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Fully automated CT-based adiposity assessment: comparison of the L1 and L3 vertebral levels for opportunistic prediction.

Daniel LiuJohn W GarrettMatt H LeeRyan ZeaRonald M SummersPerry J. Pickhardt
Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2022)
Automated CT-based measures of visceral fat (VAT and VSR) at L1 are predictive of survival, although overall measures of adiposity at L1 level are somewhat inferior to the standard L3-level measures. Utilizing predictive L1-level fat measures could expand opportunistic screening to chest CT imaging.
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