CT colonography for assessing visceral obesity: clinical utility beyond colorectal screening
The CTC-derived VFA was shown to be a viable marker for identifying visceral obesity, thus potentially offering a secondary diagnostic resource without additional radiation exposure or costs. While single-slice models showed reasonable performance, multi-slice models demonstrated greater predictive accuracy.
Authors
- Koichi Nagura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2749-3568)
- Aiko Uchida
- Yohei Okawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-1093)
- Hidekazu Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1023-9053)
- Takahiro Mihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0613-511X)
- Masaki Okamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9298-3504)
- Jun Hinosawa
Institutions
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Yamamoto Hospital (JP)
- Kishokai Medical Corporation (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Abdominal Radiology
- Published
- 2025-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-025-05281-4
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00