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PQCT

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Peripheral quantitative computed tomography, a medical imaging technique used to measure bone density and muscle quality.

medical imaging measurement body composition
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Peter Attia

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Peter Attia mentioned ✓ High confidence
"We did muscle quality from ultrasound and PQCT. And that PQCT is very related to MRI"
From: 378 ‒ Women’s health & performance: how training, nutrition, & hormones interact across life stages • ▶ 1:31:45 • Jan 2026

Attribution: Speaker mentions PQCT as a measurement technique used in their research for muscle quality assessment