Optimization of abdominal fat quantification on CT imaging through use of standardized anatomic space: A novel approach

• Published in: Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 063501 - n/a
• Main Authors: Tong, Yubing, Udupa, Jayaram K., Torigian, Drew A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association of Physicists in Medicine 01.06.2014
• Subjects: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; ABDOMEN; Abdominal Fat - diagnostic imaging; ADIPOSE TISSUE; Anatomy; area measurement; Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers; biological tissues; Body Fat Distribution - methods; Calibration; Cluster analysis; Computed tomography; Computerised tomographs; computerised tomography; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; diseases; Diseases and conditions; fat quantification; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; IMAGE PROCESSING; Interpolation; Intra-Abdominal Fat - diagnostic imaging; landmarks; Linear Models; Lumbar Vertebrae; Male; Measuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions; Measuring angles; Measuring areas; Measuring irregularities of surfaces or contours; Measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow, or liquid level; Metering by volume; Medical image segmentation; Medical magnetic resonance imaging; Middle Aged; Nonlinear Dynamics; obesity; OPTIMIZATION; Radiography, Abdominal - methods; RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; Retrospective Studies; Single‐slice; Spatial dimensions (e.g., position, lengths, volume, angles, and displacements); Subcutaneous Fat - diagnostic imaging; Thoracic Vertebrae; Tissue Measurements; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; volume measurement; CT; fat quantification; landmarks; obesity

Purpose: The quantification of body fat plays an important role in the study of numerous diseases. It is common current practice to use the fat area at a single abdominal computed tomography (CT) slice as a marker of the body fat content in studying various disease processes. This paper sets out to...