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Rapid Automated Measurement of Body Fat Distribution from Whole-Body MRI

¹ Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, 11 Ireland.
² Vision Systems Group, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to determine the feasibility of using computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) techniques to automatically identify, localize, and measure body fat tissue from a rapid whole-body MRI examination.

CONCLUSION. Whole-body MRI in conjunction with CAD allows a fast, automatic, and accurate approach to body fat measurement and localization and can be a useful alternative to body mass index. Whole-body fat analysis can be achieved in less than 5 min.

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