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Automated body composition analysis of clinically acquired computed tomography scans using neural networks

Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The quantity and quality of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue is an important prognostic factor for clinical outcomes across several illnesses. Clinically acquired computed tomography (CT) scans are commonly used for quantification of body composition, but manual analysis is laborious and costly. The primary aim of this study was to develop an automated body composition analysis framework using CT scans. METHODS: CT scans of …

Authors

Paris MT; Tandon P; Heyland DK; Furberg H; Premji T; Low G; Mourtzakis M

Journal

Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 3049–3055

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

10 2020

DOI

10.1016/j.clnu.2020.01.008

ISSN

0261-5614