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CompletedNCT01049269

Validation and Evaluation of a Portable Body Scanner for Determination of Obesity

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
180 (actual)
Sponsor
University of Texas at Austin · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to validate a portable 3D human body measurement system which will improve approaches in obesity assessment.

Detailed description

Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. A new technique of three-dimensional (3 D) photonic scanning will be used to create and validate a portable instrument that rapidly assesses obesity in clinical and field settings. This new portable body scanner will be a safe and easy method to help determine the incidence and type of obesity.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2007-01-01
Primary completion
2013-07-01
Completion
2013-07-01
First posted
2010-01-14
Last updated
2015-06-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01049269. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.