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From: Characteristics, changes and influence of body composition during a 4486 km transcontinental ultramarathon: results from the Transeurope Footrace mobile whole body MRI-project

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Semiautomatic separation of adipose bone marrow: selected slices from whole body MRI of a 32-year-old male finisher of TEFR09. I: ankles, II: middle of lower legs, III: knees, IV: middle of upper legs, V: hip/pelvis, VI: umbilical level, VII: upper abdomen, VIII: heart/mediastinum, IX: shoulder girth, X: elbows. Left row: before start (t0), green: TLT, red: SAST, yellow: VAT+INF, blue: ABM. Right row: after 4,120 km of running (t5), green: TLT, red: SAT (=SAST + ABM), yellow: VAT + INF. ABM, adipose bone marrow; INF, intraluminal nutrition fat; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SAST, somatic adipose soft tissue; SAT, somatic adipose tissue; TEFR09, Transeurope Footrace 2009; TLT, total lean tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.

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