Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area.
Takeharu AsanoNaoto KubotaNorihiro KoizumiKazunori ItaniTsuyoshi MitakeKazuhito YuhashiHongen LiaoMamoru MitsuishiShigemi TakeishiToshiaki TakahashiShin OhnishiShiro SasakiIchiro SakumaTakashi KadowakiPublished in: International journal of endocrinology (2017)
The VFA calculated by the triangle or ellipse method showed a high correlation coefficient with the VFA calculated by CT. These US methods are easy to use, they involve no radiation exposure, and the measurements can be conducted frequently. We hope that our simple methods would be widely adopted for the evaluation of VFA.