HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS?

HELICAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CAN MEASURE SUBCUTANEOUS, VISCERAL AND TOTAL FAT AREAS?

ABSTRACT Background: Abdominal obesity or android obesity, that is, the increase in adipose tissue in the abdominal region, is considered a risk factor for several morbidities. Different ways of quantifying it have been proposed, one method is the measurement of the abdominal fat area by computed t...

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Main Authors: Guilherme WENDLER, Paulo Afonso Nunes NASSIF, Osvaldo MALAFAIA, Eduardo WENDLER, Ilana Barrichello Torres WENDLER, Luiza Marcelli CIRPIANI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva 2022-01-01
Series:ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva
Subjects:
Computed tomography
Obesity
Visceral fat
Subcutaneous fat
Total fat
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