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. 2018 Jan 6;7(1):1–28. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v7.i1.1

Table 4.

Measurement of extracellular volume by newer methods

Methodology Ref.
Methods evaluating body composition
Bioelectrical impedance, bioelectrical impedance vector analysis [115-123]
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry [124-132]
Magnetic resonance imaging [133]
Methods measuring total body water and intracellular volume
Simultaneous measurement of total body water and potassium [134-136]
Methods using GFR markers
Inulin [138,139]
Polyfructosan [140]
51cromium ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (51Cr- EDTA) [141-143]
Iohexol [144]
Technetium diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid (99mTC-DTPA) [145,146]
Iothalamate [147]

GFR: Glomerular filtration rate.