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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Applicant:
Randall Kenneth Payne, Madison, WI (US);
Inventor:
Randall Kenneth Payne, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 5/4872 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/505 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); G06K 2209/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for determining normalized metrics for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass and volume estimation. The normalized metrics including a VAT average cross-section determined by dividing a VAT volume by a height of the abdominal region of interest, and a VAT linear mass density determined by dividing the VAT mass by a height of an abdominal region of interest.