Truncal visceral/subcutaneous fat measuring method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A truncal visceral/subcutaneous fat measuring method which comprises the steps of:
- applying a current to a trunk from a pair of current applying electrodes, measuring a potential difference that has occurred in the trunk by a pair of voltage measuring electrodes, and measuring the impedance of the trunk to acquire the visceral fat tissue information and/or subcutaneous fat tissue layer information of the trunk, wherein one of the current applying electrodes is placed on the trunk, and the other current applying electrode is placed on a body part protruding from the trunk.
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Abstract
A current applying electrode is placed on at least one body part which is highly useful in estimating a subcutaneous fat tissue volume on the truncal abdominal circumference, the other current applying electrode is placed on a body part protruding from the trunk, a voltage measuring electrode is placed in the vicinity of the one current applying electrode on the truncal abdominal circumference, and the other voltage measuring electrode is placed on a body part protruding from the trunk which is different from the body part on which the other current applying electrode is placed, to measure the impedance of the trunk so as to acquire the subcutaneous fat tissue layer information of the trunk. A shared electrode serving as a current applying electrode out of a current applying electrode pair and a voltage measuring electrode out of a voltage measuring electrode pair and having a wide electrode area is placed on the trunk and the other current applying electrode and the other voltage measuring electrode are placed on the extremities to measure the impedance of the trunk.
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1. A truncal visceral/subcutaneous fat measuring method which comprises the steps of:
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applying a current to a trunk from a pair of current applying electrodes, measuring a potential difference that has occurred in the trunk by a pair of voltage measuring electrodes, and measuring the impedance of the trunk to acquire the visceral fat tissue information and/or subcutaneous fat tissue layer information of the trunk, wherein one of the current applying electrodes is placed on the trunk, and the other current applying electrode is placed on a body part protruding from the trunk. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 8)
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2. A truncal visceral/subcutaneous fat measuring apparatus which comprises a pair of current applying electrodes for applying a current to a trunk and a pair of voltage measuring electrodes for measuring a potential difference that has occurred in the trunk and which acquires the visceral fat tissue information and/or subcutaneous fat tissue layer information of the trunk by measuring the impedance of the trunk,
wherein one of the current applying electrodes is placed on the trunk, and the other current applying electrode is placed on a body part protruding from the trunk.
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