Quantification of subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue using CT

IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurement and Applications, MeMeA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 128-133

  Romero, Daniel ^a   Ramirez, Juan Carlos ^a   Mármol, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EIA   (Colombia)

^b Clinica Medellin   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Computed tomography; Image processing; Mask segmentation; Obesity; Single slice scanning; Subcutaneous adipose tissue; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MASK SEGMENTATION; METABOLIC DISORDERS; OBESITY; SINGLE SLICE SCANNING; SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUES; VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUES;

TISSUE;

EID: 33845563231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMEA.2006.1644478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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