Toward an Automated Method of Abdominal Fat Segmentation of MR Images



Status:Completed
Conditions:Obesity Weight Loss
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 70
Updated:7/13/2018
Start Date:October 2010
End Date:February 2011

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Subjects will undergo a brief magnetic resonance (MRI) scan. The resulting images will be
used to compare two abdominal fat segmentation techniques. The first technique is already
validated and in use. The second technique was recently developed and has not been validated.
The hypothesis is that the second technique will be the faster and more reliable of the two.


Inclusion Criteria:

- ambulatory

- cognitively sound

Exclusion Criteria:

- body mass index less than 18 or greater than 45 kilograms per square meter
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