Development of a Deep Learning Model for Automated Measurement of Skeletal Muscle Volume in 18F-FDG PET/CT.
To develop a deep learning–based automated trunk muscle volumetry method using whole-body CT from PET/CT and evaluate its performance against bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). In this retrospective study, an nnU-Net–based segmentation model was developed using a three-step iterative refinement...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine pp. 1 - 10 |
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Springer Nature
Jul2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=195492741&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 195492741 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 29482925 NR3A jtl: Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine issn: 29482925 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2026 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 195492741 10.1007/s10278-026-02131-7 195492741 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Development of a Deep Learning Model for Automated Measurement of Skeletal Muscle Volume in 18F-FDG PET/CT. aug: au: Nakamoto, Ryusuke Fujimoto, Koji Sakamoto, Ryo Yakami, Masahiro Nobashi, Tomomi W. Isoda, Hiroyoshi Kataoka, Masako Nakamoto, Yuji affil: Preemptive Medicine and Lifestyle Related Disease Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital sug: ab: To develop a deep learning–based automated trunk muscle volumetry method using whole-body CT from PET/CT and evaluate its performance against bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). In this retrospective study, an nnU-Net–based segmentation model was developed using a three-step iterative refinement strategy with 20 manually annotated datasets. Trunk muscles were segmented in 209 individuals (median age 52 years, IQR 47–60.3; 148 men) undergoing PET/CT and BIA. Model performance was validated using Dice similarity coefficients (DSCs). Pearson’s correlation coefficients (<italic>r</italic>) compared BIA-derived trunk muscle mass with that estimated by automated 3D volume or conventional 2D L3 cross-sectional area (CSA). Williams’ t test compared dependent correlations. The segmentation model achieved a DSC of 0.991. Automated 3D muscle volume demonstrated a significantly stronger correlation with BIA-derived mass (<italic>r</italic> = 0.961; 95% CI: 0.948, 0.970) compared to 2D L3-CSA (<italic>r</italic> = 0.912; 95% CI: 0.886, 0.933; <italic>P</italic> < 0.001). While 3D volumetry maintained high correlations in both sexes (<italic>r</italic> = 0.898 for both), 2D L3-CSA showed significantly reduced performance in men (<italic>r</italic> = 0.757; <italic>P</italic> < 0.001 vs. 3D). Automated 3D volumetry provides a significantly more robust assessment of muscle mass than conventional 2D metrics by capturing whole-trunk anatomical variations. This framework enables accurate, scalable body composition analysis directly from routine PET/CT workflows without additional radiation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Unknown language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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