Research Article

Development of Automatic Visceral Fat Volume Calculation Software for CT Volume Data

Table 1

List of data sets with substitute indices for visceral fat volume, calculated true visceral fat volume, and automatically calculated visceral fat volume.

Height (m)Weight (kg)Substitute indicesVisceral fat volumesAbsolute error of
visceral fat volume
   (cm3)
BMI (kg/m2)Waist circumference (cm)Visceral fat area (cm2)True (cm3)Calculated (cm3)

Female1.64 41 15.2 70.0 50 833 926 93
1.57 42 17.0 65.5 21 216 243 27
1.53 43 18.4 75.5 22 73 195 122
1.47 44 20.4 68.5 36 1003 1054 51
1.44 47 22.7 83.0 66 1598 1697 99
1.56 59 24.2 80.5 116 3463 3565 102
1.53 65 27.8 98.0 120 4955 5076 121
1.40 56 28.6 98.0 111 3198 3340 142
1.55 71 29.6 104.5 153 1955 2026 71
1.57 77 31.2 112.5 217 5936 6149 213
1.47 69 31.9 101.0 99 3805 3910 105
1.55 84 35.0 115.0 203 5159 5426 267

Male1.68 50 17.7 71.0 30 603 624 21
1.62 47 17.9 72.0 44 891 908 17
1.79 59 18.4 77.0 66 1306 1348 42
1.68 62 22.0 78.0 99 3074 3239 165
1.56 58 23.8 87.0 99 3081 3266 185
1.65 66 24.2 85.0 124 3583 3726 143
1.75 84 27.4 97.5 141 4647 4820 173
1.71 81 27.7 89.0 117 4029 4137 108
1.61 74 28.5 88.0 125 5393 5595 202
1.58 78 31.2 111.0 192 4587 4748 161
1.77 100 31.9 106.0 188 7837 8170 333
1.80 109 33.6 115.0 220 5819 6069 250