Refining visceral adipose tissue quantification: Influence of sex, age, and BMI on single slice estimation in 3D MRI of the German National Cohort
The selection of reference locations should be different depending on BMI groups, with a preference for caudal shifts in location with increasing BMI. For women with obesity (BMI >30 kg/m<sup>2</sup>), the L1 level emerges as the optimal reference location.
Authors
- Norbert Stefan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2186-9595)
- Anja M. Sedlmeier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-3065)
- Susanne Rospleszcz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-2341)
- Jürgen Machann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-5886)
- Tobias Haueise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1462-7539)
- Hans‐Ulrich Kauczor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-9462)
- Klaus Maier‐Hein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6626-2463)
- Fritz Schick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4231-3406)
- Fabian Bamberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7460-3942)
- Karl‐Heinz Jöckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1987-0255)
- Tobias Nonnenmacher
- Thoralf Niendorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7584-6527)
- Beate Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3011-6886)
- Lilian Krist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-5163)
- Tobias Norajitra
- Annette Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6645-0985)
- Christopher L. Schlett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-1481)
- Jakob Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0336-8519)
- Stefan N. Willich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1270-2597)
- Johanna Nattenmüller
- Elena Grune
- Marc-Nicolas von Itter
Institutions
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands) (NL)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Max Delbrück Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
- Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (DE)
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
- Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. (DE)
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik
- Published
- 2025-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2025.02.005
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Helmholtz Association
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft