Abdominal fat volume estimation by stereology on CT: a comparison with manual planimetry.
Objectives: To deploy and evaluate a stereological point-counting technique on abdominal CT for the estimation of visceral (VAF) and subcutaneous abdominal fat (SAF) volumes.Methods: Stereological volume estimations based on point counting and systematic sampling were performed on images from 14 con...
| Publicado en: | European Radiology Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 706 - 714 |
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| Formato: | diagnostic images equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Mar2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=112861123&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 112861123 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09387994 NPH jtl: European Radiology issn: 09387994 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2016 vid: 26 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 112861123 112861123 NLM26072033 112861123 10.1007/s00330-015-3865-2 NLM26072033 112861123 ppf: 706 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Abdominal fat volume estimation by stereology on CT: a comparison with manual planimetry. aug: au: Manios, G. Mazonakis, M. Voulgaris, C. Karantanas, A. Damilakis, J. Manios, G E affil: Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion Greece sug: subj: Reproducibility of Results Regression Abdominal Fat Radiography Abdomen Tomography, X-Ray Computed Validation Studies Comparative Studies Evaluation Research Multicenter Studies Male Middle Age Aged Female Adult Human Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Objectives: To deploy and evaluate a stereological point-counting technique on abdominal CT for the estimation of visceral (VAF) and subcutaneous abdominal fat (SAF) volumes.Methods: Stereological volume estimations based on point counting and systematic sampling were performed on images from 14 consecutive patients who had undergone abdominal CT. For the optimization of the method, five sampling intensities in combination with 100 and 200 points were tested. The optimum stereological measurements were compared with VAF and SAF volumes derived by the standard technique of manual planimetry on the same scans.Results: Optimization analysis showed that the selection of 200 points along with the sampling intensity 1/8 provided efficient volume estimations in less than 4 min for VAF and SAF together. The optimized stereology showed strong correlation with planimetry (VAF: r = 0.98; SAF: r = 0.98). No statistical differences were found between the two methods (VAF: P = 0.81; SAF: P = 0.83). The 95% limits of agreement were also acceptable (VAF: -16.5%, 16.1%; SAF: -10.8%, 10.7%) and the repeatability of stereology was good (VAF: CV = 4.5%, SAF: CV = 3.2%).Conclusions: Stereology may be successfully applied to CT images for the efficient estimation of abdominal fat volume and may constitute a good alternative to the conventional planimetric technique.Key Points: Abdominal obesity is associated with increased risk of disease and mortality. Stereology may quantify visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat accurately and consistently. The application of stereology to estimating abdominal volume fat reduces processing time. Stereology is an efficient alternative method for estimating abdominal fat volume. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: diagnostic images equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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