Deep-Learning for Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessment With Computed Tomography

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Authors

Henry West · University of Oxford

Muhammad Siddique · University of Oxford

Michelle C. Williams · University of Edinburgh

Lucrezia della Volpe · University of Oxford

Ria Desai · Northwestern University

Maria Lyasheva · University of Oxford

Sheena Thomas ·

Abstract

Automated assessment of EAT volume is possible in CCTA, including in patients who are technically challenging; it forms a powerful marker of metabolically unhealthy visceral obesity, which could be used for cardiovascular risk stratification.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging

Volume 16, Issue 6, pp. 800-816

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.11.018

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