Novel and Simple Ultrasonographic Methods for Estimating the Abdominal Visceral Fat Area.

Conclusions: The VFA calculated by the triangle or ellipse method showed a high correlation coefficient with the VFA calculated by CT. These US methods are easy to use, they involve no radiation exposure, and the measurements can be conducted frequently. We hope that our simple methods would be widely adopted for the evaluation of VFA.
PMID: 29093737 [PubMed]

Source: International Journal of Endocrinology - November 4, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Int J Endocrinol Source Type: research