病、肺 疾病 瘦肌肉质量不足正在获得认可， 老年人的健康问题。 低出生体重儿通常 患有低热量和蛋白质储备。 该方法基于 分析极小的压力变化对体积的响应 扰动 该程序是完全舒适和最小的病人 必须遵守。 建议进行进一步的研究和开发， 完善该方法，并验证其在一般和选定领域的使用 患者人群。 成功的开发和验证将导致 一种新的身体成分评估方法，将非常有吸引力 用于商业应用。

DESCRIPTION: (Investigator's Abstract): The purpose of the proposed research is to develop and test a novel plethysmographic approach to the determination of human body volume and composition. The need for a practical, accurate, non-invasive and low cost device for the measurement of body composition is well established for the general population and special medical populations. Excess body fat is associated with many disease processes, e.g., cardio-vascular disease, diabetes, pulmonary disease. Insufficient lean muscle mass is gaining recognition as a significant health problem in the elderly. Low birth weight infants often suffer from low caloric and protein reserves. The method is based on analysis of extremely small pressure changes in response to volume perturbation. The procedure is entirely comfortable and minimal patient compliance is required. Further research and development is proposed to refine the approach and validate its use in the general and selected patient populations. Successful development and validation will lead to a new method of body composition assessment that will be highly attractive for commercial application.