Semiautomated Measure of Abdominal Adiposity Using Computed Tomography Scan Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The obesity epidemic has prompted the need to better understand the impact of adipose tissue on human pathophysiology. However, accurate, efficient, and replicable models of quantifying adiposity have yet to be developed and clinically implemented. We propose a novel semiautomated radiologic method of measuring the visceral fat area (VFA) using computed tomography scan analysis.

Materials and methods

We obtained a cohort of 100 patients with rectal adenocarcinoma, with a median age of 60.9 y (age range: 35-87 y) and an average body mass index of 28.8 kg/m² ± 6.56 kg/m². The semiautomated quantification method of adiposity was developed using a commercial imaging suite. The method was compared to two manual delineations performed using two dif

SUBMITTER: Srikumar T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7771581 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature