Non-invasive analyzer for fat and lean tissue in small animals for nutirtional research

身体组成的变化，即瘦肌肉和脂肪，可以独立于体重的任何显著变化而发生。由于在我们的长期饮食、运动、激素和研究中，身体组成的变化可能受到代谢和免疫学变量的显著影响，因此有必要在研究期间测量同一动物的身体组成变化。使用这种强大技术的优势使我们能够确定身体组织类型的变化是实验操作的直接影响，即饮食，还是与身体成分变化有关的间接影响。我们目前不具备在我们的研究中对小动物的身体组成进行重复的非侵入性测量所需的技术。这项技术的收购将大大提高我们数据收集的质量和能力，并提高我们国际知名营养集团的HQP培训标准。

Changes in body composition, i.e. lean muscle and fat, can occur independent of any significant changes in body weight. Since alterations in body composition can be significantly affected by metabolic and immunological variables in our long term diet, exercise, hormone and studies it is necessary to measure changes in body composition in the same animal over the duration of the study. The advantage of using this powerful technique allows us to determine if changes to the type of body tissue are a direct effect of the experimental manipulation, i.e. diet, or an indirect effect related to changes in body composition. We currently do not possess the technology necessary to make repeated, non-invasive measures of body composition in small animals in our studies. The acquisition of this technology will significantly enhance the excellence in quality and capacity of our data collection and increase the standard of HQP training in our internationally renowned nutrition group.